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Tv, Mind Your Language - S02 - E02 - Queen ForA Day
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00:00Do-do-do-do
00:30Do-do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:32Do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:34Ah, good evening.
00:48I see that the meaning of the word punctuality hasn't yet sunk in with certain members of our class.
00:54You see, Max? I told you we'd be here before Professor.
01:01Better sit down before he comes.
01:03Okey-cokey.
01:04Good evening.
01:07How did you get in? Through the window?
01:10You're late. Too busy drinking in the pub to notice the time?
01:13We've not been in a pub, have we, Max?
01:17Sure we haven't.
01:18Look, we were coming to the school and we see this old lady trying to cross the road.
01:23That's right, she was very old.
01:25A hand very blind.
01:26Yeah, pushing a pram.
01:29An old blind lady pushing a pram?
01:32Well, maybe she wasn't exactly blind.
01:35Well, maybe she wasn't exactly there either.
01:38Sure is true.
01:39On Max's life, we have not been in that pub. Honest.
01:44All right.
01:47Hey, you left your books in the pub.
01:52What's the matter?
01:54Look behind you.
01:59Not been in the pub, eh?
02:03Now I remember we were there, just for a minute.
02:06Come on, sit down, all of you.
02:08Hey, why you not tell me that the teacher's behind me, you Italian macaroni?
02:13Why you...
02:13You lump of Spanish omelette.
02:17All right, come on, sit down and be quiet.
02:19Hey, teacher is right.
02:20You sit down.
02:21Sit down, be quiet.
02:23Go on, sit down, go.
02:24Sit down, sit down.
02:25Yet one man includes you.
02:27Por favor.
02:28You heard...
02:29Sit down.
02:31I'm getting rather tired of this continual habit of certain people being late.
02:33Now, 7.30 is the time class commences, and you should all be sitting at your desks, ready
02:38to begin work.
02:38Now, I shall tell you again.
02:40In future, anybody who comes late will go straight home.
02:43Good evening, everybody.
02:46You're late.
02:47Eh?
02:48Oh, no.
02:49Look, please.
02:50I am being early.
02:51It is only 20 minutes past the 7 o'clock.
02:53Correction.
02:54It is 25 minutes to the 8.
02:56That clock is not being right at all.
02:58Oh.
02:59And I suppose my watch is not being right also.
03:02Yes, please.
03:04Has it occurred to you that it might be your watch that is wrong?
03:07Oh, blimey.
03:08This watch is guaranteed never to be wrong.
03:10It is 21 jewelies.
03:15Jewels.
03:16Yes, please.
03:17I am buying it today from the marketplace.
03:19You bought that watch from a stall on the market?
03:21Most definitely.
03:22The man is telling me it is jolly good bargain.
03:2521 jewelies and real gold case.
03:2918 turnips.
03:3318 carats.
03:35Sorry, please.
03:37Well, how much did you pay for this 21 jeweled 18 carat gold timepiece?
03:412 pound 50 pence.
03:45I think he saw you coming, Ali.
03:48Oh, most definitely.
03:49He was seeing me coming before I was seeing him.
03:52What I mean is you were swindled.
03:54Oh, no.
03:55You can't buy a watch for 2 pounds 50.
03:57Ah, but the man is telling me it is being so cheap because it is bankrupt-tired stock.
04:04Rupt-head.
04:04It's not going, Ali.
04:08Perhaps it needs a wind up.
04:10There's nothing to wind up.
04:12Look, it's empty.
04:14Oh, blimey.
04:15I am being chittered.
04:17Excuse me, please.
04:17I go to find the crooked man.
04:19You won't be there now, Ali.
04:20What about my money?
04:21You just have to put it down to experience.
04:23Now, sit down.
04:24We've got a lot of work to do.
04:25How are you coming along?
04:29Bocsánat.
04:30Have you learned any more English?
04:32Bocsánat.
04:34More English?
04:36Tanultam-e új angol kifejezéseket?
04:38Igen.
04:38Yes.
04:40Eh, bloody foreigners.
04:42Yes.
04:42Well, that's a start.
04:48You'll just have to follow the lesson as best you can.
04:51Yeah?
04:52And I'll explain later.
04:53Do you understand?
04:56Well, never mind.
04:57Sit down and do your best.
04:58Right.
04:59Now, tonight we're going to look at sentence construction.
