英语听力短剧:Harry's New Girlfriend 新女友

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Episode 30: Harry's New Girlfriend 

Fadi:  Hello Tony!  How are you?

Tony:  Alright, I suppose.

Fadi:  Good to hear you sounding so happy!  Hey, where is everyone?

Tony:  Everyone who?

Fadi:  You know, the regulars – Olivia, Sarah, Harry, Magda...

Tony:  Don’t know.  They’ll probably come in sooner or later.  They’re always here.

Fadi:  Hello!

Bindyu:  Oh.  Er, hello.

Fadi:  I haven’t seen you in here before.

Bindyu:  No.  I haven’t been in here before.

Fadi:  That’s probably why then! 

Bindyu:  Er, I don’t understand...

Fadi:  Er, ok, well, never mind then.  Listen, can I get you a drink?  Would you like a coffee or something?

Bindyu:  Erm, well, that’s very kind of you, but no thanks.

Fadi:  Go on!  Have something!  My treat!  You can’t sit here not eating or drinking anything.

Bindyu:  Actually, I’m waiting for my boyfriend.

Fadi:  Oh.  Late, is he?

Bindyu:  Well, only a little bit...

Fadi:  You can talk to me if he doesn’t show up!

Harry:  Hello there!

Fadi/Bindyu:  Hi!

Harry:  I see you two have already met each other...

Bindyu:  Oh no, not really...

Fadi:  No, I was just being polite, y’know...

Harry:  Sure!  Fadi, let me introduce Bindyu.

Fadi:  Nice to meet you.

Bindyu:  Nice to meet you.

Harry:  Bindyu’s my girlfriend.

Fadi:  Oh, er.  Great!  How long have you been together?

Bindyu:  Oh, not long, only a couple of weeks.

Fadi:  You didn’t tell me you had a new girlfriend, Harry!

Harry:  Well, I haven’t seen you for a few weeks.

Fadi:  No, of course.  I was visiting my family...so, what’s happening here?

Harry:  The big news is that they’re trying to close the cafe!

Fadi:  No!

Harry:  Yes, and Olivia’s shop too.

Fadi:  That’s terrible!  Why?

Harry:  A big building company are building new flats behind here.  They want to knock down the cafe and Olivia’s shop to make more space.

Fadi:  Oh no...what can we do to stop them?

Harry:  Well, we’ve got a few ideas.  There’s a guy who comes in here sometimes called Carlos – he works for the builders.  He might help us.  And Sarah and Olivia said they had some ideas...

Fadi:  We should start a campaign!

Bindyu:  Good idea!  I’m a journalist.  I could write something in the local newspaper.

Harry:  Erm, I thought you wrote for interior design magazines...

Bindyu:  Well, yes, I do, that’s true. But I know somebody who works for the local newspaper.  And I want to do more serious journalism...

Fadi:  Sounds like a great idea!  Good luck!  I think we should put a banner in the window of the cafe...

Harry:  A banner?

Fadi:  Yeah, you know – a big sign that says “Save Our Cafe!” or something like that...

Olivia:  Hello all! 

Fadi:  Hey!  Good to see you again!

Olivia:  Yeah...you too!  How’s it going?

Fadi:  Great – I’m going to put a banner in the cafe window – “Save Our Cafe!”

Olivia:  Good idea...can you save my shop too?

Fadi:  Let’s hope so!  Bindyu’s going to write an article in the local newspaper...

Olivia:  Bindyu?

Bindyu:  Hello!  I’m Bindyu...I’m Harry’s girlfriend...I’m a journalist.

Olivia:  Ok, great, nice to meet you!

Olivia:  Here’s Carlos!  He’s going to help us too!

Carlos:  Well, I don’t know, I’d like to help, but I’m not sure what I can do...

Harry:  You make food for the builders, don’t you?

Carlos:  Yes, I do.

Olivia:  You could put poison in it!

Carlos:  Erm, well, no, I really don’t think...

Olivia:  Only joking!

Carlos:  I was looking for Sarah – is she here?

Olivia:  No, I think she’s coming in with Magda later...why?

Carlos:  Oh, no reason...I just wanted to see her...

Olivia:  I see...oh look, here they are now!

Magda/Sarah:  Hello everyone!

All: Hi!

Sarah:  Hi Carlos!  Good to see you again!

Carlos:  Hi!

Sarah: Listen everybody, Magda’s got some good news!

Magda:  Yes – I got my master’s degree with a distinction!

All: Wow!  Well done!

Harry:  So you get a well-paid, full-time job with the architects!

Magda:  Yes I do!

Sarah:  Which means we can afford to stay in our expensive flat...

Magda:  There’s only one problem, though...

Olivia:  Oh?  What’s that?

Magda:  I’m not really sure how to tell you this...

Olivia:  Go on!

Magda:  Well, the architects I work for...

Harry:  Yeah?  Go on!

Magda:  They have a big new project...

Fadi:  Sounds interesting...

Magda:  And they want me to work on it...

Harry:  Even better...

Magda:  Well, not really – you see, the project they want me to work on...

Olivia:  Yes?

Magda:  It’s the new luxury flats...the building here...the people who want to close the cafe and your shop!