Listen to a conversation between two students.
W: So Mike, you said you want to move off the campus, did you ever find an apartment?
M: Yeah I did.
W: So how is it?
M: It's great. Except it's pretty far from campus. It's on the other side of town.
W: Oh, so you have a pretty long commute to campus then?
M: Yeah. And now can you believe it? My car broke down.
W: Oh wow. That's too bad.
M: Well, the car's pretty old so I'm not surprised it broke down. But it's gonna cost a lot of money to get it fixed. A lot more than I can afford right now.
W: So what are you gonna do? You need a car to get to campus, right?
M: Yeah. One option would be to borrow the money to fix the car. I talked to my brother, he's out of school and working now, and he said he'd loan me the money to get it fixed.
W: That's really nice of him.
M: Definitely. But if I borrow the money from him, I still have to pay it back pretty soon. That will be tough since I only have a part-time job.
W: Yeah that could take a while. Do you have any other options?
M: Well, I'm also thinking if I'm not fixing the car right now. Maybe try to save the money and take the bus or something.
W: So you can get the bus near your house?
M: Yeah. There's a bus stop a couple of blocks from my apartment. The trouble is, I have to change buses a couple of times. So it takes a really long time to get to campus. And a long time to get back home. I'd really have to adjust my schedule.
W: I see. That doesn't sound very convenient.