好消息，壞消息

B i n d y u和H a r r y正在籌劃蜜月之旅，自從在F i n d L o n d o n網站上做宣傳，C a r l o s的餐廳迎來了大批顧客，而F a d i的F i n d L o n d o n網站也就相得益彰，帶來更多瀏覽量；然而一直想成為百萬富翁的J o h n n y卻收到了公司要裁員的通知，真是有人歡喜有人愁！

Series Four， Episode Six： Good News， Bad News

（Sound of a pile of magazines thumping[砰然地響] down on a table with a sigh）

Tony： Blimey， what have you got there， Bindyu？

Bindyu： Holiday brochures.

Magda： Holiday brochures？

Bindyu： Yes， um， magazines which show us all the places we can go on our honeymoon.

Magda： What’s a “honeymoon”？

Tony： After a couple get married， er， they go away on holiday somewhere.

Magda： Oh yes， we have the same thing in Poland， but we call it the “honey month”.

Tony： A month！ Blimey…that’s a long time.

Magda： So， Bindyu， where are you going on your honeymoon？

Bindyu： Well， I was thinking of somewhere exotic[異國情調的]—the Mediterranean， oh， a little island somewhere， perhaps the Seychelles or the Maldives…

Magda： Wow…that sounds great.

Bindyu： But Harry， of course， has different ideas…

Magda： （laughs） Harry always has different ideas， doesn’t he？

Bindyu： （ironically/disapprovingly） Yes， he does. I’ll stop that！

（door’s open）

Harry： Hey there！

Magda： Hi Harry…we were just talking about your honeymoon.

Harry： Oh yeah， that…

Bindyu： You should sound more excited， dear.

Harry： Erm， yeah， I am excited， but…well， there are so many problems.

Magda： What problems？

Harry： I still haven’t decided who my best man’s going to be yet…and now this to think of…

Bindyu： Well， I’ll help you. Here are some brochures to look at.

Harry： Hmm…they look very nice， but…

Bindyu： But what？

Harry： Well， you know， I was thinking more of， well， something simpler.

Bindyu： （groans） Like what？

Harry： Going camping…

Bindyu： Camping？

Harry： Yeah！

Bindyu： You mean， like， with a tent！

Harry： A tent！ Exactly！

Bindyu： Where？

Harry： Well， here in Britain somewhere—in the countryside—Cornwall， or Wales perhaps…

Bindyu： Harry， I hope you’re joking.

Harry： Erm， no…I’m not actually.

Bindyu： I see…Uh， we shall have to discuss this. Come on Harry！

Harry： （sighing） OK…bye all！

Magda / Bindyu： Bye！

（door’s open）

Fadi： Hi there！ Are you just leaving？

Harry： Yeah…sorry Fadi…can’t stop！ Bye！

Bindyu： Here’s Sarah too！ Sorry， can’t stop！

Sarah： （laughs） Bye！

（door’s close）

Tony： Always coming and going here…It never stops！

Fadi： Cheer up Tony—it’s good to be busy！

Tony： Too busy for me…

Fadi： Hey Sarah， thanks for that piece about Carlos’ restaurant， by the way. I put it up on our website.

Sarah： Great！ I’m just waiting for Carlos now. I hope people read it. Oh， here he is！

（door’s open）

All： Hey Carlos！

Sarah： Hey！ How’s it going？

Carlos： Not bad， thanks. It was a good night last night. There were loads of people in. I was so busy.

Sarah： Fadi put my review onto his FindLondon website…

Carlos： Yes！ I know！ Some of my customers said they’d seen it—and that was why they’d come to the restaurant！

Sarah： Ah， excellent！

Fadi： Good news for me too！ If a lot of people visit the website， I can get more advertisers！

Sarah： Ah， yes！

Johnny： （door’s open） Hi！

All： Hi Johnny！

Johnny： What are you lot all so happy about？

Magda： Fadi’s website is getting lots of hits， and Carlos’ restaurant was packed out for the first time！

Johnny： （gloomily） Well. I’m really pleased for you all.

Fadi： Hey， Johnny， that’s not like you—what’s up？

Johnny： I’ve lost my job.

All： What？！！！

Fadi： I don’t believe it！

Sarah： You were going to be a millionaire！

Johnny： Yeah， I know.

Fadi： So what happened？

Johnny： I got an email.

Sarah： That’s all？

Johnny： Yeah.

Carlos： What did it say？

Johnny： “Unfortunately， due to the current financial situation， we are having to make staff cutbacks…”

Magda： Cutbacks？

Fadi： Yeah. It means they’re firing people…

Johnny： “Therefore， we will not be able to renew your contract after the end of this week.”

Carlos： At the end of this week？

Magda： That’s quick！

Johnny： I know.

Sarah： Well， do you at least get a redundancy

payment[裁員補貼]？

Johnny： No.

Fadi： Nothing？

Johnny： Nothing.

Fadi： That’s hard， man.

Johnny： I know.

Sarah： What are you going to do now？

Johnny： I don’t know.

Magda： Hey， come on Johnny. It’s not the end of the world.

Johnny： No， no. I suppose it isn’t.

Sarah： With all your skills and talents…

Johnny： （cheering up） Hey， yeah， you’re right…

Fadi： You’ll easily be able to get another job…

Johnny： Yeah. Yeah， of course I will. I’ll find another job！

Fadi： Yeah！

Sarah： I bet loads of people would like to employ you！

Johnny： Yes. I think so too. With all my skills and talents…

Magda： You could get a better job…

Johnny： Yeah， a better job！

Fadi： More money.

Johnny： More money！

Sarah： It’ll only take a few days.

Johnny： Yeah！ By the end of this week I’ll have another job， a better job！ I’ll show them！！！！

All： Yeah！！！