Bridget and Annie share a flat in London. Bridget is a fitness enthusiast and very self-confident. She receives a letter from her old penfriend in Argentina called Hector saying that he plans to visit – on that very day! This lesson contains a video, a full transcript of the dialogues, some new expressions with their pronunciation, and a progress test to check your understanding.
Video lesson 5:11, comprehension test 5:00
COMMENTARY [voice over]
This is the story of Bridget and Annie who share a flat in London. They have a neighbour, Nick. Nick fancies Bridget, but Annie fancies Nick. That’s the way it is until Bridget gets a letter from Argentina. Stand by for EXTRA!
Bridget: [reading email message]‘Gigi!! Did you get my message? Please call me. Love, John. P.S: Did you get the flowers?’
Bridget: Is he stupid?! (Writes email) ‘I told you last night, it’s finished.Sorry. B. (And don’t call me GIGI.)’
Telephone rings
Bridget: Yes, John! Yes, I got the card and the flowers and the chocolates. Yes and I got the cushion as well. But it’s finished, sorry.
John: [on phone] But please don’t leave me.
Bridget: Don’t cry. Oh, goodbye. Oh and happy birthday! Aah, men!
Annie: Come on Charlie, come on. Post, Bridget. Charlie and I have the post, haven’t we Charlie.
Bridget: Give me the post, Charlie.
[Dog growls]
Bridget: Give me the post, Charlie.
Annie: Drop it, Charlie. Oh, good boy! Oh, telephone bill, gas bill, electricity bill. Oh. Ah, what’s this? Mmm, a parcel for you, Bridget.
Bridget: Oh, good. What is it? Oh, it’s from mother.
Annie: Oh, ‘Bridget darling, this arrived for you and I made you this. Love Mummy.’Oh, ho-ho, oh very you, Bridget!
Bridget: Mother! Ooh, this is from Argentina.
Annie: Argentina. Who from? What does it say?
Bridget:[Erm], it says ‘Hello, do you remember me?’ No. ‘Seven years ago we was pen pals.’‘We was’ – we were pen pals. Oh yeah, now I remember, it’s Hector!
Annie: Who’s Hector?
Bridget: He was my pen pal seven years ago.
Annie: Oh.
Bridget: ‘I speak English good now.’ I speak English good.
Bridget: I speak English well now – ‘and I am coming to England.’
Annie: Oh, Latin Americans!
Bridget: ‘I would like to sleep with you. Do you have a bed for me?’ Oh, he wants to stay here! [Oh]. Ah, ha, ha.
Annie: But [erm] what about the rules?
NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS |
DEFINITION + EXAMPLES |
| Nick fancies Bridget | |
| Did you get my message? |
to get smth: to receive something or be given something |
| But it’s finished, sorry. |
it’s finished: is used to end a relationship with someone so that they are no longer your boyfriend or girlfriend
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| But please don’t leave me. |
to leave: to end a relationship with a husband, wife, or partner and stop living with them
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| Oh, telephone bill, gas bill, electricity bill. |
a bill: a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written
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| Bridget darling, this arrived for you. |
a darling: a person who is very much loved or liked
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| Seven years ago we were pen pals. |
a penpal: someone who you exchange letters with as a hobby, but usually have not met
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| ‘I would like to sleep with you |
to sleep with someone: to have sexual intercourse and, usually, spend the night with
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