Episode 05 - Speaking or eating?

Sammy and Julia go out for dinner in a restaurant. Why can't they enjoy their meal together?

Transcript

Sammy: Shall we sit here?
Man: Yeah ... Yeah ... So I say to him, I say 'What?' And he says '50,000'. And then I say, 'When?' And he says, 'Tomorrow'. And I say, 'What?!'
Julia: That man on his mobile!
Sammy: Yeah! And in a restaurant! I mean, it's a bit rude. ... ‘And I'm like, "What!" and he's like, "What?" and I say, "50,000"' ... Oh. Sorry. I'll just get that. Hello?
Caller: Hello, is that Mr North, the vet?
Sammy: Speaking. How can I help?
Caller: I'm ringing about our meeting tomorrow at nine. Yes, I'm afraid I ... I'm afraid we will be a little late. Is 9.15 OK?
Sammy: That's not a problem. OK, see you then.
Caller: Goodbye. ... Rufus, come on!
Sammy: Sorry, Julia.
Julia: Hello, Sammy! Do you remember me?
Sammy: Sorry.
Julia: Oh! Sorry. I'll just get that. ... Hi, Jack! ... How nice to hear from you! ... Tomorrow ... seven o'clock. Great. See you then.
Sammy: Who was that?
Julia: Jack.
Sammy: Oh. He's very handsome.
Julia: He's OK. Jack is my cousin.
Sammy: Oh! I see! Julia, so, shall we get something to eat?
Julia: Andrea? Andrea? Who is Andrea?
Sammy: My friend.
Julia: Oh, she's your friend! Is she pretty?
Sammy: No, I mean, yes. Well, no. Andrea is my friend. But Andrea is a man, not a woman.
Julia: Sammy, my sister's called Andrea. And my sister's a woman, not a man.
Sammy: Andrea's Italian. And in Italian, Andrea is a man's name.
Julia: Really? Well, let's see. ... And is Andrea pretty or not?
Sammy: Julia, give my phone back, please.
Julia: 'Call Andrea'.
Andrea: Hello, Sammy, how are you?
Sammy: Erm, hi, Andrea. I just wanted to ask ... are you pretty?
Andrea: What?!
Julia: Hi, Andrea. This is Julia. I'm sorry, Sammy's busy now. Bye!
Sammy: I have an idea. Let's switch off our phones and enjoy the meal.
Julia: Good idea.

Task 1: Check your understanding 1

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Task 2: Check your understanding 2

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Task 3: On the telephone 1

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Task 4: On the telephone 2

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Task 5: On the telephone 3

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Discussion

Average: 5 (5 votes)

Submitted by shahhoseini on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 14:51

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I usually switch off my mobile when I busy.

Submitted by Dariusz on Wed, 20/11/2019 - 14:21

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When I am with other people like friends, family or I have some appointment I am trying to put my phone off and don't use it. It's a rude to get the phone when we don't have to.

Submitted by tenedos on Mon, 07/10/2019 - 19:44

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It depends on how long it is. If it is a short conversation, I get it and hang up qucikly. If it is a long one, I don't get it.

Submitted by vahidvahediasl on Wed, 04/09/2019 - 12:00

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i even when listen to music ,i use earphones because i dont want to annoy others

Submitted by dan on Mon, 02/09/2019 - 04:38

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I switch my phone to silent. The problem became from when I forget to switch on back and in this way I miss call.

Submitted by Santika on Fri, 26/07/2019 - 02:00

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This lesson teach me that memorizing and understanding as many as possible expressions in conversation are very important to understand and memorize conversation that we learn/watch/do. This lesson also teach me about complexity of human interaction in simple daily life situation and how important to control our emotion while reacting also solving unwanted situation/problem/trouble, and stay focus to what we want to do in the beginning/stick to our plan while maintaining good relationship with people close to you.

Submitted by Daniela14 on Mon, 10/06/2019 - 16:06

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I am afraid jeje *-*
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Submitted by mirko88 on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 08:20

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Well, I switch off my phone
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Submitted by Rkassem on Sun, 17/03/2019 - 10:49

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I switch off it in the important meetings
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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Wed, 06/03/2019 - 14:27

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In our culture, speaking while eating is impolite. (。•̀ω-)Г☎