05:02Now, can anybody give me a definition of a sentence, please?
05:05Me, please.
05:06Yes, Su Li.
05:07A sentence is a group of word that makes complete sense.
05:11Very good.
05:12For example, communism is only true way of life.
05:16Or, tabitaries are enemies of peace-raving people.
05:18Or, China will want...
05:19Yeah, I think you'll make your point, Su Li.
05:22Right.
05:22Now, a sentence contains eight parts of speech.
05:24Can anybody tell me what they are?
05:26Come along.
05:26Snout.
05:27Good.
05:28Excellent.
05:29Pronoun.
05:29Very good.
05:30Hey, why am I very good?
05:32And she is excellent.
05:33Well, all right.
05:34You're both excellent.
05:35Sure.
05:35Right.
05:36Anybody else?
05:37Affirm.
05:37Good.
05:38Hadwell.
05:39Well done.
05:40Objective.
05:40Yes.
05:42Papacitational.
05:43Good.
05:43Uh, good.
05:44Yes.
05:45Conjunction.
05:45Well done.
05:46One more.
05:47Come on.
05:48Doesn't anybody know what the other one is?
05:50An interjection.
05:51Right.
05:51Can anybody tell me what an interjection is?
05:53Si, senor.
05:54Yes, what?
05:55Needle.
06:00Say, like, uh, doctor.
06:06Interjection.
06:07No, uh, that's an injection.
06:10Ah, sorry.
06:11An interjection is a word put into a sentence to express some emotion, such as O, R, or Hush.
06:16Right.
06:17We will now construct a sentence starting with a noun.
06:20Ranjeet, can you give us a noun, please?
06:22Idiot.
06:25Idiot?
06:25Surely you could have thought of something else.
06:27I could have said Muslim.
06:30Don't you be insulting me.
06:31Can you go to the right?
06:32That'll do, Ranjeet.
06:34You're here to learn English.
06:35Now, kind of keep your personal prejudices to yourself.
06:38A thousand apologies.
06:39Aye.
06:40Now, give me a noun, please.
06:41A waiter.
06:42A waiter.
06:43Good.
06:43Now, Max, an adjective.
06:47Come along.
06:49Look, Ranjeet gave us a noun, waiter.
06:52You describe him.
06:53Is he old, tall, short, thin?
06:55How do I know?
06:56I never met him.
07:00We're not talking about an actual waiter, Max.
07:03Ah, he's a part-time waiter.
07:06We are trying to construct a sentence.
07:09Ranjeet has given us a noun, waiter.
07:11I want you to give me an adjective that describes him.
07:14Hockey.
07:15A hold waiter.
07:17An old waiter.
07:18With a moustache.
07:21Just old will do.
07:23Hockey.
07:25Right, we'll put a definite article in.
07:27The old waiter.
07:29Now, we need a verb.
07:30Something he was doing.
07:31Danielle?
07:32Ooh, making love.
07:34Can't you think of something better that he could have been doing?
07:37But I can't see nothing better than making love.
07:40Yes, but something more appropriate to a waiter in a restaurant.
07:44Bon, alors.
07:46He served.
07:47Served.
07:48Good.
07:49The old waiter served.
07:52Now we need an adverb.
07:55Terror.
07:56Un sort.
07:56Yeah, an adverb, please.
08:00Modifying the verb served.
08:02Carefully.
08:03Carefully.
08:04No, carefully.
08:07Served carefully.
08:11Right.
08:12Now, can anybody add anything to that?
08:14The old waiter.
08:17The old waiter.
08:18Carefully served.
08:19Fish and chips.
08:22Two more nouns and a conjunction.
08:25Hockey-cokey.
08:27The old waiter.
08:29Carefully served.
08:31Two more nouns and a conjunction.
08:33All right.
08:37First time, Giovanni.
08:39Mr Brown.
08:39Yes, Sid.
08:40There's a geezer out here who wants to see Miss Courtney.
08:43What's that got to do with me?
08:44Well, I can't find her anywhere.
08:45Would you come out and have a word with him?
08:46Oh, yes, all right.
08:47Now, I want you to complete the sentence using an interjection, a preposition and a pronoun,
08:51and I shall be back in a minute, all right?
08:53All right.
08:53All right.
08:53This is him.
09:01Are you Miss Courtney?
