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00:00Enter.
00:10Squeeze me please, lady.
00:11Yes, what is it?
00:15I'm coming here for to be learning the English.
00:17You're Alice.
00:18Oh no, I'm Ali.
00:21I beg your pardon.
00:22My name is Ali, Ali Nadeem.
00:25I'm coming here for to be learning the English.
00:27Ah, yes, yes, you wish to join our new class, English as a foreign language.
00:31Yes, please.
00:32And I'm hopping to be unrolled.
00:35Hopping to be unrolled.
00:38Like it say in your silly bus.
00:41You mean hoping to be enrolled.
00:44That is what I said.
00:46Hopping to be unrolled.
00:48Yes, well I'm afraid you cannot be unrolled, enrolled until the English teacher arrives.
00:54Now she should be here in a few minutes.
00:56In the meanwhile, perhaps you would care to wait in the classroom.
00:59Go down the corridor, turn left at the bottom and wait in room five.
01:03Understand?
01:04No.
01:07Well, let's start again.
01:09You go down the corridor.
01:11Down corridor.
01:12Good.
01:13Turn left.
01:14Turn left.
01:15Right.
01:16Right.
01:17But you are confusing me.
01:20Left or right?
01:21It's left.
01:22Left.
01:23Look, you just go down the corridor, turn left and wait in room five.
01:28Room five.
01:30Ah, now I'm understanding you.
01:32Room five.
01:33Yes.
01:34Jolly good, thank you.
01:39Oh, how dare you.
01:40I'm not going where I'm looking.
01:42No, I wasn't looking where I was going.
01:45That makes the two of us.
01:46Excuse me, sorry.
01:50Enter.
01:53Mrs. Courtney.
01:54Miss.
01:55Oh, sorry.
01:56I'm your new teacher, Jeremy Brown, B.A., Oxon.
01:59You're a man.
02:00Yes.
02:01Well, this is most unsatisfactory.
02:02This won't do at all.
02:04I assure you my credentials are impeccable.
02:06Academically, perhaps.
02:08I'm talking about sex.
02:10I also assure you my morals are perfectly respectable too.
02:13I'm referring to the fact that you are a man.
02:16I distinctly requested the local authority to send me a woman teacher,
02:20especially in view of what happened with Mr. Warburton.
02:23Mr. Warburton?
02:24Yes.
02:25He was teaching English to foreign students last term.
02:28I'm afraid he only lasted a month.
02:30Then he departed.
02:32Dead?
02:33Demented.
02:36Yes, the strain was too much for him.
02:38Typical of the male sex.
02:40No stamina.
02:42Oh, he seemed to be able to cope at first, and then one day he just snapped.
02:45It was really quite disgusting.
02:47Really?
02:48What did he do?
02:49Climbed out of the classroom window onto the roof,
02:51took off all his clothes and stood there stark naked,
02:53singing I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.
02:57Very distressing.
02:59Well, there's no need to worry on my account.
03:01I mean, I'm not likely to climb out of the classroom window.
03:03I know you aren't.
03:04Oh, thank you for your confidence.
03:05It has nothing to do with confidence.
03:08We've had the window frames nailed down.
03:12How very thoughtful.
03:13Well, I really would appreciate the job, Mrs. Courtney.
03:15Miss.
03:16Miss.
03:17I rather do need a job.
03:18What with the economic situation and inflation.
03:20All right, there's no need to whimper.
03:22You can start immediately.
03:24On a month's trial.
03:26If you last that long.
03:28I'll do my best.
03:29Now, where will I find my students?
03:31Class five, down the corridor internally.
03:33Right.
03:34I'm looking forward to meeting them.
03:35I'm sure we're all going to get along extremely well.
03:40I'm from Lahore.
03:41Oh, you're from Lahore.
03:42No, no, no.
03:43I'm from Shimla.
03:44Good evening.
03:45How long have you been here?
03:46Good evening.
03:47I've been here four or five years.
