Collector Colour
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Woman Sorry? |
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Excuse me, madam. I'm looking for the |
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in the morning. We open at eight. |
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Thank you, madam. |
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Woman Are you English? |
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Woma Yon strangusaythings'Madam'e. |
Nonesays. |
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'madam' in a supermarket... |
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here. It's cold and dirty. And my arm is hurting. But I |
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need that packet. I can get 300,000 units for that packet |
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at home. The dinosaur picture on that packet is by Kate |
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Tilda Have you got all the right vaccinations?
My arm is hurting badly. Yes, I have all the vaccinations. |
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century? The time of William Shakespeare? Don't ask! |
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In a hotel. |
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two one-pound coins. That's all. You pay about 1,000 |
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units for a pound coin. That's why we can buy only one |
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or two things in the supermarket. |
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always a little dangerous. We can only travel one day in every month. And we always need to travel home between destinations.
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me hungrI'm. anythirstd An. dI'mcold . |
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Please help. |
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expensive blue suit, new black shoes and a clean white shirt. The woman doesn't say anything. She walks away. Then the young man stands up. His jeans are very dirty. He's angry.
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every day. Go away! |
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I'm sorry. Don't be angry. I need some |
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Youn |
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money, too. |
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What can I do? I go away. I walk between the cars in the |
clothes. I always get good clothes. I'm wearing an |
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car park. An old man is opening his car door. |
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The man is afraid. Why? |
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Man Don't hurt me! |
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I don't want to hurt you. I'm only asking a |
question. Could I have some money, please?
HelpMa n Police!Help! !
People are looking at me. The man is running away
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There are some trees on my left. Quickly, I go behind a tree and stop. The police car goes past. The police officers are in the front and the man is in the back. They're looking out of the windows. They're looking for me.
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alf an hour later. The police car isn't here now. And |
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it isn't raining. It's afternoon. I'm hungry. Where |
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supermarket |
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andyellod signwoutsides . |
They say 'Fast Food'. Maybe I can get some food there. The restaurant is expensive. Well, it's expensive for me. It sells hamburgers. I need to be careful about twentieth-century food. Maybe I can't eat hamburgers.
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eat in the twentieth century. My two one-pound coins are |
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in my hand. I need £1.79 for tomorrow. What can I buy |
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for twenty-one pence? The menu is short. Hamburger, |
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cheeseburger, egg and cheeseburger, chips, tea, coffee, |
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chocolate milkshake, cola, milk, ice-cream. There's |
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nothing for twenty-one pence. Well, there's ketchup for |
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ten pence. But I can't eat only ketchup! |
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Four pounds for one hour! That's fantastic! Maybe I caworn fok onr oe twhourso The. nIca bun somy e
chips - a lot of chips. Chips and ketchup and ice-cream! And tomorrow I can buy two packets of cornflakes, or maybe three! I walk into the restaurant. There's a young
woma ean thrdooe She'wearin.s whitga coate .
There's ketchup on the coat... and chocolate milkshake and tea. There's a sign on her coat, too. It says, 'Linda. Manager'.
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Me Excuse me. Are you Linda Manager?
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name'y, Lindas |
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Can I help you? |
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Me Yes. I want a job. And four pounds an hour. I can work for two hours or maybe three.
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You'r? noe tablacleaner No! |
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Linda But the job's for a week. Four pounds an hour. Thirty-five hours a week. That's £140. We need
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A week! In this cold, dirty country! How can they live here?
Linda But we are busy today... do you want two
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Linda OK. Come and get a coat. |
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I take my jacket off, and I put it on a chair. I put on a |
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