09:05Do I look like Miss Courtney?
09:07Well, I'd ask to see Miss Courtney.
09:09Ah.
09:10Well, who are you?
09:10My name's Forbes Fortescue.
09:14Pardon?
09:15Forbes Fortescue.
09:18Oh, Jeremy Brown.
09:19I'm an ATC.
09:24I'm a BA, Oxfam.
09:27My card.
09:28Oh.
09:29Oh, you're an ATC, an assistant town clerk.
09:31Quite so.
09:32Ah, I see.
09:33Ah, Miss Courtney.
09:34Mr Brown.
09:35Is this another of your foreign students?
09:37No, he's an ATC.
09:38I don't care what nationality he is.
09:41It's time you were in the classroom.
09:43Madam, my name is Forbes.
09:47He's hyphenated.
09:48How unfortunate.
09:51I'm here from the town hall.
09:53We have some news from the palace.
09:55Victoria or Crystal?
09:58Buckingham.
09:59I'm here in connection with the royal visit to the borough next week.
10:04And as the Duke himself laid the foundation stone of this building,
10:08it has been suggested that Her Majesty and His Royal Highness
10:10pay a brief informal visit to the school.
10:13The Queen and Prince Philip coming here.
10:15Next Tuesday.
10:16Did you hear that, Mr Brown?
10:17They're coming here, the two of them, together, in person.
10:20Him and her, together, in person.
10:22Well, but calm down, Miss Courtney.
10:23Don't overexcite yourself.
10:24I was getting overexcited.
10:25I'm being perfectly calm about the whole being.
10:28and I'm and with her.
10:29I'm looking for it in person.
10:44I'm So medo.
10:45I'm, in person.
10:45I'm going to go out and be way to be, everybody.
10:48And I'm at two of them.
10:50I've seen some strange things on toilet doors
11:01Bucks and does, lads and lasses, setters and pointers
11:04But I have never seen dukes and queens
11:06Oh, it's not for them to use
11:09What's it for?
11:09Well, it's Miss Courtney's idea
11:11You see, she didn't want to offend the royal family
11:14By letting them see toilet doors
11:16So I've done the best thing, I've disguised them
11:19Oh, very diplomatic
11:20Right, you, what a waste of time it is, though, Mr. Brown
11:23They must have loosened Bucketham Palace
11:25Oh, absolutely
11:26Is the old batlax in yet?
11:28The old batlax is here
11:30Well, I wasn't meaning you, Miss Courtney
11:33Well, I trust you are not referring to Her Majesty
11:35Oh, no, no, no, no, I was referring to Gladys, the tea lady
11:38Huh
11:38Here
11:40What's this for?
11:42Well, it is not for sticking in your buttonhole
11:45It is to wave at the royal personages
11:48Are you going to change?
11:51Into what?
11:52Well, you surely don't intend to greet our distinguished guests in that jacket
11:57Haven't you anything a little more formal?
11:59I've got a black tie I wear for funerals
12:01Here
12:02Well, that's better
12:05It's as if I'm going to a cup final
12:07Sidney
12:09Go and sweep the schoolyard
12:11I'll sweep it up once
12:13Well, sweep it again
12:15You wouldn't like me to go down on me hands and knees and scrub it, would you?
12:19Don't be ridiculous
12:20It wouldn't dry before they arrive
12:22I think I'll go and polish the silver
12:29What silver?
12:31Well, I brought my silver tea set in case they wanted a drink
12:33Oh, perhaps the Duke would prefer a tot of rum being an ex-naval man
12:37Oh, dear
12:38I haven't thought of that
12:39Oh, well, he'll just have to make do with sherry
12:41Shall I ask Gladys to make up a couple of ham rolls in case they feel a bit peckish?
12:45Ham rolls?
12:47You can't give royalty ham rolls
12:51This is a very special occasion
12:54Tell her to open a tin of salmon
12:55You won't want anything to eat
12:59It is better to be prepared
13:00I wonder if we should have got a red carpet
13:05Look, why don't you go the whole hog and ask the music class to play the national anthem as they enter
13:10This is supposed to be an informal visit
13:12I don't think you're approaching this special occasion in the right attitude
13:15I think you're being carried away
13:16Nonsense
13:17This is an opportunity for all the staff and students to show their loyalty and devotion to our sovereign
13:23It's up to the entire school to make a good impression
13:26One never knows where it may lead
13:29The New Year's Honours list isn't far away
13:31Honours list?
