Taxi Language/Dialogue 9
Dialogue 9: The airport
[edit | edit source]| 1 | ANNOUNCEMENT | Flight KLM1347 destination Amsterdam. Please go through boarding gate B49. |
| 2 | MAX | It’s already a quarter to eight and Anna isn’t here... Maybe she’s not coming... Perhaps I was wrong...Perhaps she doesn’t love me... |
| 3 | ANNA | Good morning Max. |
| 4 | MAX | Anna! You came! |
| 5 | ANNA | No, no, Max, stop. this is not what you think. Let me explain. |
| 6 | MAX | Tell me. |
| 7 | ANNA | I’ve just come to talk to you. I don’t like this situation, It makes me feel uncomfortable. And so I’ve come to speak to you. |
| 8 | MAX | All right. |
| 9 | ANNA | Max, I already told you I have a family. I have a son, a husband... I think you’ve made a mistake with me. I’m not the person you want nor the one you deserve. Our lives are completely different. You’re a banker, you were born in this country... I wasn’t, Max. I came to this country because I couldn’t eat in my own country. And let me remind you that I’m the one who cleans the toilets that you, the bankers, leave dirty. |
| 10 | MAX | But I offered you a job! |
| 11 | ANNA | Max, I already have a job. It’s not the one I like most but it allows me to go ahead. I have other worries. |
| 12 | ANNOUNCEMENT | Flight KLM1347 destination Amsterdam . Please, go through boarding gate B49 |
| 13 | ANNA | Max, you don’t know me at all, you don’t know who I am, you even don’t know my son’s name. |
| 14 | MAX | Your son’s name is Euclidi. |
| 15 | ANNA | How do you know? Where did you get that from? |
| 16 | MAX | It doesn’t matter, I know it. |
| 17 | ANNA | No, it does matter, I want to know where did you get it from? What else do you know about me? |
| 18 | MAX | Don’t take it so bad. Don’t get angry. I know it because I saw it on your facebook. |
| 19 | ANNA | That’s not true, Max. I never talk or put up pictures of my son on the internet. Tell me how you got to know it. Tell me how you found it out. |
| 20 | MAX | Anna don’t get mad, please. I beg you. |
| 21 | ANNA | People who, like you, have everything, believe they can get anything. You take advantage of people who, like me , are going through a rough patch. Have a nice journey to Rome. No wonder, you will seduce the girl who cleans the hotel rooms. But not me...God...I don’t feel well...my head hurts....my chest hurts...and I’m feeling sick... |
| 22 | NARRADOR | Anna falls down and loses consciousness. |
| 23 | MAX | Anna, what’s wrong? |
| 24 | MAX | Quickly! Someone call an ambulance, please! |
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| Max is waiting anxiously. He doesn't see Anna. He thinks she may have decided not to come. When Max sees Anna, he thinks she had decided to go to Rome. But the trhuth is that Anna doesn't want to go on a trip with Max. She wants Max to understand that this situation is uncomfortable for her. |
| Anna has a heart disease. Her father and her son also have it. Several members of the family suffer from this disease. They all must take medication. Euclidi is going to be operated soon. It's a very dangerous and expensive surgery. His family had to save a lot of money. |
Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]Max looks at his flight on the information panels. It’s the flight AZA079 which leaves at eight forty-five.
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While Max is waiting, he looks at the people, they’re carrying suitcases of all kinds and sizes.
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A family with 4 kids caught his attention. They hardly could move forward with the kids, the suitcases...
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My son Euclidi, my husband and I are a family. We’re a happy family. We love each other.
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Anna never publishes pictures of her son on social networks.
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When she wants to send photos to her country, she sends them by email.
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Anna’s parents like receiving pictures of Euclidi. They miss him.
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Song
[edit | edit source]Artist: USA For Africa
Title: We Are The World
Link: Song
Lyrics: Interesting words are highlighted with bold letters
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone somewhere will soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know,
Love is all we need
We are the world,
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So, let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world,
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So, let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall
Well, well, well
Let's realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
We are the world,
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So, let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Exercises
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