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Tony： Oi！ What are you lot doing？ Whats that？

Harry： Its a 1）banner.

Tony： A what？

Harry： A banner—look！ See what it says.

Tony （reading）： Save...our...café...Oh， I see， yeah. Very good. Do you think itll stop them from closing this place？ Olivia： Well， you never know. Every little bit helps.

Tony （2）non-committal）： Hmm. Im not sure having that thing stuck to the front of my café will change anything.

Bindyu： Oh yes it will， Tony—be positive！ My friend from the local newspaper is coming to take a photograph， and Im going to write an article！

Tony： Hmm. Great.

Olivia： Look Tony—its the only thing we can do！ We can organise a campaign here， and at the same time Sarahs doing some work as well.（door opens）

Magda： Hey！ Wow！ Look at that banner！ Very impressive！

Olivia： Hi Magda！

Magda： Hello everyone！

Olivia： So， go on then， have you decided to take the job？

Magda （sighs）： Yeah...I have to accept the

job...I mean， I really want to...its a good job， and good jobs in architecture are difficult to get...and I need the money！ Olivia： Sure， I understand.

Magda： Johnnys old flat， where me and Sarah

live， its great but its so expensive.

Olivia： But you can help us. Harry： Yeah， if you work for the company who want to knock down Tonys café and Olivias shop， you can do something！

Magda： Well， Im not sure， but Ill see！（door opens）

Carlos： Hello everyone！

All： Hi Carlos！

Carlos： Is Sarah here today？

Magda： Er， not yet...but she said shed be here soon.

Carlos： Oh. OK， Ill wait for her. Is it OK if I sit here？

Magda： Sure.

Olivia： Come and join us！

Magda： So， is it true youre a 3）chef？ Carlos： Not exactly...Id like to be a chef， thats what I want to do， but at the moment Im a 4）caterer...its different... Magda： Whats a caterer？

Carlos： A caterer makes food for lots of people—I make all the lunches for the people who work on the building site next door. Its just sandwiches or soup， or other simple things. Its quite boring—I like more of a challenge?。╠oor opens）

Olivia： Here she is！

Sarah： Hello everyone！ Hello Carlos！

Carlos： Hi Sarah！ Good to see you again.

Olivia： Carlos was just telling us all about his job.

Sarah： Youre a chef， arent you？

Carlos（sighs）： No...but I want to be！

Sarah： Where are you from？

Carlos： Im from Brazil！ Even if no one believes me.

Sarah： Why dont people think youre from Brazil？

Carlos： I dont like football， and I cant dance.

All： （laughter）

Sarah： Listen， though—weve got an important job to do...we have to save this café， and Olivias shop！

Olivia： Thats right.

Carlos： But how？

Harry： Ive put up the banner.

Bindyu： And Im writing an article for the local paper.

Sarah： Great...and Ive found out something very interesting.

Olivia： Oh？ Whats that？

Sarah： Well， you know I have a friend who works at the local museum—I love going to

museums and art galleries， Carlos—and she told me something that could be important.

Olivia： Go on！

Sarah： These buildings—the café and your shop—are actually a lot older than many people think.

Olivia： Really？

Sarah： Yes. Theyre probably two hundred years old.

Olivia： Tony！ Did you hear that？

Tony： What？

Olivia： Sarah has found out that the café and my shop are really very old buildings.

Tony： Thats why Ive got a problem with the roof， then...

Harry： It means they cant possibly knock down these buildings！

Sarah： Right. They have historical value.

Tony： Eh！ It wont stop them.

Olivia： Oh Tony， you must be more optimistic！ Try looking on the positive side！

Tony： I cant see a “positive side”.

Bindyu： Well make a great campaign—itll show how people can stop big corporations from doing what they want！

Olivia： Oh， lets hope so.

倫敦橋（London Bridge）是一座橫跨泰晤士河的橋，它將倫敦和南華克（Southwark）地區(qū)連為一體。Cannon大街地鐵橋位于它的西側(cè)；著名的倫敦塔橋位于它的東面。橋南岸是倫敦橋站和南華克座堂。這座舉世知名的橋在1750年前是越過泰晤士河的唯一橋梁，亦是倫敦所建歷史最悠久的一座橋。

倫敦橋所在的地方近2000年來一直有不同的橋。第一座跨泰晤士河的橋是木橋，由羅馬人在公元50年左右搭建。這個位置的河夠窄可以搭橋，也夠深，允許海船進入。羅馬人撤離英國之后，這座橋逐漸失修，不過在某個時期，或許也曾經(jīng)得到過維修或者重建，但時間已不可考證。1014年，英國國王Ethelred在抵抗入侵的丹麥人Svein Haraldsson時下令燒毀這座橋。那次摧毀很可能是知名的童謠“倫敦橋要倒了（London Bridge Is Falling Down）”中描述的故事。之后倫敦橋又幾經(jīng)摧毀和重建。