13:32Yes
13:32A knighthood could be within your grasp
13:35A knighthood?
13:36Mr. Jeremy Brown
13:50Arise, Sir Jeremy
14:01Mr. Brown?
14:09Yes, Your Majesty
14:09I beg your pardon
14:10I thought you were the Queen
14:12Have you been drinking?
14:13No, just daydreaming
14:14Well, you had better wake up
14:15They are due to arrive in half an hour
14:17Now, where are your students?
14:18They're in the cloakroom, changing
14:20Changing?
14:20Yes, they insist on wearing their national costumes
14:22Greenwich
14:25Greenwich, are you there?
14:27What?
14:31Oh, blimey, raw Britannia
14:33Well, don't you like it?
14:35You do what?
14:36Don't you like it?
14:37Very patriotic
14:38I don't know whether to salute you
14:40Or run you up the flagpole
14:41I've got a surprise for you
14:45Yeah?
14:46Look
14:46Oh, boy
14:47That'll surprise the Duke
14:52Surprise him here, paralyze him
14:54You're supposed to curse you
14:56Not flap him your underwear
14:57Any of my stupid
14:59Good heavens
15:00Hey, don't speak to us
15:02You flap your knickers
15:03Here, they will come up here
15:06Won't they?
15:07Oh, yes, I expect so, Gladys
15:09Oh, I do hope so
15:10I think Prince Philip's lovely
15:12And I've always been fond of sailors
15:15Hey, don't forget he belongs to the Queen
15:17Yeah
15:18Have you seen any of my students?
15:20They're still changing
15:20Ah, well, go on
15:21Tell them to hurry up, Sid
15:22All right, yeah, I'll get them
15:23Yeah, and I'd better get tidied up, too
15:25The Duke might want to inspect me utensils
15:28I think this looks better on you
15:31All ready for your inspection
15:37Carry on, Sid
15:39Miss China
15:41Is that your national costume?
15:48This is uniform of People's Army of Rehabilitation
15:50As prescribed by Chairman Mao
15:52You're not right, kid?
15:53Well, I think it lacks a certain finish
15:55A belt of ammunition
15:56A couple of hand grenades
15:57Miss India
16:00Oh, very nice, Jamila
16:05It is, Jamila, isn't it?
16:08Miss Germany
16:09What do you think?
16:12Very tootomic
16:13Thank you
16:14Miss Sweden
16:16Beautiful, yes?
16:23Beautiful, very
16:24And the clothes, too?
16:26Well, I was referring to
16:27Miss France
16:29What do you think?
16:38Traybel
16:39Merci, Jerry
16:41Miss Greece
16:44Are you comfortable in that, Max?
17:08Shabby'd call, boss
17:09Mr. Pakistani
17:12God bless Queen Elizabeth
17:17And not forgetting the Duke of Edinburgh
17:19Duke of Edinburgh
17:22Him also
17:24Mr. Italy
17:26Are you representing Italy
17:38Or the Mafia?
17:48I represent Sicily
17:50Mr. Punjab
17:55Oh, most endearing, Ranji
18:00Thank you very much
18:01Mr. Hungry
18:03Very pretty, Zoltan
18:09Thank you
18:10Mr. Japan
18:11Thank you, I presume
18:16Ah, so
18:17And last but not least
18:20Mr. Spain
18:22All right
18:24Ah
18:31Professor, there's still nobody coming
18:34Well, any minute now
18:35Come on, any places, everyone
18:36Hey, plenty of an hour
18:37Um, where's Zoltan?
18:39Yeah
18:39He's going to try and find the toilet
18:41Ah
18:42Well, that may take him a while
18:43Now, I'd like to stress that this visit is informal
18:49So that Her Majesty may not necessarily come into this classroom
18:52Aw
18:53Yeah, well, you mustn't be too disappointed if she doesn't
18:56But if she does, I want you all to behave just as if she weren't here
18:59Understand?
18:59In view of the occasion, it would seem appropriate to tell you a little of the history of our British
19:06Kings and Queens
19:08Now, it all started with the Norman Conquests
19:10I have seen that on the television
19:12Wary funny English play
19:14Yeah
19:15I'm referring to the actual invasion of England by William of Normandy
19:19It was 1066
19:20Wrong
19:20I beg your pardon?