03:48Quiet, please.
03:49I've never been here.
03:50That's why I'm here.
03:51Silence!
03:58Well, I'm pleased to meet you all.
04:00We are also pleased to be meeting you.
04:05I am brown.
04:07Oh, no.
04:10You are committing a mistake.
04:13A mistake?
04:14Yes, please.
04:15You are not brown.
04:17We are brown.
04:18You are white.
04:20My name is brown.
04:22I am your teacher.
04:23Ah, you professori.
04:25Yes.
04:29Quiet, please.
04:31Silence!
04:36Right, would you all like to sit down?
04:38Sit down.
04:40I also have to sit down.
04:46Right, I'll just take a note of all your names, nationalities and occupations.
04:51All right?
04:56Por favor, senor.
04:58Yes?
04:59Es la primera vez que vengo.
05:01¿Es esta la clase para aprender inglés?
05:05Well, I haven't the faintest idea what you're saying,
05:07but I'm sure you're not trying to find the needlework, Clark.
05:11Por favor.
05:12It doesn't matter.
05:13Have a seat.
05:14Por favor.
05:16Sit down.
05:17Ah, sí.
05:23No, not there.
05:25Por favor.
05:26There.
05:30Right, I'll just go around the class and take your names.
05:33Yes?
05:34Ah, yes.
05:35What is your name?
05:36Maximilian Andrea Archimedes Papandreou.
05:42I think I'll just put you down as Max.
05:45Take it you're Greek?
05:46He is right.
05:47From Athens.
05:48Good.
05:49And what is your job?
05:50I walk with sheeps.
05:54You walk with sheeps?
05:57You're a shepherd.
05:58You work on a farm?
05:59No, no, not farm.
06:00But you just said you work with sheep.
06:02No, no, no, no.
06:03Sheeps.
06:04Big sheeps.
06:10Sheeps.
06:11Yes, sheeps.
06:12Tonkers.
06:16Tonkers?
06:17Tonkers.
06:18Right.
06:19I walk in office.
06:20Good.
06:22And your name?
06:23Anna Schmidt, German au pair.
06:27Usual German efficiency?
06:28Germans are always efficient.
06:30Not her.
06:31Pass on.
06:35Japanese, much more efficient.
06:38Nein, Germans are the best.
06:40Japanese make a much better television.
06:44Ando, Camelot.
06:47No, no, please, let us have no racialism.
06:50In this class, all are equal.
06:53Your name?
06:55Giovanni Coupello, Italian.
06:59And where do you work?
07:00I work in Ristorante dei Popoli.
07:03A waiter?
07:04No, not a waiter.
07:05A cucuta.
07:09Cucuta?
07:10Si, a cucuta ravioli, a cucuta spaghetti, a cucuta lasagna, a cucuta everything.
07:19A chef.
07:20Okay.
07:24And your name?
07:25Andy.
07:27What is your name?
07:28What did you say?
07:30Me, Jeremy Brown.
07:32You?
07:34Pathan.
07:35What are you saying?
07:38Max, Anna Schmidt, Giovanni Coupello.
07:44You?
07:47Oh, you are asking for names.
07:50Okay, I will write it.
07:52I will write it.
07:53Wait a minute.
07:54Don't worry.
07:55I know how to read and write.
07:56I will write it.
07:59Andy?
08:02Yes, yes, write your name down.
08:04Good, good.
08:22It's no good.
08:23I need your name in English.
08:25No Urdu?
08:26No Urdu.
08:28Then why did I come here?
08:29If I knew English, I would have come to learn English.
08:33What do you want?
08:34I don't know where to get it from.
08:35I don't know what you want.
08:37It must be written correctly.
08:39I don't know.
08:41Is this the paper you want?
08:43Certificate of registration.
08:45Jamila Ranjha, housewife.
08:49Good.
08:52And your name?
08:55I am Ali Nadeem.
08:56From Lahore.
08:58I am working at the moment.
