大城市小世界 Series 3 Episode 9 - Saving the Business?

Introduction

This support pack accompanies:

Big City Small World – Series 3 Episode 9

This support pack contains the following materials:

1. Before you listen: Vocabulary match up

2. Audio script

3. Comprehension Task 1

4. Comprehension Task 2

5. Grammar Task

6. Vocabulary 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 their definitions.

Definitions:

1. I’m afraid not, meaning I’m sorry, but no

2. To have a debt with somebody

3. To make something safe

4. Needed

5. Really

6. Serious; correct

Big City Small World S3 E9 – Saving the Business?

Transcript 1

Big City Small World S3 E9 – Saving the Business?

大城市小世界S3 E9 – 挽救公司？

Harry 2: Hi there! Have you seen Fadi?

哈里：您好！你见过法迪？

Olivia: ’Fraid not, not today anyway.

张震：“恐怕没有，反正今天没看见。

Johnny: Hi there! Has anyone seen Fadi today?

约翰尼：您好！有没有人今天看到法迪了？

Magda: No! What’s all the interest in Fadi?

玛格达：没有哎，为什么所有的人都对法迪感兴趣？

Harry: He owes us money!

哈里：他欠我们的钱！

Olivia: Oh dear ...

张震：哦，亲爱的...

Magda: That sounds bad.

玛格达：这听起来很糟糕。

Olivia: Is this what happened to his great

business idea?

张震：这与他宏伟的经营理念有关吗？

Johnny: Yes.

约翰尼：是的。 

All: Fadi!

所有人：法迪！

Olivia: Everyone’s looking for you.

张震：每个人都在找你。

Fadi: Aren’t they always?

法迪：他们不是总是这样吗？

Magda: Not in a good way, though!

玛格达：但这次不是什么好事！

Fadi: Friends, friends ... Have no worries!

法迪：朋友，朋友......别担心！

Johnny/Harry: What? What are you on about?

约翰尼/哈里：什么？你到底做了什么？

Fadi: I have saved the day!

法迪：我已经化险为夷！

Olivia: Go on ... what have you done this time?

张震：继续说...你这次怎么做的？

Fadi: Secured the necessary investment to

make “FindLondon” a huge success!

法迪：安全必要的投资已经

使"FindLondon"获得了巨大成功！

Harry: You have?

哈里：真的吗？

Johnny: And will we get our money back?

约翰尼：那我们会把我们的钱要回来吗？

Fadi: If you want out, then you can leave.

法迪：如果你想要出来的话，那么你就可以。

Johnny: Hmmm ...

约翰尼：嗯...

Fadi: But be warned ... You will be missing out

on a major moneymaking opportunity.

法迪：但要注意...你会被错失

一个很好的赚钱机会。

Harry: How did you save the company?

哈利：你是如何拯救公司的？

Fadi: Erm, my uncle, actually. He’s pretty rich.

And he thought “FindLondon” tourist services

was a really good idea! So he’s invested lots of

money ... and now we’re going to be rich too!

法迪：呃，我的叔叔，其实，他相当有钱，

他认为"FindLondon"旅游服务

真是一个好主意！于是他投入大量的

钱......现在我们也要发财了！

Johnny: Okay, then. I’m still in.

约翰尼：好吧，那么。我依旧加入。

Harry: Me too – executive director!

哈里：我也是 - 常务理事！

Johnny: Yeah ... well done, Fadi!

约翰尼：是啊...做得好，法迪！

Harry: I feel like a really serious person now! A

proper businessman! Even Bindyu’s family will

like me!

哈里：我觉得自己像一个真正严肃的人吧！一个

称职的商人！即使是Bindyu的家人也会

喜欢我！

Magda: Oh, Harry! There’s more to life than

money you know!

玛格达：哦，哈利！除了钱之外，你还更懂生活啊！

Harry: Hey, I know that – but I don’t think

Bindyu’s family do ...

哈里：嘿，我知道 - 但我不认为

Bindyu的家人确实...

Comprehension Task 1

Put the events in order – remember, some of them may happen before the recording 3 begins!

a) Fadi’s uncle agrees to invest in the business.

b) Fadi tells his uncle about FindLondon.

c) Harry says he wants to be executive director.

d) Fadi offers Johnny and Harry their money back.

e) Johnny and Harry are looking for Fadi.

f) Harry tells Olivia that Fadi owes him money.

g) Johnny congratulates Fadi for doing well.

h) Fadi arrives at the café.

Comprehension Task 2

Choose the correct word or words in each sentence.

1. Olivia has/hasn’t seen Fadi today.

2. Harry has given money to Johnny/Fadi.

3. Fadi reassures 4/worries everyone when he arrives.

4. Fadi thinks the business idea is going to fail/succeed.

5. Fadi’s father/uncle has invested money.

6. Harry wants to impress his girlfriend/girlfriend’s family.

Grammar Task

Complete these sentences and questions with the present perfect tense.

1. ______ you ______ (see) Fadi?

2. I __________ (not see) Fadi.

3. What _____ you ______ (do) this time, Fadi?

4. Fadi _____ ________ (secure) the money the business needs.

5. His rich uncle ____ _________ (invest) in FindLondon.

6. Harry _____ _____ (not meet) Bindyu’s parents yet.

7. ____ Bindyu ______ (arrived) yet?

8. I ___ _____ (talk) to her already.

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Vocabulary Task

Complete these sentences with the best word about business or money from the list.

speculate

invest

owes

opportunity

investment

making

moneymaking

rich

1. You have to _________ to accumulate!

2. I hear he made more than a million pounds last year – he’s extremely _____.

3. I wonder when Fadi will pay me back – he ____ me two hundred pounds!

4. Fadi’s always full of crazy plans and ________ ideas.

5. You know, this FindLondon business might be the best ________ I’ve ever made.

6. It’s a good idea to check you understand a business before you ______ in it.

7. Many people dream of ________ lots of money, but few people manage it.

8. This is a once-in-a-lifetime _______!

Answers

Pre-listening:

1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. e; 5. f; 6. d

Comprehension Task 1:

1.b; 2. a; 3. e; 4. f; 5. h; 6. d; 7. c; 8. g

Comprehension Task 2:

1. hasn’t; 2. Fadi; 3. reassures; 4.

succeed; 5. uncle; 6. girlfriend's family

Grammar Task:

1. Have … seen; 2 haven’t seen; 3.

have … done; 4. has secured; 5. has

invested; 6. hasn’t met; 7. Has …

arrived; 8. have talked

Vocabulary Task:

1.speculate; 2. rich; 3. owes; 4.

moneymaking; 5. investment; 6. invest;

7. making; 8. opportunity

Big City Small World S3 E9 – Saving the Business?