The Flatmates episode 16: A kitchen romance

Listen and repeat after the speaker
Michal: Oh Bronka! I'm so miserable! Alice doesn't want to go out with me.
Helen: Oh sorry, Michal. Am I interrupting something here?
Michal: No, no, no, I'm just pouring my heart out to Bronka.
Helen: Oh yeah, I found out that Alice gave you a knock-back but it's not the end of the world. There are plenty more fish in the sea, you know.
Michal: Fish? I don't want a fish, I want a date!
Helen: Well, there's someone right in front of you!
Michal: You're always too busy studying. You wouldn't go out with a guy like me.
Helen: Oh wouldn't I? Why don't you ask first!
Michal: Would you?
Helen: I'd love to!Listen to the full dialogueComplete the questions and then answer
1. Why was Michal pouring his heart inatonout to Bronka?
2. How do you think Helen felt when she learned that Alice had knocked Michal aroundbackdownoutover?
3. Why did Helen say "there are plenty moreplentypretty many fish in the sea"? Did Michal get this idiom right?
4. Where do you think will Michal and Helen go inonto their date?

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