09:00Not anywhere at all.
09:07You are unemployed?
09:08Yes, please.
09:10Only one day a week I am working.
09:13What do you do then?
09:14I am going to the unemployment exchange.
09:17For to be collecting my money.
09:20Oh, blimey!
09:22I get more money for not being working
09:24than when I am working.
09:26Yes, but before you discovered this secret of eternal wealth,
09:29what did you do?
09:31Blimey!
09:32I worked.
09:33At the Taj Mahal.
09:35In Delhi?
09:36Oh, no.
09:37Pardon me.
09:38Taj Mahal Kampiri Restaurants.
09:40Jolly Good Chapati and Pappadams.
09:44A thousand apologies for my lateness.
09:46The omnibus was going backwards.
09:50Are you sure?
09:51There must be a more logical explanation.
09:52It is the absolute truth.
09:54I was told to be taking a number 27 omnibus.
09:59And I complied.
10:00But it went in a backward direction.
10:03No, I think you meant it was going the other way.
10:05That is the gist of what I am saying.
10:07A thousand apologies.
10:09Sorry.
10:10Perhaps you would like to sit next to Ali, your countryman.
10:12I cannot sit there.
10:13It is impossible.
10:14Why is it impossible?
10:15I am sick.
10:16Oh, dear.
10:20Well, it is not contagious.
10:21Perhaps you ought to come back when you are better.
10:23I do not comprehend the gist of your conversation.
10:26You said you were sick.
10:27No, no, no, no, no.
10:29I am not referring to my physical state of mind.
10:33How do you feel about Roman Catholics?
10:35Oh, I treat them like my brothers.
10:37Good.
10:38Well, you can go and sit next to Giovanni.
10:39Stop it.
10:40Infidel.
10:41Gentlemen, please.
10:42We are here to learn English, not start a holy war.
10:45And what is your name?
10:47Ranjit Singh.
10:49And you are from which country?
10:51Punjab.
10:52And what is your job?
10:54I am a very important member of the British underground.
10:58Underground what?
11:01Just the underground.
11:03Mind the door!
11:06That underground.
11:09And your name?
11:11Harold Nagasumi.
11:18My name, Cardiff.
11:20Japanese.
11:22Representative of push it up electronics.
11:27Very good, very good.
11:29And finally, your name.
11:31Por favor.
11:32Your name.
11:33What is your name?
11:34Por favor.
11:35Nome.
11:36Ah, nombre, si.
11:39Juan Cervantes para servirle, senor.
11:42No need to ask what nationality you are.
11:44Por favor.
11:46Spanish.
11:47Por favor.
11:49What is your job?
11:51Por favor.
11:54Trabajo.
11:55Ah, trabajo, si.
11:57Trilaga.
11:59Trilaga?
12:00What, you lag trees?
12:02Washington.
12:03Two whiskey coca.
12:05Trilaga.
12:08Trilaga?
12:09Si.
12:10Ah, you work in a bar?
12:11Si, si, bar, bar.
12:12Well, Mr. Bryan?
12:13Yes, thank you.
12:14Apart from one attempted murder and a possible race riot, I seem to be coping reasonably well.
12:18Well, what I really came to inform you about was the registration fees for the students.
12:22Ah.
12:23Now, it's five pounds per head, and I should be grateful if you would collect the money and bring it to my office in your tea break.
12:27Right, I'll do that.
12:29Well, we have one thing to be grateful for anyway.
12:32Sex won't be rearing its ugly little head.
12:34I beg your pardon?
12:36Well, in my experience, it isn't race or religion that causes the problems.
12:39It's usually the presence of some foreign beauty.
12:42Jealousies, intrigues, all that sort of thing.
12:45Yes, well, looking at my class, I don't think we'll be too bothered with anything like that.
13:00I come to learn English. Have I come to the right place?
13:21Enter.
13:23Mrs. Courtney.
13:24Miss.
13:25Miss.
13:26I've just brought the registration fees for the students.