19:251066
19:26Maybe, uh, 1056
19:33It was 1066
19:35No, cannot be 1066
19:3960 minute, one hour
19:421066
19:45Six minute past 11
19:481066
19:531066 was the year
19:55Ha, ha, ha
19:56So right
19:56Right
19:57Now, William of Normandy
20:02By the way, does anybody know what other name he was known by?
20:05William the...
20:06Conqueror?
20:10Conqueror
20:11Hockey
20:12Now, he was succeeded by his third son, William Rufus, the Red King
20:17Oh, blimey
20:18You are having a communist king?
20:22No, no, he was called the Red King because of his red hair
20:25Jolly good
20:27Now, William Rufus died in 1100 after being struck by an arrow in the woods
20:32Hey
20:33Maybe it was Robin the Hood
20:36Robin the Hood wasn't...
20:40Robin the Hood wasn't born then
20:44He was in the Middle Ages
20:46How can he be in middle age if he's not yet been born?
20:50Look, never mind about Robin Hood, all right?
20:53Oh, yes, very accountable.
20:56Sorry to interrupt, Mr Brown, but they will be here any moment now,
20:59and I thought it would be rather nice if one of your students were to present this to Her Majesty.
21:04I'll do that.
21:06It is usual for a bouquet to be presented by a lady.
21:10With that skirt, who's going to know the difference?
21:12Come outside and I'll show you.
21:15All right, don't sit down.
21:17Who do you suggest, Miss Corbyn?
21:20Well, how about Jamila?
21:22Yes.
21:22Jamila, dear, will you come here?
21:26And for goodness sake, girl, get rid of that knitting.
21:30Now then, Jamila, I want you to wait with me in the hall until Her Majesty's arrive,
21:35and then you can present this to the Queen.
21:37You curtsy first and then you give it to her.
21:39Now, let's try that.
21:40I am the Queen.
21:44Do you know Miss Corbyn?
21:46No, no, no, Jamila, come on, she's just pretending.
21:48Oh, ha, I am understanding.
21:56Here you are, Queenie.
21:59You do not speak until you are spoken to,
22:02and then you address her as ma'am.
22:03Now, let's try again.
22:04Oh, there you are.
22:10Superintendent, how soon a royal couple will be here?
22:12They're not coming.
22:13What?
22:14We've had to rearrange the schedule.
22:16Oh.
22:17They're going straight from the hospital to the town hall.
22:19We're cutting out the visit to the school.
22:21Well, I better can tell Miss Corbyn.
22:22There isn't time.
22:23You must come with me now.
22:24You men, follow me.
22:25Excuse me.
22:32Please.
22:34My name is Mrs. Baxter.
22:36What shall I not?
22:37My name is Mrs. Baxter,
22:41and my husband has just joined your woodwork class.
22:46Do you think I could have a word with him?
22:49Here, Sid.
22:53No, you can't, Sid.
22:54No.
22:54God, blimey.
22:56It's her.
23:03Hang on.
23:04Hang on.
23:04Hang on.
23:05Don't go away.
23:07Try it again.
23:07She's gone.
23:08Mr. Brown.
23:09She's here.
23:10She's arrived.
23:11She's outside.
23:12She can't be.
23:12She must have come in by the back entrance.
23:14But don't leave her standing outside.
23:16Sidney, show her in.
23:19So pleased to meet you, ma'am.
23:32Where is your husband?
23:34He's in the woodwork class.
23:39I do hope we shall have the pleasure of meeting him later on.
23:43This is Mr. Brown, our English teacher.
23:47How do you do?
23:48Mum.
23:49Oh, how kind.
24:03Oh, how kind.
24:03And in this class, we are endeavouring to teach English to foreign students.
24:27Excuse me, Miss Courtney.
24:29Don't interrupt, Miss Courtney.
24:29But I think you should know that.
24:30Mr. Brown.
24:31All right, please yourself.
24:32Oh, would you care for a cup of tea?
24:34It's not too much trouble.
24:36Oh, it's no trouble at all.
24:39You must come round and have a cup of tea with my husband and I sometime.
24:43Thank you so much.
24:44I love you.
24:45I think you should be seated.
24:45Thank you to myself.
24:53I think it's good.
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