(door’s open)
Johnny: Happy New Year!
Fadi: Stop, please! Enough New Year!
Johnny: It’s the first time I’ve seen you this year! You’re supposed to say “Happy New Year!”
Fadi: OK, OK. Happy new year to you too, then!
Johnny: It will be Chinese New Year soon—then we can do it all again!
Fadi: Fine, OK, let’s wait until then, though, eh?(door’s open)
Magda: Hello eveyone!
Fadi/Johnny: Hey! Hi!
Magda: Happy new year!
Fadi: Oh, please!
Magda: I’m only trying to be friendly.
Fadi: Yeah, sure, sorry. Can we think about something else now please?
Magda: Have you made any new year’s resolutions?
Johnny: New year’s what?
Magda: New year’s resolutions. Olivia told me about it—at the beginning of the year, you should decide to do something, and do it all year.
Johnny: What kind of thing?
Fadi: Something like stop smoking, or go to the gym everyday, or study more...(door’s open)
All: Hi Olivia! Hey! Hello!
Olivia: Hmmph. Tony, could I have a large coffee please? Make it extra strong!
Fadi: Looks like someone’s having a bad day!
Olivia: Oh shut up Fadi!
Fadi: (sarcastically) Sorry!
Magda: What’s up Olivia?
Olivia: (sighing) My website isn’t working properly. I need to fix it.
(door’s open)
Fadi: Here’s the right man to help you!
Harry: Hello there! Are you talking about me?
Olivia: I’ve got problems with my website again.
Harry: I told you I should have set it up the first time! You should have asked me!
Olivia: OK, OK. You were right.
Harry: So, what’s the problem?
Olivia: The online sales page doesn’t work. People can’t buy my shoes!
Harry: I’m sure I can help fix it.
Olivia: Go on then. Come over to my flat tonight, and we’ll have a look.
Bindyu: Oh, sorry Olivia, I’m not sure he can come to your flat tonight.
Harry: Yeah, I can. I’m not busy tonight.
Bindyu: I thought we were going to the cinema? Harry: Were we? Sorry, I didn’t know. I’d like to help Olivia, if I can...
Bindyu: Hmmphh.
Olivia: Oh listen Harry. Don’t worry if you can’t come and help.
Harry: No. I’ll come. I love websites, you know!
(door’s open)
Johnny: Here’s another one of our friends.Thank goodness for that.
All: Hello Carlos!
Carlos: Hello there!
Magda: We were talking about new year’s resolutions. What’s yours?
Carlos: New year’s what?
Magda: (sighing) New year’s resolution—at the beginning of the year, you should decide to do something, and do it all year.
Carlos: Oh, I see. Well I want to be a chef.
Fadi: We know that, it’s not new.
Johnny: It has to be something new!
Magda: Yes. Something you want to do this year!
Carlos: Oh. OK, I see, well...let me think...something I want to do this year...I know, I want to ask Sarah out on a date!
All: Wow!
(door’s open)
Magda: Oh...well...it looks like you have a chance right now, Carlos!
Sarah: Hello everyone! Were you talking about me?
Carlos: Well, no, erm yes, I mean...
Magda: (whispering) Go on, Carlos!
Fadi: Carlos has got a question to ask you.
Sarah: Oh yes?
Carlos: Oh, yes, erm...well...I was wondering if...erm...
Sarah: If?
Carlos: Yes, if you’d like to...erm...I don’t know...perhaps…erm...go out sometime?
Sarah: Go out with you?
Carlos: Well, yeah, I mean, if you want to...
Sarah: Oh well...erm...what I think is...
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倫敦著名的劇院和電影院
倫敦劇院及電影院遍布全城,歌劇、音樂劇、古典音樂、搖滾、爵士樂、皇家芭蕾和踢踏舞等各種形式的演出在這里都可以看到,票價大多不貴。其實,在倫敦,一年四季幾乎每天都有免費演出和藝術展,類似國家劇院、皇家音樂廳的午間爵士樂演奏和休息廳的展覽等都是免費的。各種街頭表演則更平民化。在科芬園廣場,每天都有街頭藝人表演;牛津街的大型音像書店,如HMV或Borders,也有藝術表演可看,節目還經常更新。
Royal National Theatre 皇家國家劇院
皇家國家劇院位于倫敦南岸中心,其中的Olivier廳采用開放式大舞臺;Lyttelton廳設有前舞臺;Cottesloe 廳很小但有很強的可塑性,各類演出都可以在這里看到。
Barbican Centre 巴比肯中心
巴比肯中心是目前倫敦的三大音樂表演場所之一。1982年該中心開放之時,女王伊麗莎白二世曾贊譽其為“現代世界的奇跡”。這座建筑坐落在倫敦城第二次世界大戰時期的防御工事上,現在這座建筑以在其內舉行的各種盛大表演和展覽出名。BFI London IMAX Cinema BFI 電影院
BFI 電影院位于滑鐵盧車站旁,可容納500名觀眾,擁有全英國最大的電影屏幕,它有20多米高,帶給人的震撼感覺,可見一斑。
National Film Theatre 國家電影劇院
這是由英國電影協會經營的電影院,是世界上一流的實驗性電影專場電影院。從片名、新片試映到少見的舊電影,這里一應俱全。場內還出售與電影有關的書籍、攝影集、錄影帶及唱片等。