Unit 47: Where did you go?
1. What did you see this week?
(Our Week—a weekly TV programme is about to start. But one of the speakers —Bates is not present yet. Rupert, the producer is very worried.)
Producer | Where's Bates? Look at the time. |
Secretary | What are you going to do? |
Producer | I don't know. |
Sid | Are you Rupert Brown? |
Producer | Yes. |
Sid | I've got a message for you—from Mr. Bates. He's had an accident. |
Producer | Oh, no! The programme! |
Secretary | It's going to start now. |
Sid | What is it? Our Week? I could do that. |
Secretary | Oh! You? |
Producer | All right. Sit there. Quick. |
Sid | OK. |
Secretary | But Rupert ... |
Hostess | Good evening. And welcome again to Our Week. And with me this week are ... |
Mavis | Mavis Smithers—hello. |
Hubert | Hubert Hardcastle—hello. |
Sid | Me? Sid Wallace—hello. |
Hostess | Good. Mavis, where did you go and what did you do this week? |
Mavis | I went to see Congratulations. It's on at the National Theatre. Gertrude Gawdy is in it— she's a nurse—and she's very, very good. |
Sid | Good Gawdy! |
Mavis | Yes. Congratulations is about a man and a woman, a doctor and a nurse. She loves him. He loves her. It's beautiful. All I can say is: ... |
Sid | Go and see Congratulations! |
Mavis | Go and see Congratulations! |
Hostess | Thank you, Mavis. Hubert? |
Hubert | I went to the exhibition at the Tate. There are lots of new pictures by Print, Collick and Hellhouse. |
Sid | Who? |
Hubert | Print, Collick, and Hellhouse. Very well-known artists. On the ground floor in the first room, there's a wonderful picture by James Print—My Daughter. |
Sid | The daughter of James Print. She must be a misprint (Miss Print)! |
Hostess | Well, Mr. Wallace ... |
Sid | Sid. |
Hostess | Er—Sid. What did you see this week? |
Sid | A football match. I went to see Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match began badly, but it got worse! The score was seven one, to the other side. It was a terrible game. I'm going to see Brentford next week. Football in the third division is just the same as the first division these days ... |
Secretary | Rupert. |
Producer | Yes? |
Secretary | We're getting lots of phone calls. |
Producer | Yes. |
Secretary | They love him! |
Producer | Who? |
Secretary | Sid Wallace. They all say he's marvellous! |
Producer | Really! Well, well. |
Sid | And that's what I saw this week. |
2. Where did you go this week?
Hostess | Mavis, where did you go this week? |
Mavis | I went to Chipping Leighton. It's a village in Sussex by the sea. About four hundred people live there. Most of them work on farms, or in the village shops. It's got a lovely old church, and there's a little museum. You can visit the museum on Wednesdays. There's also a village pub ... |
Sid | Ah—a pub! |
Mavis | What I wanted to say was—you can stay at the pub. There's only one bus a day, so it's a good idea to take your car. |
Hostess | Thank you, Mavis. And where did you go this week, Hubert? |
Hubert | I visited the Lake District. As you know, it's a beautiful part of the country, in the north of England, about three hundred kilometres from here. Of course, it costs quite a lot to get there ... |
Sid | You can say that again. It's terrible. |
Hubert | But it's famous for its countryside. It has beautiful hills and lakes, forests and rivers; you can go swimming, go sailing, go fishing, go for walks. |
Hostess | Thank you, Hubert. |
Sid | I went to see my brother this week. He lives in the next street to me. I don't get time to go to the Lake District, or villages in Sussex. Too much work. Anyway, where we live there are no hills, or lakes, or forests, or rivers —just a lot of factories and dirty buildings. But the people are friendly — and they are real. |
3. Either he goes, or I go.
(When the show is over, ... )
Hostess | Rupert—either he goes or I go. |
Mavis | Me too, Rupert. He goes, or I go. |
Hubert | And me. |
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Producer | Well, it was them or you, Sid. Good luck! |
Sid | Thanks. Hello, everyone. This is Sid Wallace, with My Week. This week I went to see a terrible film. It was called Soup. Don't go and see it ... |