13:28Ah, good. Now, how many students have you?
13:30Nine.
13:31So, there should be 45 pounds in there?
13:33Well, that all depends upon the rate of exchange.
13:35I don't quite follow.
13:38Not all of them had five pounds in English money, so I collected 29 pounds 50 in sterling,
13:42and the rest is made up of 2,000 yen, 3,000 lira,
13:46250 pesetas, 75 drachma, 50 francs and 12 deutschmarks.
13:50According to this morning's financial papers, that should give us a profit of 1 pound 42 and a half p.
13:55Then I suggest you take it to the bank in the morning and convert it to English currency.
13:59Right, I'll do that.
14:01Oh, by the way, how's the femme fatale?
14:03Ah, yes, Danielle.
14:05Well, at the moment, she's in the tea room with Italy, Spain and Greece
14:07trying to establish diplomatic relations.
14:10Well, I hope she's not going to cause any bother.
14:12Oh, no, I'm sure she won't.
14:13Look, I'm not going to sit here.
14:15No, it's me who's going to be sitting here.
14:18And before you, we'll sit over there.
14:20And before you, we'll sit over there.
14:22You take it to me.
14:24Who, me?
14:25You go back, sit where you were before.
14:26No, I sit here.
14:27You not sit here.
14:28Ha! Who's going to be stopping me?
14:30Me.
14:32Ha! Yourself.
14:34You think you're tough?
14:36Come out aside.
14:39Me.
14:41Where are you going?
14:42We go outside to have a punchdown.
14:44You mean a punchdown?
14:46I'm going to, how you say, lock his bloody block off.
14:50We see whose bloody blocker he's unoffered off.
14:54Ah, just a minute. What is all this about?
14:56I tell you, Mr White.
14:57Brown.
14:58Oh, excuse me.
15:00It's about where we sit.
15:01What's wrong with where you were sitting before?
15:04It's my eyes, professore.
15:06I've got to sit nearer the front.
15:09Here.
15:11Oh, I see.
15:12And I suppose it's got nothing to do with the fact that Danielle is sitting here too?
15:15She is.
15:20I never noticed.
15:23You see, it's my eyes. I'm a little short-sighted.
15:26And also, I'm much a bigger liar.
15:28It's not true, Mr Green.
15:30The name is Brown.
15:32You see, I'm a colour-blind.
15:33That's not it.
15:34That's not it.
15:38And, Max, I suppose you've got trouble with your eyes as well, have you?
15:40Oh, no, no, no. My eyes are okay.
15:42It's my ears.
15:44I'm not hearing very well.
15:46That's a likely story.
15:48What you say?
15:50I say you both go back and sit where you were sitting before. Now!
16:00I hope you don't think I was, how you say,
16:03too forward?
16:05No, no. I'm sure you weren't in any way to blame at all.
16:11Teacher, please.
16:15Mr Brown?
16:16Yes?
16:18Please forgive my redness. I apologise, but I lost my way.
16:22Not to worry. What is your name?
16:24Chung Su Lee.
16:26Su Lee. And where are you from?
16:28Democratic Republic of China.
16:31And what is your job?
16:33Secretary.
16:35Chinese diplomat.
16:37Very nice.
16:39Right. Where shall we put you?
16:41Taro, how are relations between Japan and China?
16:49Depends on a political viewpoint.
16:54Japan,
16:57right wing.
16:59China,
17:01left wing.
17:03I see.
17:05Are you right wingo or left wingo?
17:08I follow teaching of Chairman Mao.
17:10Ah, well in that case you better sit next to Jamila, the Indian lady.
17:15Right, now we will start by learning a few basic English verbs.
17:19And firstly, we will take the verb to be.
17:26I am English.
17:29You are Chinese.
17:30You are Chinese.
17:32He is Italian.
17:34She is French.
17:36He is Bavarian.
17:40You are asking for a kick up your big brown backside.
17:44Pay attention, please.
