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Series 2 Episode 4
Save the Café!
Introduction
This support pack accompanies:
Big City Small World – Series 2 Episode 4
This support pack contains the following materials:
Before you listen
Audio script
Comprehension Task
Vocabulary Task
Grammar Task
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.
Match the words and phrases in the boxes to the definitions.
1. article 2. campaign 3. impressive 4. knock down
5. chef 6. roof 7. optimistic 8. corporation
Definitions:
a. causing a positive impression
b. to demolish (a building)
c. a text in a newspaper or magazine
d. a professional cook in a restaurant
e. a large company or group of companies
f. the top, external part of a building
g. a planned series of events designed to change something
h. hopeful; believing that good things will happen
Sarah knows a secret about the building in which the café
is situated. Will this save the café? Written by Chris Rose.
Big City Small World Support Pack – Series 2 Episode 4
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Audio script
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... café... 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 café 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… it’s 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 café 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 café, 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?
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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 café 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 café 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 downthese buildings!Sarah: Right. They have historical value.Tony: It won’t stop them.Olivia: Oh Tony, you must be more optimistic! Trylooking on the positive side!Tony: I can’t see a “positive side”...Bindyu: We’ll make a great campaign – it’ll showhow people can stop big corporations fromdoing what they want!Olivia: Let’s hope so...All: Yeah...Comprehension TaskMultiple ChoiceListen to the episode and answer the questions. Which characters are the questions referring to?Tony, Olivia, Bindyu, Sarah, Magda or Carlos?1. Who tells Tony to be optimistic?2. Who is going to work for the company which is building the flats?3. Who shares a flat with Magda?4. Who wants to be a chef?5. Who is writing an article for the local newspaper?6. Who has a friend working at the museum?7. Who is pessimistic?8. Who has a roof problem?Big City Small World Support Pack – Series 2 Episode 4http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/big-city-small-world/series-2-episode-4-save-cafe© The British Council, 2011 Page 4 of 5The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Vocabulary TaskCrossword PuzzleComplete the crossword withopposites of the clues.Across5. Positive7. Difficult9. Interesting11. Accept12. Stop13. Little14. GoodDown1. Friend2. Love3. Similar4. Old6. Front8. Important10. RightGrammar TaskGap FillFill the gaps with the correct verb forms. Use the same verb forms that the characters in this episode of Big CitySmall World used.1. See what it ________ (to say)2. Every little bit ________ (to help)3. Well, I’m not sure... but I ________ (to see)4. At the same time Sarah ________ some work as well. (to do)5. Is it ok if I ________ here? (to sit)6. Have you decided ________ the job? (to take)7. She ________ me something that could be important. (to tell)8. It’ll show how people can ________ big corporations from ________ what they want! (to stop; to do)Big City Small World Support Pack – Series 2 Episode 4http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/big-city-small-world/series-2-episode-4-save-cafe© The British Council, 2011 Page 5 of 5The United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.Answers