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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 08
Section 6 - Carolina
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Section 6 follows Carolina – a girl who has come to the United Kingdom (UK) to live, study, and to have fun exploring a different country and culture. Listening to this can help you if you find yourself in a similar situation. You will see that there is often more than one way of saying the same thing in English.
Suggestion: listen to Carolina's conversations in the pub and then do exercises 1 and 2.
Practice materials - Exercise 1
Put the phrases in the correct places in the conversation
Practice materials - Exercise 2
Choosing phrases that are NOT correct
Transcript
Ravi: Carolina, you’ll remember, is from Venezuela and she’s come to England to live, study and have fun. She wasn’t having much fun last time because she had a really bad cold but she’s feeling better now and she’s going out to the pub with some friends.
In the pub
Jamie: Carolina! Hi! We’re over here!
Carolina: Oh hi! I couldn’t see you!
Voice: ... And the man says “I know. It is amazing. He hated the book”.
Jamie: Come and sit down. There’s a space next to Henry.
Carolina: Excuse me, sorry. Hello Henry.
Henry: Hi.
Jamie: And this is Helen, and Nigel, and Gemma and Jake.
All: hi, hello, hi Carolina etc
Carolina: Hello everybody.
Jake: Right. It’s my round.
Carolina: Round? I don’t understand.
Jamie: Haven’t you ever been to a pub before?
Carolina: No, it’s the first time.
Jamie: We take it in turns to buy a round – that’s what you do in a pub. Everyone buys a round.
Carolina: But is a round a drink?
Jamie: No. One person buys a drink for everyone at the table – that’s called a round. Then next time someone else buys one. Henry bought the first one and now Jake’s buying the next one, so it’s his round. But you don’t have to…. not if you don’t want to….if you don’t want a drink or something.
Carolina: Oh… no, that’s OK. I’ll buy a round later.
Jake: So, same again everybody?
All: yes, yes please, yep, same again, same for me please.
Jake: Carolina? What are you drinking?
Carolina: Oh dear I don’t know. What is everyone else having?
Jamie: I’m having Newcastle Brown. It’s a really good beer. From Newcastle of course.
Carolina: Ugh! It doesn’t look like the beer I know. It’s very dark!
Jamie: No, probably not. You probably drink lager – that’s the pale beer, you know the light coloured one. We call it lager. Would you like one?
Carolina: No, I don’t think so. I’ll have a fruit juice – what have they got?
Jake: Well, pineapple – that’s what Helen’s drinking, but besides that, I’m not sure. Come up to the bar with me and we’ll ask. You can give me a hand with the drinks. OK, so that’s two bottles of Newcastle Brown, a pint of lager, a half of lager, a Diet Coke, a pineapple juice – and whatever Carolina wants.
At the bar
Jake: So, are you enjoying Newcastle?
Carolina: Yes I am. I haven’t seen much of it yet. I’ve just started classes and I had a really bad cold for a few days. But I like what I’ve seen.
Barman: Y’ being served?
Jake: No. Um, two bottles of Newcastle Brown, a pint and a half of lager, a Diet Coke and a pineapple juice please. And what other fruit juices have you got?
Barman: Pineapple, cranberry, mango, apple, and orange.
Carolina: Um, mango please.
Jake: And a packet of crisps please – cheese and onion.
Barman: Right you are.
Jake: And how long have you known Jamie?
Carolina: We met on the train coming up from London.
Jake: Well he seems to like you.
Carolina: Oh, does he?, Well I ….
Barman: That’s eleven pounds fifty please.
Jake: Here you are.
Barman: And that’s eight fifty change.
Jake: Thanks. OK, let’s get these back to the table. I’ll take the lagers –if you can bring the …..
Tess: Oooh. Jamie seems to like Carolina. Well, well.
Ravi: I knew you’d say that. Do you buy rounds if you go to the pub, Tess?
Tess: I don’t usually. It can be really expensive, can’t it? Anyway, at least Carolina knows what a round is now. I don’t really go to the pub much anyway. I prefer to be outdoors.
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