英语听力短剧:He's a pest 他是个害虫

【Audioscript】

Episode 21: He's a pest.

Olivia:  Joe!  Can you stop that please!  Can you please come here and sit down!

Magda:  Hello there, Olivia.  Who’s this?

Olivia:  This is Joe – he’s my nephew.

Magda:  Nephew?

Olivia: My sister’s son.

Magda:  Oh!  I see.  He’s lovely!  I love children...

Olivia:  Yeah, they’re great until you have to look after them...

Magda:  You’re looking after him?

Olivia:  Yeah, just for today, fortunately.  My sister can’t get a babysitter.  But Joe comes to my shop

quite often.  He loves it there...unfortunately!

Magda:  Why’s that ‘unfortunate’?

Olivia: Because he’s a pest, that’s why...

Magda:  What’s a ‘pest’?

Olivia:  Somebody or something which makes you angry...

Magda:  No!!  I don’t believe it!  He’s so sweet!  How old is he?

Olivia:  Four, nearly five. 

Fadi:  Whoooaaaa!  Slow down there, little man!  Who’s this?

Olivia:  Fadi, meet Joe.

Magda:  He’s Olivia’s nephew.  And a sweet little pest!

Fadi:  Oh really!  I didn’t know you were Aunt Olivia!

Olivia:  Thank you very much Fadi.  You make me feel old. Listen, have you had a chat with Harry yet?

Fadi:  About work?

Olivia:  Yeah.

Fadi:  No, not yet, but I’m supposed to talk to him today.  He said he’d be in here later.

Olivia:  Listen, though, it’s not true what Harry was saying...

Fadi:  About what?

Olivia:  About me being upset if he can’t do the website for my shop...I don’t mind if he can’t do it!  He

wanted far too much money.  I could never have afforded it.  Now it’s ok, because he thinks he’s turning me

down...I don’t have to offend him by saying ‘no’! A happy result all round!

Fadi:  I see...so I don’t have to bail you out, after all?

Olivia:  No!

Olivia:  Joe, can you stop that please?  Come over here!

Fadi: ...and here he is!

Harry:  Alright mate!  Alright Olivia, Magda...who’s this young man?

Olivia:  My nephew, Joe.

Harry:  Hello Joe!

Harry:  He’s very...erm...what’s the word...energetic?

Olivia:  I just call him “trouble”!

Harry:  So, Fadi, you wanted to talk business?

Fadi:  Yeah, finally...well, I’ve got the all clear from my uncle, so we’re on. 

Harry:  Great. 

Fadi:  But...

Harry:  There’s always a “but”!

Fadi:  You’re going to have to do us a favour and come down on the price, mate...

Harry:  What price did I quote you?

Fadi:  Two thousand five hundred.

Harry:  Well, seeing as you’re a friend, I could come down to two thousand four hundred, but not less than

that.

Fadi:  We can offer two thousand.  That’s our top limit.  We don’t have a bigger budget than that.

Harry:  Come on!  You’re joking!

Fadi:  Sorry mate.  It’s two thousand, or nothing.

Harry:  No way.  Can’t be done.  I’ve got to go now...got to go and see Johnny – he’s offered me a real

job...bye all!

Fadi:  Oh no, do you think he’s really upset now?

Olivia:  I don’t think “upset” is the word....

Fadi:  We can go a bit higher actually...I was just trying to be a tough negotiator.

Magda:  A bit too tough, I think.

Olivia:  You should never mix work and friendship, anyway.

Magda:  And you probably shouldn’t have a business meeting in a cafe!

Fadi:  Oh no.  What a mess.  I’d better go.  Hang on..where’s my...where are my....I can’t find my mobile! 

Or my keys!  Has anyone seen them?

Magda:  Let’s look under the seats...they must be here somewhere...

Fadi:  I can’t see anything.

Magda:  No sign.

Olivia:  How strange...hang on a minute, my nephew’s been terribly quiet for the last five minutes...what’s

he up to...Joe!!!