Audio script
Fadi: Hello Tony! How are you?
Tony: Alright, I suppose.
Fadi: Good to hear you sounding so happy! Hey, where is everyone?
Tony: Everyone who?
Fadi: You know, the regulars – Olivia, Sarah, Harry, Magda...
Tony: Don’t know. They’ll probably come in sooner or later. They’re always here.
Fadi: Hello!
Bindyu: Oh. Er, hello.
Fadi: I haven’t seen you in here before.
Bindyu: No. I haven’t been in here before.
Fadi: That’s probably why then!
Bindyu: Er, I don’t understand...
Fadi: Er, OK, well, never mind then. Listen, can I get you a drink? Would you like a coffee or something?
Bindyu: Erm, well, that’s very kind of you, but no thanks.
Fadi: Go on! Have something! My treat! You can’t sit here not eating or drinking anything.
Bindyu: Actually, I’m waiting for my boyfriend.
Fadi: Oh. Late, is he?
Bindyu: Well, only a little bit...
Fadi: You can talk to me if he doesn’t show up!
Harry: Hello there!
Fadi/Bindyu: Hi!
Harry: I see you two have already met each other...
Bindyu: Oh no, not really...
Fadi: No, I was just being polite, y’know...
Harry: Sure! Fadi, let me introduce Bindyu.
Fadi: Nice to meet you.
Bindyu: Nice to meet you.
Harry: Bindyu’s my girlfriend.
Fadi: Oh, er. Great! How long have you been together?
Bindyu: Oh, not long, only a couple of weeks.
Fadi: You didn’t tell me you had a new girlfriend, Harry!
Harry: Well, I haven’t seen you for a few weeks.
Fadi: No, of course. I was visiting my family... so, what’s happening here?
Harry: The big news is that they’re trying to close the café!
Fadi: No!
Harry: Yes, and Olivia’s shop too.
Fadi: That’s terrible! Why?
Harry: A big building company are building new flats behind here. They want to knock down the café and Olivia’s shop to make more space.
Fadi: Oh no... what can we do to stop them?
Harry: Well, we’ve got a few ideas. There’s a guy who comes in here sometimes called Carlos – he works for the builders. He might help us. And Sarah and Olivia said they had some ideas...
Fadi: We should start a campaign!
Bindyu: Good idea! I’m a journalist. I could write something in the local newspaper.
Harry: Erm, I thought you wrote for interior design magazines...
Bindyu: Well, yes, I do, that’s true. But I know somebody who works for the local newspaper. And I want to do more serious journalism...
Fadi: Sounds like a great idea! Good luck! I think we should put a banner in the window of the café...
Harry: A banner?
Fadi: Yeah, you know – a big sign that says “Save Our Café!” or something like that...
Olivia: Hello all!
Fadi: Hey! Good to see you again!
Olivia: Yeah... you too! How’s it going?
Fadi: Great – I’m going to put a banner in the café window – “Save Our Café!”
Olivia: Good idea... can you save my shop too?
Fadi: Let’s hope so! Bindyu’s going to write an article in the local newspaper...
Olivia: Bindyu?
Bindyu: Hello! I’m Bindyu... I’m Harry’s girlfriend... I’m a journalist.
Olivia: OK, great, nice to meet you!
Carlos: Hi!
Olivia: Here’s Carlos! He’s going to help us too!
Carlos: Well, I don’t know, I’d like to help, but I’m not sure what I can do...
Harry: You make food for the builders, don’t you?
Carlos: Yes, I do.
Olivia: You could put poison in it!
Carlos: Erm, well, no, I really don’t think...
Olivia: Only joking!
Carlos: I was looking for Sarah – is she here?
Olivia: No, I think she’s coming in with Magda later...why?
Carlos: Oh, no reason...I just wanted to see her...
Olivia: I see...oh look, here they are now!
Magda/Sarah: Hello everyone!
All: Hi!
Sarah: Hi Carlos! Good to see you again!
Carlos: Hi!
Sarah: Listen everybody, Magda’s got some good news!
Magda: Yes – I got my master’s degree with a distinction!
All: Wow! Well done!
Harry: So you get a well-paid, full-time job with the architects!
Magda: Yes I do!
Sarah: Which means we can afford to stay in our expensive flat...
Magda: There’s only one problem, though...
Olivia: Oh? What’s that?
Magda: I’m not really sure how to tell you this...
Olivia: Go on!
Magda: Well, the architects I work for...
Harry: Yeah? Go on!
Magda: They have a big new project...
Fadi: Sounds interesting...
Magda: And they want me to work on it...
Harry: Even better...
Magda: Well, not really – you see, the project they want me to work on...
Olivia: Yes?
Magda: It’s the new luxury flats... the building here... the people who want to close the café and your shop!
Comments
Hello everybody!!
I'm looking forward to listen to the next episode :) what will happen with Tony's Cafe and Olivia's shop? save our Cafe!! hahaha
Episode 4 here we go!!
Thanks a lot BC
Regards
what is the meaning of "That’s probably why then!"?
team
Hello hadi!
If you look at the conversation, Fadi is saying something about Bindyu's answer to his comment:
Fadi: I haven’t seen you in here before.
Bindyu: No. I haven’t been in here before.
Fadi: That's probably why, then!
Here, Fadi means "That is the reason why I haven't seen you before", and we often say That's why! to mean we believe that is the reason for something.
Here Fadi is making a little joke - Of course the reason he has never seen Bindyu before is the fact she has never been here before!
Hope that helps!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
team
Hello hadi!
If you look at the conversation, Fadi is saying something about Bindyu's answer to his comment:
Fadi: I haven’t seen you in here before.
Bindyu: No. I haven’t been in here before.
Fadi: That's probably why, then!
Here, Fadi means "That is the reason why I haven't seen you before", and we often say That's why! to mean we believe that is the reason for something.
Here Fadi is making a little joke - Of course the reason he has never seen Bindyu before is the fact she has never been here before!
Hope that helps!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
hello ! in the transcript , i found that : " A big building company are building ...." , it's wrong or true ? should use "are " or " is " ? can you explain for me ? or it is a mistake . thank you !
team
Hello louder!
I agree, it's confusing! It's not a mistake, though, because company is an example of a group noun. A group noun, like army or company or family, is several individuals put together - and we can treat them as singular (is) or plural (are). There are some specific times when you should use singular and others when you should use plural, but mostly it doesn't matter very much - both are OK.
You can read about them on our common problems with count and uncount nouns page.
Hope that helps!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello everyone, I find it very easy and fun learning. I still have a long way to go, but I think the most important thing is to be consistent in the study. Thank you so much to BC
team
Thanks for your kind words, diegomelas! We're glad you find the website useful, and you're right - the most important part of learning a language is to keep on working at it!
Best wishes
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
If anybody help me to improve my english for speaking,its nice.
Good Topic
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