NARRATOR：

Listen to a conversation between two students on campus.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Hey, Jim. Know what you’re doing yet this summer?

MALE STUDENT：

Yeah, I got this chemistry internship lined up—

I’m gonna be helping my lab professor with a research experiment.

FEMALE STUDENT：

How cool!

MALE STUDENT：

I know … I want to work in a chemistry lab after I graduate, so this will be great experience.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Sounds like you’re all set!

MALE STUDENT：

Uhm, not quite … there’s a problem.

You see, the internship doesn’t pay … and I really need to earn money this summer.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Well, I read that the campus bookstore needs help this summer.

Maybe you could work at the lab during the week and at the bookstore on the weekends.

MALE STUDENT：

Maybe … but then I’d be working all the time—I’d hardly have any time to relax all summer.

FEMALE STUDENT：

True. But here’s a thought—

why not ask your professor if you can share the internship with another person?

MALE STUDENT：

You know, now that you mention it, other summer interns have done this and the professors were fine with it.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Right, so you could still earn money on days when you didn’t have to be at the lab.

MALE STUDENT：

Yeah, sounds good.

The only drawback is that I might not learn as much as I would if I were actually in the lab every day and could follow the results of the experiments.

FEMALE STUDENT：

I know, but it might be worth a try.