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Oh no! I don’t understand how this can happen!
哦，不！我真的不明白怎么會這樣！
Told you so.
告訴過你吧。
Hi Olivia! What’s the problem?
嗨，奧利維亞！怎么了？
Excuse me...
勞駕。
It’s not just here, not just the café...
不僅是這兒，不光是咖啡館。
What do you mean?
什么意思？
Told you so.
告訴過你了。
Excuse me...
勞駕。
It’s true!
竟然是真的！
What is?
什么啊？
They want to knock down my shop, as well as the café!
他們想拆掉我的店，和這個咖啡館！
Demolish it? Get rid of it completely?
拆毀它？完全拆毀？
Yes
是啊。
Told you so.
告訴過你吧。
Oh no!
哦，不！
That’s what I keep saying...
我也一直說不。
Excuse me!
勞駕！
Yes?
什么?
Could I have something to eat please,and a cup of tea?
能給我來點吃的嗎？再加一杯茶？
Sure, here’s a menu, go and take a seat somewhere...
當然，這是蘋果，找個位子坐吧。
Oh dear...let’s go and sit down，there’s Harry over there, let’s sit with him.
天哪，我們找個地方先坐下吧，哈利在那，我們去跟他坐。
Hello there. Magda’s on her way. I think we need to have a plan...
你們好，麥格達就過來，我覺得我們得想個計劃。
Yeah, but what can we do?
是啊，但是我們能做什么呢？
Hey Magda! Hi! We’re over here! Come and sit down!
嗨，麥格達，我們在這邊！過來坐吧！
Hello everyone! What’s the matter? Why does everyone look so sad?
大家好！出什么事了？怎么看起來都這么難過
The café is going to close...
咖啡館要關門大吉了。
and Olivia’s shop too!
奧利維亞的點也是！
Why? Oh ，the property company...they’re building new flats... I remember now...
什么？噢，那個房地產公司，他們要建新公寓。我想起來了。
That’s right，and they want to demolish this place, and Olivia’s shop next door.
對，他們還要拆了這地方，還有隔壁奧利維亞的商店。
They’re offering us compensation...
他們打算給我們賠償。
“Compensation”?
賠償？
Money...
就是錢。
But it’s not enough. I want to keep my shop...
但這可不行，我想留住我的店。
Yes, and I want to keep this café open...there’s nowhere else where we can all meet.
是啊，我也想讓咖啡館開下去，我們沒有別的聚會的地方可去。
Excuse me...
打擾一下。
Yes?
怎么？
I couldn’t help overhearing your conversation...
我沒法不聽到你們的談話。
Were you listening to us?
你在偷聽我們的談話？
No, sorry, I wasn’t listening, I just heard what you were talking about...
不，對不起。我沒有偷聽。我只是聽到你們的談話。
Is this the first time you’ve been here?
你是第一次來到這里嗎？
Well, yes it is, actually...
嗯，確實如此。
It’ll probably be the last...
也許也是最后一次了。
Well, yes, I know...that’s what I wanted to say...
嗯，是。我知道。這正是我想說的。
What?
說什么?
I’m afraid I work for the company, the building company.
我就是為那家大公司工作的，那個建筑公司。
The company who want to knock down my shop?
想拆我店的那家公司？
And our favourite café?
還有我們心愛的咖啡館？
I’m afraid so, yes...
我恐怕，是的。
Can you stop them?
你能阻止他們嗎？
Well, no, I’m not sure about that...
不行，我沒有把握。
What do you do for the company?
你在那家公司干什么？
Well, that’s the problem; I’m not one of their top managers, or anything like that...
這就是問題所在，我不是什么高級主管之類的人物。
That’s a shame.
真遺憾。
I’m just the caterer.
我只是個管餐飲的。
Caterer?
管餐飲的？
Yes, I make food for them.
是啊，我給他們做飯。
Hang on a minute, I don’t understand...you’re the caterer...you make food...
等一下，我沒弄明白，你是管餐飲的，還做飯。
Yes, that’s right. I’m a chef, actually. Or at least that’s what I’d like to be...
對，實際上，我是個廚師，起碼我想成為一名廚師。
But you’ve just come in here to get food...
但你剛剛來過這里找吃的
Oh yeah...well, you see, the problem is,I don’t really like the food I have to cook for other people. I prefer to try new things，so I came in here!
是啊，嗯，你看，問題是，我其實不喜歡我給別人做的那種飯。我更愿意嘗試新東西，所以我來這兒了！
Right...
是嘛
Can you help us?
你能幫助我們嗎？
I’m not sure what I can do...I don’t really want to lose my job...
我不確定自己能做什么，我不想弄丟我的工作。
No...I guess not，but if you work for the building company, you could do some research for us...
是啊，我猜你也不想，但如果你為那家公司工作，你就可以為我們做些調查。
Research? How do you mean?
調查？什么意思？
You could find out some information for us...
你可以為我們打探些消息。
Erm, well, ok, I mean, if I can...I’d like to help you!
唔，好吧，就是說，如果可以的話，我愿意幫助你們！
Great! Let’s see what we can do... we can save this place!
好！讓我們看看有什么可做的，我們能拯救這個地方！
