Audio Script
Carlos: I can’t believe Sarah said ‘Yes’!
Fadi: Well done, mate!
Johnny: So where are you going to take her?
Carlos: Oh, I don’t know... We didn’t decide where to go.
Fadi: Take her out for dinner, somewhere nice.
Carlos: Yeah, that’s a good idea...
Johnny: I know a great Chinese place.
Carlos: Yes, but she always eats Chinese food – perhaps she’d like a change, try something different?
Fadi: All the restaurants Johnny goes to are really expensive! Take your credit card if you go there!
Johnny: I like to spend my money well!
Carlos: I thought I could cook something for her. I want to be a chef, you know.
Johnny/Fadi: Yes, we know.
Fadi: Don’t invite her to your house on a first date, though.
Carlos: No? Why not?
Fadi: It looks too pushy, too forward.
Carlos: Oh, I see.
Johnny: Yeah... take it slowly!
Carlos: Oh, OK. She’s coming to the café soon, so we’ll talk about it then.
Olivia: Hello guys!
Harry: Alright!?
Fadi: Yeah, I’m fine mate. You?
Harry: Hmm... Not so great...
Fadi: What’s up?
Harry: Bindyu’s really angry with me.
Johnny: Why’s that?
Harry: She thinks I’m spending too much time with Olivia.
Olivia: But it’s work! I told Bindyu that Harry’s helping me to fix my webpages.
Fadi: Is she jealous?
Harry: Shhhh! Be quiet! Here she is now!
Harry: Hi!
Bindyu: Hello Harry! Hi all!
All: Hello!
Bindyu: Hello, Olivia.
Olivia: Hello.
Bindyu: Did Harry help you to fix your website?
Olivia: Well, not quite. He still needs to do some more work.
Bindyu: Oh.
Olivia: Listen, I’ve got an idea – why don’t you both come to my flat this evening? Harry can do some work for me, and I’ll make dinner for everyone.
Harry: OK! What do you think Bindyu?
Bindyu: Well, OK, I suppose so.
Olivia: Erm, there is just one problem – I have to look after my nephew Joe this evening. He’s very, erm, energetic....
Bindyu: Oh, that’s OK... I love children!
Olivia: Great! Well, I’ll see you all this evening!
Bindyu: We’ll come about seven o’clock! Come on, Harry, we have to go now.
Harry: Er, OK, yeah... Bye everyone!
All: Bye!
Fadi: So Olivia, you’re spending a lot of time with Harry!
Olivia: Oh shut up you! Are you jealous as well?
Fadi: Me? No! No way!
Olivia: Good. You’ve got lots of girlfriends, haven’t you?
Fadi: Me? Oh yeah. Hundreds!
Carlos: It’s Sarah!
Sarah: Hello all!
Carlos: Hiya!
Sarah: Hi Carlos!
Carlos: Hey!
Sarah: Listen, I’ve only got a minute, I can’t stay.
Carlos: Er... OK...
Sarah: I just wanted to say, I’ve got an invitation to a new art gallery opening this evening.
Carlos: Great.
Sarah: Would you like to come with me?
Carlos: Erm, er, yeah! Sure!
Sarah: Great! I’ll meet you here at six!
Carlos: OK. see you later then. Bye!
Sarah: See you later! Bye!
Fadi: Hey! That’s your date!
Johnny: Now you don’t have to worry about where to take her!
Carlos: But... but... I am worried! I don’t know anything about art! What will I say?
Fadi/Johnny: You’re going to find out!
Comments
Thanks for the episode, it was really helpful!
thanks
Dear Team, is there any false or is something idiomatic with the ''too''in the Fadi's sentence: ''All the restaurants Johnny goes too are really expensive!''
Thanks a lot all of you.
Hello nikoslado,
Thank you for pointing this out to us. The transcript contains an error and the word should be 'to' rather than 'too'. I have corrected this on the page.
Thanks again! We try to ensure that our materials are error-free, but sometimes typos slip through and it is good to know our users are such careful readers.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
good
Sorry! I don’t understand when Harry says “I want to spent my money well”. Could you explain it for me? Thanks!
Hello Steven Bui,
Harry means that he does not like to waste his money. He is explaining why he goes to expensive restaurants and is saying that it's better to spent more in a good place with good quality food than try to save money and end up with poor food.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Very good diallogue. And surprised action. I learnt a lot from it.
I like especially task about the part of speech. I noticed that the best method of studying words is learning it with the part of speech. In particular that it has general rules in using. But how often it is existing, there are exceptions. But is is not the place for writing about it.
And for the concerned people, I would like to suggest the lecture additional text, just for fun - A First Date Poem, wrote by Charles Hancock.
Have a lovely day and hear you later!
You say "would you mind to come with me" and "would you mind telling me" as well.
So can we say "would you mind coming with me"
Hi sir!
In this sentence (I’ve only got a minute) which tense has been used?
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