[originaltext]M: Hi, Alice! Have you heard the news?W: What do you mean? What

M: Hi, Alice! Have you heard the news?
W: What do you mean? What news?
M: You know all the classes we’ve missed because of the snow last winter?
W: Uh, yeah. Then what’s wrong with those classes?
M: Well, the dean said we’re going to have to make them up during the summer holiday.
W:(13)But we have our vacation all set! What are we going to do? Do the others know?
M: I don’t know. It sucks!
W:(13)But I really don’t want to cancel our trip. All of us have already made our plan reservations!
M: I can try to call the travel agency, maybe they can refund our money. But before we do anything, we need to talk with our professors.
W: You think they’ll excuse us from class?
M: Probably not.(14)But I was talking to Jim this morning and he said that one of his professors told him that they could make up the class at a different time.
W: Wow! That’s great! Which professor was it?
M: I don’t know. But we’re going to have to speak to all of them anyway.
W: Why didn’t they add extra days at the end of this semester?
M:(15)Because the graduation date cannot be changed.
W: I was just really looking forward to this vacation. The idea of the sun and the beach!
M: Me too. Oh, look, there’s Prof. Webster!
W: Come on, let’s go talk to her!
13. Why are the speakers upset?
14. What would be the possible solution to the bad news?
15. Why can’t the semester be extended?