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...