英语听力短剧:一起拯救咖啡屋I have found out

【Audioscript】

Episode 31: I have found out ...

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...cafe...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 cafe 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, is 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 cafe 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 cafe, 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 cafe 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 cafe 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...