17:46I am.
17:49You are.
17:51He, she or it is.
17:58We are.
18:00You are.
18:02They are.
18:06I shall now go round the class and ask you each to give me a sentence using the verb to be.
18:14Taro, I am.
18:17Ah, sorry.
18:18I am.
18:23I am very happy to be learning English.
18:32Very good.
18:34Good.
18:36Giovanni, he is.
18:38He is a fool.
18:41Good, but not is it a. He is a fool.
18:45Yes, he is a fool.
18:48Max, she is.
18:54She is beautiful.
18:58She is wonderful.
19:01She is.
19:03Yes, yes, thank you, Max.
19:06Juan, it is.
19:08Por favor.
19:12It is.
19:14Por favor.
19:15Por favor.
19:17It is raining.
19:20Lloviendo. It is raining.
19:22No, no, it is raining.
19:24No, no, it is raining.
19:26No, it is raining.
19:28It is raining.
19:30It is raining.
19:32We'll skip you for the moment.
19:34Por favor.
19:36It doesn't matter. Sit down.
19:39Julie, it is.
19:42It is duty of every citizen to overthrow imperial government.
19:48So say Chairman Mao.
19:50Yes, well, that's his opinion.
19:52Good.
19:54Danielle, we are.
19:57We are lucky to have such great...
20:06Quiet, please.
20:08Very true. I mean...
20:12Ali, you are.
20:19You are...
20:22You are waiting for me to speak an answer.
20:26Well done.
20:28Unfortunately, I am not understanding the question.
20:34I want you to give me a sentence using you are.
20:38I am.
20:39No, not I am. You are.
20:42For example, you are from Pakistan.
20:44I am from Pakistan.
20:46Good. Yes, but now use you are.
20:49But I cannot say you are from Pakistan because you are not, are you?
20:53Repeat after me. You are English.
20:57No, no. I am from Pakistan.
20:59What am I?
21:01You are confusing me.
21:03You are stupid poof.
21:06Don't you call me a poof?
21:08Poof.
21:13Sit down.
21:17Sit down, please.
21:22There is really not much more we can do.
21:25Can you all get the textbooks I was telling you about?
21:29What I would like you to do is some homework.
21:31I want you to write me an essay.
21:33A short story about your life here in England.
21:35Things you do, the things you like to do.
21:38And I will see you all on Wednesday.
21:44Ah, Mrs. Thornton.
21:46Miss. Miss.
21:48Well, I have just dismissed the class for the night.
21:50I think we have just about covered all there is to for the first session.
21:53You look a trifle under the weather.
21:55Job getting you down already.
21:57No, no. I am fine. Never felt better.
21:59There is just one thing, though.
22:01Yes?
22:03That window you nailed down, the one Mr. Warburton climbed out of.
22:05I think we ought to put a few more nails in just to be on the safe side.
22:16Excuse me, young man.
22:18Are you in Mr. Brown's class?
22:21Mr. Brown's class.
22:23Brown.
22:25Mr. Brown.
22:31Yes, but are you in Mr. Brown's class?
22:34English is a foreign language.
22:36Por favor.
22:38Are you really as stupid as you look?
22:42Ah, excuse me.
22:44You are in Mr. Brown's class, aren't you?
22:46Are you or aren't you?
22:51Doesn't Mr. Brown teach you anything?
22:53Por favor.
22:55You.
22:57Yes, please, Missy.
22:59And I'll be assisting you in any way whatsoever.
23:01Master breakthrough.
23:03Are you in Mr. Brown's class?
23:05No.
23:07I am in corridor.
23:09Do you think you could give him a message?
23:11Most certainly.
23:13I am Miss Courtney.
23:15And I am Ranjit Singh.
23:17Just at this particular moment,
23:19I'm not really bothered who you are.
23:21I just want you to give Mr. Brown a message.
23:23I'll be very happy to comply with your request.
23:25Would you tell him I would like a word with him?
