NARRATOR：

Now listen to a conversation between two students about campus housing.

MALE STUDENT：

Hi. Kate. How's it going?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Pretty good. I just found out I'm going to be staying on campus during the semester break...

Professor Clark asked me to help him with some research.

MALE STUDENT：

That's a pretty big deal.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Yeah, I guess it is.

But the problem is...the dorms always close, so I need to find housing for about two weeks.

MALE STUDENT：

Oh, that's rough... but... didn't you mention that you had a couple of friends that live in an apartment not too far from campus?

Are they gonna be around?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Yeah. Mary and Ellen,

they say they're gonna stick around here during the break.

MALE STUDENT：

Well, so why don't you just stay with them?

FEMALE STUDENT：

I've been thinking about asking them.

MALE STUDENT：

And they probably wouldn't charge you anything, right?

Just for a couple of weeks.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Yeah. Probably not.

I'm sure they'd be fine with it but... since it's between classes and they won't have classes and stuff,

I'm worried that...

MALE STUDENT：

You're afraid they might want to party too much?

FEMALE STUDENT：

Right.They'll be on vacation but I'll have to get up early in the morning to work all day so...we'll be on completely different schedules...

MALE STUDENT：

Hm, well, another possibility is that sometimes you can get special permission to stay at a dorm.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Really? You mean they'd let me stay in my own dorm room?

I wouldn't have to move?

MALE STUDENT：

Well, you would, actually, because they usually only keep one of the dorms open, and it's not the one you're in.

FEMALE STUDENT：

Hmmm. I wonder how much they charge.

MALE STUDENT：

Well [laughing], it's not as cheap as staying with friends but...

FEMALE STUDENT：

...but it'd be quieter.

MALE STUDENT：

True.