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Bindyu和Harry正在筹划蜜月之旅，自从在FindLondon网站上做宣传，Carlos的餐厅迎来了大批顾客，而Fadi的FindLondon网站也就相得益彰，带来更多浏览量;然而一直想成为百万富翁的Johnny却收到了公司要裁员的通知，真是有人欢喜有人愁！

Series Four， Episode Six： Good News， Bad News （Sound of a pile of magazines thumping[砰然地響] down on a table with a sigh）

Tony： Blimey， what have you got there， Bindyu？

Bindyu： Holiday brochures.

Magda： Holiday brochures？

Bindyu： Yes， um， magazines which show us all the places we can go on our honeymoon.

Magda： Whats a “honeymoon”？

Tony： After a couple get married， er， they go away on holiday somewhere.

Magda： Oh yes， we have the same thing in Poland， but we call it the “honey month”.

Tony： A month！ Blimey…thats a long time.

Magda： So， Bindyu， where are you going on your honeymoon？

Bindyu： Well， I was thinking of somewhere exotic[异国情调的]—the Mediterranean， oh， a little island somewhere， perhaps the Seychelles or the Maldives…

Magda： Wow…that sounds great.

Bindyu： But Harry， of course， has different ideas…

Magda： （laughs） Harry always has different ideas， doesnt he？

Bindyu： （ironically/disapprovingly） Yes， he does. Ill stop that！

（doors open）

Harry： Hey there！

Magda： Hi Harry…we were just talking about your honeymoon.

Harry： Oh yeah， that…

Bindyu： You should sound more excited， dear.

Harry： Erm， yeah， I am excited， but…well， there are so many problems.

Magda： What problems？

Harry： I still havent decided who my best mans going to be yet…and now this to think of…

Bindyu： Well， Ill help you. Here are some brochures to look at.

Harry： Hmm…they look very nice， but…

Bindyu： But what？

Harry： Well， you know， I was thinking more of， well， something simpler.

Bindyu： （groans） Like what？

Harry： Going camping…

Bindyu： Camping？

Harry： Yeah！

Bindyu： You mean， like， with a tent！

Harry： A tent！ Exactly！

Bindyu： Where？

Harry： Well， here in Britain somewhere—in the countryside—Cornwall， or Wales perhaps…

Bindyu： Harry， I hope youre joking.

Harry： Erm， no…Im not actually.

Bindyu： I see…Uh， we shall have to discuss this. Come on Harry！

Harry： （sighing） OK…bye all！

Magda / Bindyu： Bye！

（doors open）

Fadi： Hi there！ Are you just leaving？

Harry： Yeah…sorry Fadi…cant stop！ Bye！

Bindyu： Heres Sarah too！ Sorry， cant stop！

Sarah： （laughs） Bye！

（doors close）

Tony： Always coming and going here…It never stops！

Fadi： Cheer up Tony—its good to be busy！

Tony： Too busy for me…

Fadi： Hey Sarah， thanks for that piece about Carlos restaurant， by the way. I put it up on our website.

Sarah： Great！ Im just waiting for Carlos now. I hope people read it. Oh， here he is！

（doors open）

All： Hey Carlos！

Sarah： Hey！ Hows it going？

Carlos： Not bad， thanks. It was a good night last night. There were loads of people in. I was so busy.

Sarah： Fadi put my review onto his FindLondon website…

Carlos： Yes！ I know！ Some of my customers said theyd seen it—and that was why theyd come to the restaurant！

Sarah： Ah， excellent！

Fadi： Good news for me too！ If a lot of people visit the website， I can get more advertisers！

Sarah： Ah， yes！

Johnny： （doors open） Hi！

All： Hi Johnny！

Johnny： What are you lot all so happy about？

Magda： Fadis website is getting lots of hits， and Carlos restaurant was packed out for the first time！

Johnny： （gloomily） Well. Im really pleased for you all.

Fadi： Hey， Johnny， thats not like you—whats up？

Johnny： Ive lost my job.

All： What？！！！

Fadi： I dont believe it！

Sarah： You were going to be a millionaire！

Johnny： Yeah， I know.

Fadi： So what happened？

Johnny： I got an email.

Sarah： Thats all？

Johnny： Yeah.

Carlos： What did it say？

Johnny： “Unfortunately， due to the current financial situation， we are having to make staff cutbacks…”

Magda： Cutbacks？

Fadi： Yeah. It means theyre firing people…

Johnny： “Therefore， we will not be able to renew your contract after the end of this week.”

Carlos： At the end of this week？

Magda： Thats quick！

Johnny： I know.

Sarah： Well， do you at least get a redundancy

payment[裁員补贴]？

Johnny： No.

Fadi： Nothing？

Johnny： Nothing.

Fadi： Thats hard， man.

Johnny： I know.

Sarah： What are you going to do now？

Johnny： I dont know.

Magda： Hey， come on Johnny. Its not the end of the world.

Johnny： No， no. I suppose it isnt.

Sarah： With all your skills and talents…

Johnny： （cheering up） Hey， yeah， youre right…

Fadi： Youll easily be able to get another job…

Johnny： Yeah. Yeah， of course I will. Ill find another job！

Fadi： Yeah！

Sarah： I bet loads of people would like to employ you！

Johnny： Yes. I think so too. With all my skills and talents…

Magda： You could get a better job…

Johnny： Yeah， a better job！

Fadi： More money.

Johnny： More money！

Sarah： Itll only take a few days.

Johnny： Yeah！ By the end of this week Ill have another job， a better job！ Ill show them！！！！

All： Yeah！！！