23:27Most certainly.
23:29Which word would you like?
23:30Just say I want to speak to him.
23:34Foreigners.
23:36Quiet, please.
23:38Settle down.
23:45Right.
23:47Good evening.
23:49So we appear to be some missing.
23:51I hope they haven't dropped out.
23:53Oh, please.
23:55It will not be surprising me.
23:57I am always thinking
23:58that Sikh son of a guru
24:00was a Punjabi dropout.
24:03I'm hearing what you are saying.
24:05You miserable...
24:07Don't you two start again.
24:09Actually, you're late.
24:11A thousand apologies
24:13for this unforgivable tardiness.
24:15But you are all
24:17unavoidably detained in the corridor
24:19by a lady.
24:21Do I take it, Vaman,
24:23that you understood what Ranjit was saying?
24:25Oh, sorry.
24:27Who was this lady
24:29who detained you in the corridor?
24:31Oh, blimey.
24:33I am forgetting her name.
24:35She was a big lady.
24:37Very large bosoms.
24:40Magnificent.
24:42Very good.
24:44While you're trying to remember her name,
24:46perhaps you'd better sit down.
24:49Now, I hope you've all done your homework.
24:51Sit down.
24:53Excuse me, please.
24:54I am remembering the name.
24:56Missy Courtney.
24:58Miss Courtney.
25:00Yes, absolutely.
25:02The lady with the large bosoms.
25:04She's waiting to see you.
25:06Yes, well, she'll just have to wait.
25:08Excuse me, please.
25:10She's already waiting.
25:12She may be the principal,
25:14but I have a class to teach now.
25:16As I was saying...
25:18Miss Large...
25:20Miss Courtney.
25:22I was just on my way to see you, actually.
25:24Well, I shall be a moment, class.
25:26Oh, it's all right. Don't bother.
25:28I merely wanted to tell you
25:30that you can expect another student.
25:32Oh, jolly good. More the merrier.
25:34You're not here to make merry, Mr. Brown.
25:36No, no, it was just a figure of speech.
25:38Well, you'd better try teaching a few figures of speech
25:40to your students.
25:42They seem to be in need of it.
25:44I'm doing my best.
25:46Oh, Miss Courtney.
25:48Yes?
25:50This new student, what nationality can I expect?
25:52African.
25:54Well, I shall tell you a short story
25:56about your life here in England.
25:58I hope you've all done so, have you?
26:00Good, good.
26:02Well, I shall go round the class
26:04and ask each of you to read out what you've written.
26:06Anna, shall we start with you?
26:08My Life in England, by Anna Schmidt.
26:10Good. Very good.
26:13Yeah, but go on.
26:15There is no more.
26:17That's all there is?
26:19Yeah. I have no time to write more.
26:21All this that Mrs. Walker is keeping me busy.
26:22Yes, Anna, do that.
26:24She is a slave driver, that Mrs. Walker.
26:26Walker.
26:28What?
26:30W is pronounced wuh.
26:32Your employer's name is Walker.
26:34Yeah, Walker.
26:36Do you know how many shirts
26:38Mrs. Walker made me iron last night?
26:40Walker.
26:42Yeah, Walker.
26:44Then I had to prepare a meal for the bitch.
26:48Anna, she may be a hard task, Mistress,
26:50but I don't think you ought to call her that.
26:52Call her Miss Walker.
26:54I was meaning the dog bitch.
26:56Oh, I see.
26:58That is why I'm having no time for the homework.
27:01Yes, well, not to worry.
27:03You really must concentrate on those w sounds.
27:05Wuh.
27:07Wuh.
27:09Danielle, would you like to read us your essay?
27:11Oui.
27:15What I like about England,
27:17by Mademoiselle Danielle Favre,
27:19telephone 246.
27:24Good, carry on.
27:26Excuse me.
27:28Yes, Giovanni.
27:30Was that 8021 or 8013?
27:328021.
27:34Never mind what number it was.
