Episode 01: A burglary

Episode 01: A burglary

The start of Series 3 brings bad news. Tony's Café has been burgled! Or has it?

Do the Preparation task first. Then listen to the audio. Next go to each Task and do the activity. If you need help, you can read the Transcript at any time.

Preparation

Before you listen

We suggest you do the vocabulary activity below before you listen. Then listen to the episode and do the first task to check your understanding. Finally, practise some vocabulary and grammar.

Exercise

Transcript

Audio script

Tony:  Oh no ... oh no ... I don’t believe it!

Harry (still outside):  Let’s just nip into the café for breakfast ...

Bindyu:  OK, sure.

Harry (entering):  Hi there, Tony! What’s the problem?

Tony:  Just have a look!

Harry:  Ermm ... Everything looks normal to me!

Olivia:  Hi, everyone! Just thought I’d nip in to get a coffee before work ... er ... What’s going on?

Bindyu:  Tony’s upset about something.

Olivia:  I can’t see anything unusual.

Harry:  Me neither.

Tony:  What?! Are you mad? Look – all these cups are broken!

Olivia:  Oh, yeah. Now you mention it ...

Tony:  And look at the mess here! 

Harry:  Some broken plates on the floor.

Tony:  The dustbins!

Fadi:  Hi, all! What’s going on? What’s wrong with the dustbins?

Tony:  There’s rubbish everywhere!

Bindyu:  Oh yeah ...

Magda/Sarah:  Hi, all!

Sarah: What’s up?

Tony:  There’s been a break-in!

Harry:  A burglary?

Olivia:  Thieves?

Magda/Sarah:  Oh no!

Olivia:  Has anything been stolen?

Magda:  Quick! Check!

Tony:  I never leave any money in the café overnight, so that’s not a danger.

Harry:  Is there anything else? Anything valuable?

Tony:  Well, there were those special pieces of fish.

All:  Fish?

Tony:  Yeah ... I had some really nice fish.

Carlos:  Hey, everyone! What’s going on?

All:  Blimey! What?!! What’s that?!

Harry:  Who the ...?

Sarah:  What the ...?

Fadi:  How did ...?

All:  A cat!!????

Olivia:  There’s your burglar!

Tony:  That explains the fish ...

Johnny:  Hello all! Ooohhh ... Hello, puss! Is this the new café cat?

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Task 4

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Submitted by dhiyaa on Wed, 20/09/2023 - 19:17

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i laugh again thanks big City small word
now i can understand the transcript

Submitted by Bruno2020 on Thu, 25/06/2020 - 15:53

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Thanks for another great episode and series. It has been helping me a lot!

Submitted by jmajo on Wed, 23/10/2019 - 14:37

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Thanks for the really good episode, it was really useful. ;)

Submitted by nikoslado on Tue, 02/04/2019 - 19:36

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Dear Peter M, thank you for your immediate reply , I appreciate all you are doing for us and I've been always learning things from all of you...

Submitted by nikoslado on Mon, 01/04/2019 - 20:15

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Dear Team,here it is a headline sentence: ''Tony's Café has been burgled! Or has it?'' Is this correct or it needs ''...hasn't it '' instead of ''has it''?
Hello nikoslado, The sentence is correct. It is not a tag question asking for confirmation, but rather a separate sentence suggesting the statement may not be true, with the repeated information omitted: "Tony's Café has been burgled! Or has Tony's Café been burgled?" ~ Peter The LearnEnglish Team