[speaker001:] I don't know what I'm going to do. I need to find a job. If I don't, I won't be able to stay here next semester.
[speaker002:] Have you tried university part-time jobs?
[speaker001:] What do you mean?
[speaker002:] I mean in the library, or in some information center.Often the university hires foreign students for part-time positions.
[speaker001:] Yes, I know. I tried that.They don't have anything now. So what can I do?
[speaker002:] Well, since you're a foreign student, it's hard.That 's because it's actually illegal for you to work in America.
[speaker001:] I know that. You don't have to tell me that. That's my problem. I know I have the right to work for the university. That's legal.But they don't have a job for me. And it's illegal for me to get a job elsewhere.
[speaker002:] Anyway, there must be some solution.You know there are many people working illegally in New York.
[speaker001:] But I need a pretty decent job. I need to make enough to pay my rent at least.
[speaker002:] I have an idea.
[speaker001:] What?
[speaker002:] Since you're Chinese, maybe you can find part-time work in Chinatown.
[speaker001:] I already had that idea.
[speaker002:] Well, why don't you go and look down there?
[speaker001:] But I don't know what I would do.
[speaker002:] It may be part-time work as a waitress or something.It would be illegal, but sometimes waitresses make a good salary.
[speaker001:] Maybe. I don't know.
[speaker002:] I will ask my friends for you.Maybe someone knows a company that needs part-time people.That 's another thing you should do. Ask all your friends to ask around for you.You might find something.
[speaker001:] I have to find something.Otherwise I have to go back to Taiwan. I'll be broke in two months.