Episode 04: Save the café!

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Sarah knows a "secret" about the building in which the café is situated. Will this save the café?

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Preparation

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Exercise

Transcript

Audio Script

Tony: Oi! What are you lot doing? What’s that?

Harry: It’s a banner...

Tony: A what?

Harry: A banner – look! See what it says...

Tony: Save… our... café... Oh, I see. Very good. Do you think it’ll stop them from closing this place?

Olivia: Well, you never know. Every little bit helps.

Tony: Hmm. I’m not sure having that thing stuck to the front of my café will change anything.

Bindyu: Oh yes it will, Tony – be positive! My friend from the local newspaper is coming to take a photograph, and I’m going to write an article!

Tony: Hmm… Great.

Olivia: Look, Tony – it’s the only thing we can do! We can organise a campaign here, and at the same time Sarah’s doing some work as well...

Magda: Wow! Look at that banner! Very impressive!

Olivia: Hi Magda!

Magda: Hello everyone!

Olivia: So, go on then, have you decided to take the job?

Magda: Yeah... I have to accept the job... I mean, I really want to... it’s a good job, and good jobs in architecture are difficult to get... and I need the money! 

Olivia: Sure, I understand...

Magda: Johnny’s old flat, where me and Sarah live... it's great, but it’s so expensive...

Olivia: But you can help us...

Harry: Yeah, if you work for the company who want to knock down Tony’s café and Olivia’s shop, you can do something!

Magda: Well, I’m not sure... but I’ll see...

Carlos: Hello everyone!

All: Hi Carlos!

Carlos: Is Sarah here today?

Magda: Er, not yet... but she said she’d be here soon...

Carlos: Oh. OK, I’ll wait for her. Is it OK if I sit here?

Magda: Sure...

Olivia: Come and join us!

Magda: So, is it true you’re a chef?

Carlos: Not exactly... I’d like to be a chef, that’s what I want to do, but at the moment I’m a caterer... it’s different...

Magda: What’s a caterer?

Carlos: A caterer makes food for lots of people – I make all the lunches for the people who work on the building site next door. It’s just sandwiches or soup, or other simple things. It’s quite boring – I like more of a challenge!

Olivia: Here she is!

Sarah: Hello everyone! Hello Carlos!

Carlos: Hi Sarah! Good to see you again…

Olivia: Carlos was just telling us all about his job...

Sarah: You’re a chef, aren’t you?

Carlos: No... but I want to be!

Sarah: Where are you from?

Carlos: I’m from Brazil! Even if no one believes me...

Sarah: Why don’t people think you’re from Brazil?

Carlos: I don’t like football, and I can’t dance...

Sarah: Listen, though – we’ve got an important job to do... we have to save this café, and Olivia’s shop!

Olivia: That’s right...

Carlos: But how?

Harry: I’ve put up the banner...

Bindyu: And I’m writing an article for the local paper...

Sarah: Great... and I’ve found out something very interesting...

Olivia: Oh? What’s that?

Sarah: Well, you know I have a friend who works at the local museum – I love going to museums and art galleries, Carlos – and she told me something that could be important...

Olivia: Go on...

Sarah: These buildings – the café and your shop – are actually a lot older than many people think...

Olivia: Really?

Sarah: Yes. They’re probably two hundred years old...

Olivia: Tony! Did you hear that?

Tony: What?

Olivia: Sarah has found out that the café and my shop are really very old buildings...

Tony: That’s why I’ve got a problem with the roof, then...

Harry: It means they can’t possibly knock down these buildings!

Sarah: Right. They have historical value.

Tony: It won’t stop them.

Olivia: Oh Tony, you must be more optimistic! Try looking on the positive side!

Tony: I can’t see a “positive side”...

Bindyu: We’ll make a great campaign – it’ll show how people can stop big corporations from doing what they want!

Olivia: Let’s hope so...

All: Yeah...

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

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Submitted by jpkeiros on Wed, 08/11/2023 - 13:46

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In the task number 2, example 12, I think the opposite of start is finish and the opposite of stop is follow.

Hello jpkeiros,

I don't see a question about 'start' in that task. Note that all the questions tell you the first letter of the answer, so 'follow' cannot be correct as it does not begin with 's'.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Bruno2020 on Fri, 19/06/2020 - 16:02

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Hello Everyone! Don't worry Carlos,I'm from Brazil and I don't know dancing as well,but I love football.

Submitted by Abdu Muhammad on Wed, 13/05/2020 - 03:33

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hello English teacher thank you very much for explaining us and immediately respond.

Submitted by jmajo on Mon, 19/08/2019 - 15:58

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Thanks for the episode, it was fun!.