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Scene: a busy café. Jeff works behind the counter. Sophie is a customer. She goes to the counter.
Jeff: Hello.
Sophie: Hi. Can I have two coffees please, and a cup of tea?
Jeff: OK. Do you want black or ….?
Sophie: yes, two black coffees please!
Jeff: No problem. There you are.
Sophie: Thanks a lot. Have you got any sugar?
Jeff: It’s on the tables.
Sophie: Thanks.
Jeff: That’s three pounds fifty please.
Sophie gives Jeff the money.
Sophie: Thanks.
Jeff puts the money in the till and gives Sophie her change.
Jeff: Thank you.
Sophie: OK. Cheers.
Chosen 2:
Going to a Fast Food Restaurant
Scene: Mark goes into a fast food restaurant. Joe works in the restaurant:
Joe: Who’s next please?
Mark: Hi, can I order a large cheeseburger with regular chips please?
Joe: Would you like a drink?
Mark: No thanks. Er, yes. I’ll have a large Diet Coke, I think.
Joe: OK. That’s a large cheeseburger with regular chips, and a large Diet Coke. Would you like anything
else, sir?
Mark: No thanks. Er, wait a minute. Yes. Can I have an apple pie as well?
Joe: That’s fine. So that’s a large cheeseburger, regular chips, a large Coke, and an apple pie.
Mark: That’s right. Er, no, I ordered a Diet Coke.
Joe: OK. Sorry, that’s a Diet Coke. That’s four pounds forty five p please.
Mark gives Joe a ten pound note.
Joe: And that’s fifty five p change. If you wait a moment I’ll get your meal.
Mark waits while Joe picks up the cheeseburger, chips, drink and apple pie, and puts them on a tray.
Joe: There you go. Enjoy your meal.
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