🍰 B2 version

Graded Listening B2: Ordering at a Cafe

The harder version of the cafe dialogue: longer turns, phrasal verbs, an idiom, and a problem the friends have to solve.

Script

3 speakers · 9 lines

Emma

I'm so glad we finally found somewhere with free tables. I was starting to give up.

Leo

Same. Right, I'm going to need a large coffee, I've been up since five.

Emma

laugh Rough night? I'll go for tea, and I've had my eye on that chocolate cake since we walked in.

Leo

Want to split it? I shouldn't really, but go on.

Emma

Deal. Excuse me, could we order when you've got a moment?

Waiter

Sure. I'm afraid we've just run out of the chocolate cake, though. There's a lemon one that's just come out of the oven.

Emma

Oh, that's a shame. Lemon's fine, actually. Leo?

Leo

Fine by me. As long as there's coffee, I'm happy.

Waiter

That comes to nine fifty. You can pay at the counter whenever you're ready.

Emma: I'm so glad we finally found somewhere with free tables. I was starting to give up.

Leo: Same. Right, I'm going to need a large coffee, I've been up since five.

Emma: <laugh> Rough night? I'll go for tea, and I've had my eye on that chocolate cake since we walked in.

Leo: Want to split it? I shouldn't really, but go on.

Emma: Deal. Excuse me, could we order when you've got a moment?

Waiter: Sure. I'm afraid we've just run out of the chocolate cake, though. There's a lemon one that's just come out of the oven.

Emma: Oh, that's a shame. Lemon's fine, actually. Leo?

Leo: Fine by me. As long as there's coffee, I'm happy.

Waiter: That comes to nine fifty. You can pay at the counter whenever you're ready.

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What Makes This Work

✓Longer turns with phrasal verbs and idioms
✓A problem to solve (the cake has run out)
✓Natural speed and reactions
✓Same characters and story as the A2 version

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☕ A2 version

Graded Listening A2: Ordering at a Cafe

Short turns, everyday words, slower speech. The same story as the B2 version.

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