Woman:Excuse me, Dr Johnson. May I speak toyou for a minute?
Man:Sure. Come in.
Woman:I'm Melanie Griffin. I'm taking your coursein Population Studies.
Man:Right. Well, Melanie, how can I help you?
Woman:I'm ... having a bit of trouble with thesecond assignment, and it's during twelve days.
Man:What sort of trouble are you having ? Is theassignment question a problem?
Woman:Well, that's part of the problem, I'm alsohaving been having trouble getting hold of thebooks. I've been to the library several times, and all the books are out.
Man:Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier.
Woman:Well, I had a really big assignmcnt due in for another course, and I've been spendingall my time on that，and I thought...
Man:You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?
Woman:If that's possible, but I don't know ...
Man:Well, yes, it is possible, but extensions are normally given only for medical orcompassionate reasons. Otherwise it's really a question of organising your study, and wedon't like giving extensions to students who simply didn't plan their work properly. What didyou get for your first assignment?
Woman:I got eighty-seven percent.
Man:Mmm, yes, you did very well indeed, so obviously you can produce good work.
Woman:I don't think I'll need too much extra time, as long as I can get hold of some of theimportant references.
Man:Well, since you did so well in your first assignment, I prepared to give you an extratwo weeks for this one.