NARRATOR：

Listen to a conversation between a student and his academic adviser.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

So, how is the semester going so far?

MALE STUDENT：

Well, I'm having some trouble.

I need some advice.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

OK.

MALE STUDENT：

Well, I'm taking advanced chemistry and it's turning out to be a lot more work than I expected,

especially because we have to put in so much time in the laboratory.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

OK.

MALE STUDENT：

Yeah, I really like it but my schedule is just too full because

you know I'm also writing a weekly editorial for the campus newspaper?

And now with advanced chemistry, it's too much.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

That's right. Yes, I enjoy reading your editorials.

Well...uh...

how about instead of writing an editorial every week,

you only write one every two weeks?

Then next semester you go back to writing it every week.

MALE STUDENT：

Mmm...it is hard to keep up with those weekly deadlines and that would give me the extra time I need for advanced chemistry.

But my editorial has so many readers. It's the first thing a lot of people read and I hate to disappoint them.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

Ok. Well, there's another possibility.

You'll require to take a science course

but you don't have to take an advanced course

so you could switch to a less challenging course, basic chemistry.

MALE STUDENT：

I guess the basic course would take up less time.

ACADEMIC ADVISER：

Definitely, for one thing, you'll spend much less time in the laboratory.

MALE STUDENT：

Mmm...that's an interesting idea

but I love the challenge of the advanced course. I feel like I'm learning so much.Mmm...Mmm...