Can't Use the Painting

<-NARRATOR:-> Listen to a conversation between two students.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> How's it going, Julie?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Not too good. You know the student art exhibit next week.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> No... what's that?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> It's where a few art students are chosen to show a piece of artwork in the student center, for people to see.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Oh, cool. You were chosen?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, except I just found out that I can't use the painting I did for it .
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Why not?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Because it's too big. I'm into working on a really large scale now...
and the painting I did for the show is huge... it's like a three-meter-wide canvas.
But each artist only gets a small amount of wall space.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> The organizers can't make an exception?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> No... they said it wouldn't be fair to the other students if they let me have more space.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> That's too bad.
What're you gonna do?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I don't know... I could give them an older painting. I do have one that's small enough.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Great.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah... it's a nice painting and all...it's just that I did it a while ago.
My technique has improved a lot since then, so it wouldn't be my best work or anything.
I don't think it's as good as what I'm doing now.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, could you maybe do a new painting, a smaller on... by next week, for the show?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, I could.
Then it'd be something fresh, something I'd be more proud of...
But I'm really busy right now... I've got some exams coming up that I really need to study for...