Stephen: It’s so nice to be here in Brighton. Tristan told us to be here at 10 o’clock, right?
Ashlie: Yes, he said 10.
Stephen: What was the name of the place?
Ashlie: Erm, it says here Mr Whippy, Brighton. I guess it’s a café here on the sea front. Near the pier. That’s what it says here.
Stephen: Oh, Ashlie!
Ashlie: Amazing! An ice cream van!
Stephen: Isn’t it brilliant? I’ve always wanted to spend the day in an ice cream van, Ash. Just think, all the ice cream you can eat. It’s going to be great.
Ashlie: Stephen, we’re here to help out. We’re here to help Tristan’s dad sell the ice cream – not eat it all ourselves.
Ashlie: This must be the ice cream making machine. What do you think, Stephen?
Stephen: That’s right. Let’s make some ice cream. This is going to be so much fun. First, get a cone, then pull this lever… There you are, my first ice cream. Mmm… delicious!
Ashlie: Well, Stephen, now what? It doesn’t look like there are many people around. When I was a kid, I always dreamed of having my own ice cream van.
Stephen: This is fantastic. But there’s something missing.
Ashlie: Oh, look. There’s a customer coming…
Stephen: OK, OK, I’ll handle this. Hello, how can I help you?
Customer 1: Hello there. Erm… Do you sell burgers?
Stephen: Er, no. This is an ice cream van.
Customer 1: Do you sell hot dogs?
Stephen: No, this is an ice cream van.
Customer 1: Do you sell popcorn?
Stephen: No. Would you like an ice cream?
Customer 1: Hmm, I don’t like ice cream.
Ashlie: It doesn’t look like we’re going to sell any ice cream today. We need to get some customers. Someone must want an ice cream.
Ashlie: I know! I’m going to see if I can get some people to come and buy some ice cream.
Stephen: I’m going to invent some new ice cream flavours. I think people want something different.
Ashlie: How are you going to do that?
Stephen: Look, we can add sweets, create new flavours. We can come up with something different.
Ashlie: I’m going to do some marketing, you know, do some promotion, so people know we’re here.
Ashlie: How many ice creams have you sold, Stephen? Is my marketing working?
Stephen: Ah, well, look at these. Here are my new inventions!
Ashlie: You are joking!
Stephen: No. And look at the amazing double-ended ice cream, with two cones.
Ashlie: Oh look. There’s a customer coming our way. I think they must have seen my sign.
Customer 2: I’d like an ice cream, please.
Stephen: Can I interest you in any of our new flavours? There are lots of different kinds, as you can see.
Customer 2: No, thanks. I’d just like a normal ice cream, please.
Stephen: Erm… sorry. We seem to have run out.
Customer 2: Oh…
Ashlie: Stephen!
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I jobbed as hotel boy, at the gate in a music festival and carried out local newspaper as teenagers do in my surburb as a six form college called Gymnasium. Before I began to study at Open University.
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Dear sir,
I confuse this usage "We seem to have run out." Can I use like " we seem to run out" without have?
Thanks
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Hello mgkoko,
The difference here is one of time reference. 'We seem to run out' (using an infinitive (with 'to') form) refers to a general state of affairs - something which happens frequently or regularly. 'We seem to have run out' (using a perfect infintive form) refers to one situation - the speaker has just realised that they have run out and have no more.
I hope that clarifies it for you.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Dear Peter,
Although you all are busy guys, you answer every questions whenever we ask.
Thank you very much.
hi guys, i found somethings that i understood very well.
1) there's something missing..what does it mean?
2) it doesn't look like we're going to sell any ice cream today.
coud i use doesn't seem instead of look like?
3) if i can get some people to come and buy some ice cream. in this expressionn i noticed the same construction of want : for example, i want people to go to the party thi evening, my question is.......do we treat get like want?
regards
actually my question is different i wanna know which form of the verb is used with word get i.e sentence no (1) I get confuse. and sentence no(2) I get confused. please tell me which one is correct and whats the meaning of the sentence
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