NARRATOR：

Now listen to a conversation between two students of biology.

MALE STUDENT：

Are you still working in Professor Green's laboratory?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Yeah, he's been supervising my research...on eating behavior in mice.

MALE STUDENT：

Sounds interesting.

FEMALE STUDENT：

It's fascinating.

I've got a few more observations and experiments to do-

it's another three months of work, and then I'll start writing my paper.

MALE STUDENT：

Wow, sounds like it'll be a great paper.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Thanks, I hope so.

There's a problem, though...

MALE STUDENT：

What?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Professor Green's been invited to teach at a university in France for a semester,

and, obviously, I still need a lot of help with the project.

MALE STUDENT：

Hmm. What are you gonna do?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Well,Professor Green suggested professor—[upspeak] Professor Baker?

That I could work with another...

MALE STUDENT：

Oh I've heard of her-Professor Baker's quite famous.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Yeah but I don't know her at all, and my research isn't in her area of expertise.

She works with fish...my work's on mice.

Not exactly the best match.

MALE STUDENT：

Well, you'd get to know her eventually,

and she's a great biologist,

so she'd still be able to help you even if your topic isn't exactly her specialty.

She may give you some new perspective on your work.

FEMALE STUDENT：

I know-I'm considering it.

But still, I'm thinking about asking Professor Green if he could advise me long distance.

MALE STUDENT：

That's a thought. You think he'd do it?

FEMALE STUDENT：

He probably would,but...I don't know if it's a good idea.

I mean, he could always look at my data and read my write-ups through email...

but the thing is, he wouldn't be here to supervise my experiments.

MALE STUDENT：

Yeah. Well, I'm sure you'll figure out the best thing to do.