Big City Small World S01E12 - Good News & Bad News
Olivia: Hi Magda! How was your first day?
Sarah: Yeah, you were so worried about your new job…
Magda: Well, I had some good news…
Johnny: Hi! I've got some good news…
Johnny: At least I think it's good news…I'm not really sure…
Magda: Can't I tell you my good news first?
Sarah: Wow, this is getting complicated…and I'm afraid I've only got some bad news…
Magda: Oh no…what a shame! What's the problem?
Olivia: Yeah, go on, bad news first, then the good news will cheer us up!
Sarah: OK, well, I had a row with my landlord, finally! And I'm moving out…
Sarah: Oh yes! So, I need a new flat…
Olivia: What a shame. I hoped it was going to work out…
Sarah: Yeah, but I didn't get on with the landlord.
Magda: Have you told Fadi yet?
Sarah: No…I'm worried what he might think. The landlord is his cousin, after all…
Olivia: Well, let's just wait until he comes in. I was going to tell him you weren't happy – now I'll tell him you're leaving!
Magda: Is it good news time yet?
Sarah: Yes! Go on! What's your good news?
Magda: I've been offered a job!
Olivia: Hang on! Wait a minute! You've already got a job, haven't you Magda?
Sarah: And you have too, Johnny, haven't you? You talk about it all the time…
Johnny: No, you first, please…
Magda: I've been offered a permanent job, with the same company! I'll be a proper architect!
Olivia: Wow! That's fantastic!
Olivia: There's always a ‘but’…
Magda: I have to get a distinction in my master's degree…
Magda: No, but I'm doing well…
Johnny: That's amazing – I've got the same news!
Olivia: What? You're going to be an architect?
Sarah: You're doing a master's degree?
Johnny: A job…I've been offered a new job!
Olivia: I told you there was always a ‘but’…
Olivia: Well, where is it? New York?
Johnny: No, it's in Chongqing.
Sarah: Southwest China. It's a really interesting place…growing really quickly…
Johnny: Yeah, it's a great opportunity…
Johnny: But I love it here so much. I'm not sure I want to go back to China yet – I'd miss all my friends…
Olivia: You'll have to choose!
Sarah: It's big decision time! Oh no…here comes Fadi....and Harry.
Fadi: How's it going everyone?
Magda: I've been offered a new job, a really good job – if I get a good degree!
Johnny: I've been offered a new job, a really good job – but I have to go back to China!
Harry: Wow! Busy day everyone's having…I've got some news too…
Harry: Oh yes – I've been sacked!
Harry: Yes – I've lost my job, been made redundant, unemployed, no longer working!
Harry: Don't worry – I don't care. I hated that job anyway. I'll soon find another job. A man with my skills and abilities is always in demand!
Johnny: Somebody from my company sacked you? Why?
Harry: I told them I wasn't going to work at the weekend – Saturdays and Sundays. If I worked on Saturday and Sunday, when could I play football!? So I said ‘no’, and they said ‘goodbye’…
Harry: I have absolutely no idea! The future is an open book…
Fadi: Well Sarah, at least you're ok…with your new flat and everything…
Olivia: Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that…cousin
Fadi: You wanted to talk to me?
Olivia: (whispering) Yeah, well, you see, Sarah's a bit embarrassed…
Fadi: (whispering) What's up?
Olivia: She wants to leave the new flat…she doesn't get on well with the landlord…
Fadi: I said I'm not surprised! My cousin's horrible! I can't stand him!
Olivia: (laughs) Oh that's a relief…
Fadi: Sarah – I'm sorry if I got you involved with my cousin…I thought you were desperate for a place to live…I know my cousin's horrible!
Sarah: Oh, never mind Fadi – thanks for trying to help anyway…Now I need a new place to live though…
Magda:: If I get this job, I'll have more money – we could get a place together…
Johnny: If I take the job in China, I'll have to leave my flat…
Harry: I've just been speaking to the owner of the café…
Harry: They're closing down – next week!
All: What!!?? Oh…that's terrible…no....what are we all going to do??