A2 S2 Flashcards by Dylan Chenier

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Is that all right, what you ordered?

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M: Yes, it’s very, very nice, thank you. Extremely plesant

Good. This is nice

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M: It looks like

Yes, it is… It’s a sort of soup

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M: yes

Vegetable I think

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M: Yes. It looks delicious… This is a sort of fruit

Yes

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M: I’m not sure what sort though

I’ll ask them. If you like. I’ll ask them

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M: It could be a melon but it tastes like pineapple. I think there’s melon in it, but there’s something else as well

Could be pineapple

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M: Yes, it could well be pineapple

Or perhaps lychees

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M: Cheese?

No, lychees. It’s a Chinese fruit…

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M: Oh, yes. No. I’ve had lychees before in the Chinese

Yes. That’s where you tend to get them

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M: I don’t really like them actually. I always think I’m eating eyeballs

Really?

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M: Or something similar

What?

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M: Nothing

Sorry?

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(He smiles at her. They attempt to regain their dignity. They eat)

You look really- very- very attractive. If you don’t mind me saying…

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M: Oh. Thank you

Terrific. I hardly recognized you

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M: Well, I thought I’d make an effort

Yes

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M: One of the girls in the salon did it for me last night. The hair

Must have taken a bit of time

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M: It did. Hours. Especially with my hair

Really?

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M: Had to sleep last night with my neck on a plank

A plank?

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M: Well, a board, you know

A board?

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M: A wooden board, you know, to stop it getting flattened?

Stop what getting flattened?

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M: My hair

Oh, I see… Do you have it done like that very often?

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M: No, not very often

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M: Only when I’m going out somewhere

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M: But I don't go out much

You were out last week

m: Pardon?

You were out last week. Here

M: Yes, I know

But you weren't dressed up like that

M: No, well. That was a blind date wasn't it...

I'm- I'm glad you think I'm worth it...

M: Well, we'll have to see, won't we? Worth the risk

Er... Where'd you get the plank?

M: Pardon

The plank you had to sleep on. Where'd you get it

M: It was my bookshelf

Oh. What did you do with the books?

M: Put them on the floor

M: I've only got three

M: I prefer magazines, really... My dad put it up for me

Sorry?

M: The shelf

You dad? The racing driver?

M: No, he's not a racing driver

He's not, I thought..

M: I only said that. I was trying to impress you. I thought it sounded more interesting

Oh. What does he do then?

M: he's a brickie

M: But he's not working regular... But she does work

Where's that?

M: Tescos

Aha. Maybe that's why she's so fond of shelves

M: Pardon?

Nothing

M: No, she's on the tills

Right

M: Did you find that person you were looking for last week? The one you needed for your office?

No, not yet. I'm seeing one or two more on Monday

M: I hope you're not planning to take them all out for dinner here

Oh no. It was only that particular one. She was very experienced. It would have been quite something to have got her

M: Did you manage to catch up with her?

No- she's- not answering my calls

M: Probably fed up with having to pay for her own dinner

Oh no, I'm sure she... Anyway, we were offering so little she probably wouldn't have been interested

M: What do you do in your office

We- we've just started a magazine. Sort of arts magazine for this area. Reviews, articles, interviews. There's a lot going on, masses. But the local press just isn't interested most of the time. Lots of talent around, you'd be surprised. We thought we'd try and encourage it

M: Right. Do people buy it? The Magazine?

Well. We need more to keep going. But we've started well. We're six percent above our budgeted circulation figures... Oh, look. I brought you volume two, in case you wanted to have a look. Here. It's for you

M: Thank you... Would you like me to pay for it

Oh no. Complimentary edition. Please

M: Thank you... Incidentally, I am paying for this evening, though

Oh no, please, I insist

M: No, you paid last week. Fair's fair

All right. We'll see

M: It's not a bad place, not too stuffy. You come here often?

Yes. It's my parent's favourite restaurant. We used to come here as kids. They used to bring us

M: Us?

My brother and I. My older brother Glyn

M: You like to go where your parents go, do you?

Not always, no

M: Is your brother married

Oh yes

M: Has he got any children?

Yes one

M: How old

oh, about four. or so. a boy. Timothy. Timmy

M: You're an uncle then

RIght

M: What does he do? Your brother? Does he run arty magazines as well?

Oh no. He's with our firm. With my father's firm

M: What do they do?

Well, we're originally builders but we're also transport and we build leisure centres

M: Big then?

Pretty big. I don't have anything to do with it

M: What do they call themselves

Er... Stratton's. Stratton unity

M: Strattons?

Yes

M: What, The strattons

Yes

M: Hang on. That's your name then, isn't it?

Yes. Adam Stratton. Yes

M: And you own that

No, I don't. My family does. My father

M: You must be rollong

Oh no. Well, they are. I'm not

M: They're massive, Stratton's. Huge

Pretty big

M: Bloody hell. Why am I offering to pay for your dinner? I didn't realize I was going out with a stratton

Wel...

M: If you don't mind me saying so, you could afford a better jacket couldn't you?

Oh, don't you?

M: It's terrible. Even my dad wouldn't be seen dead in that

I'm sorry

It's all right...Even if I'd had done, and I'm still paying half

Fair enough. And I'm not right. You don't get rich running arts magazines

M: Very Much. thank you?

We wanted to know. What was the fruit. The lady's fruit?

M: I don't know about that... He' s a bit cheeky, isn't he

Oh, don't mind him. He's always-

M: he's mad as well

No, he's

A: Passion fruit, I fetch your main course

Please... Sorry about that

M: It's all right really. It was funny. You say your family have been coming here for years?

Oh yes, since before I was born

M: You must have a funny family then

Yes, fairly funny

M: I'd like to meet them. You know, just to meet them, not-

Yes. Maybe. I mean

M: I don't have to look like this... I mean, if you think that would frighten them

No. of course not

M: I've got a proper dress somewhere. My mother brought it me. A really boring one, I promise. It'd go with your jacket

I'm burning this tomorrow

M: No don't. I really like it. It reminds me of our dog's blanket

Oh, leave it out...

M: Sorry

You have a dog

M: No, just a blanket

M: he got run over. But my mother's sentimental. She still keeps his blanket

On a shelf?

M: Where else... Oh well. The night is young, as they say?

It is

A2 S2 Flashcards

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