Script:
Listen to a conversation between a student and her advisor.
Advisor: Hi. Sorry I’m running a bit late. Are you ready to talk now?
Student: Yes, I am.
Advisor: And do you have your schedule planner with you?
Student: Yes, I do.
Advisor: And have you looked over the schedule of classes and thought about what courses you’d like to take then?
Student: Uh, yes to that, too.
Advisor: OK, let’s see what courses you have on your list... uh ... I see. . . . Let’s talk about what you have here. I see that you’d like to take the American literature class on nineteenth-century novels. . . . That looks just fine. . . . You’ve already taken the prerequisite English courses for this one, haven’t you?
Student: Yes, I have. I’ve taken both the prerequisites for the nineteenth-century novels course.
Advisor: OK. And you’d like to sign up for both world geography and sociology? . . . That′s good. They both satisfy general education requirements, so they’re good classes to take.
Student: Yes, those’re some of my last required courses.
Advisor: Hmm. And music. You’ve listed a music course.
Student: Yes. I’m in the school choir, so I take the choir course every semester.
Advisor: That sounds fine, too. . . . Now, what′s the last course you’ve listed? Canoeing? . . . You want to take a canoeing course? . . . Wait a minute . . . what about chemistry? . . . You′re taking Chemistry 101 this semester?
Student: Yes, I’m taking it, but . . .
Advisor: You do know that you need to take Chemistry 102, also? Chemistry 101 isn′t enough; it’s part of a two-semester series. Chemistry 101 and 102 go together.
Student: I know that, but I just don’t want to take Chemistry 102 next semester.
Advisor: Why not?
Student: Chemistry 101 isn’t exactly a lot of fun. I′m working really hard in that course, but I’m not doing very well.
Advisor: OK. So maybe you should get a tutor. You do need to take the second semester of chemistry.
Student: I know I need to take another semester of chemistry, but I’d like to take some time off from it before I try the second semester. Advisor: By taking canoeing instead?
Student: Exactly. I thought it would be a good break from chemistry.
Advisor: It certainly is. . . . Well, as long as you know that you need to take the second semester of chemistry and if you take only one semester off from it, then I guess it’ll be OK.
Student: Thank you.