27:36You're here to improve your English,
27:38not shut up other students.
27:40You are absolutely right, professore.
27:42It's just I'd like to improve my French as well.
27:44Well, you can do that in your own time.
27:46Carry on, Danielle.
27:48I like England because the grass is so green
27:50and the people are so nice.
27:52People?
27:54Yes.
27:56Especially the men.
27:58Quiet, quiet.
28:01English men are so charming,
28:03so handsome,
28:05and so sexy.
28:08Silence, please.
28:11Yeah, I think that'll do, Danielle.
28:13But I've written much more.
28:15Mm.
28:16All about the things I like to do at night.
28:19Mm.
28:21Yes, well, I don't think we'd better go into those.
28:23I'll be reading all your essays later.
28:25Jamila, I don't suppose you've written anything, have you?
28:28Yes, tell me.
28:31Written anything?
28:33No.
28:35No.
28:37Look, you really must start to speak a little, Jamila.
28:39Speak.
28:41Oh, okay.
28:43Call me as much as you want.
28:44I've gone to speak.
28:46No, no, no.
28:48In English, you must try to speak English.
28:50Look, try saying good evening.
28:52Huh?
28:54All right, let's start with the good.
28:56Good.
28:58Good.
29:00It's not difficult, Jamila.
29:02Come on.
29:04Good.
29:06Look, you nearly said it then.
29:08Come on, good.
29:10Please, no prompting.
29:15Good.
29:17Excellent, well done.
29:19Now try evening.
29:21Evening.
29:23It's not difficult, Jamila.
29:25Come on.
29:27Evening.
29:29Yes, yes, come on.
29:31Good.
29:33I know you can say good.
29:35Say evening.
29:37Evening.
29:39Evening.
29:41Evening.
29:42Evening.
29:44Yes, good, good.
29:46Now put them both together.
29:48Good evening.
29:50Good evening.
29:52Good evening.
29:54Good evening.
29:56Good evening.
29:58Good evening.
30:00Good evening.
30:02Good evening.
30:04Good, good, well done.
30:06We'll try some new words later.
30:08Suli, have you written anything?
30:10Yes, yes.
30:13Good.
30:15What I like about England.
30:19England is becoming more politically minded
30:22and gradually more democratic.
30:25The overflow of decadent capitalistic government
30:28will continue to increase
30:30as working classes become more educated
30:33and embrace communism as the true way of life.
30:37Workers' revolution getting nearer
30:39with inevitable collapse
30:41of imperialistic bourgeois intellectual society.
30:44Yes, well, if that's what you like about England,
30:47I wouldn't want to read what you didn't like.
30:49Excuse.
30:51Yes, Tarot.
30:55Ah.
31:00I have
31:02smaller observation
31:04on young ladies' discourse
31:07that will also
31:09illustrate
31:11increased knowledge of English.
31:15Certainly, Tarot. Go ahead.
31:17With respect,
31:19young lady speaker,
31:22road of couplers.
31:26Attitude typical of fascist Nipponese.
31:29Japan, civilized country, not like China,
31:33run by peasants.
31:34By peasants.
31:36Chinese, not peasants.
31:38Japanese, not fascists.
31:42Oh, Su Li.
31:44Su Li, come here.
31:46Tarot, please go and apologize.
31:48Apologize?
31:49Yes.
31:50I lose face.
31:51Not my photo.
31:52Well, never mind.
31:53Never mind his photo.
31:54Let's go and apologize.
31:58Please.
31:59Oh, my, my.
32:00Wait.
32:01Wait.
32:02Wait.
32:03Oh.
32:18Mrs. Courtney.
32:19Miss.
32:20Sir, sorry.
32:21I'm Roger Kenyon from the Education Authority.
32:23Oh.
32:25They told me they were sending an inspector round,
32:27but I really didn't expect...
32:28He would be black.
32:30He would be so young.
32:31My apologies.
32:32But the authority likes to check
32:33that the standards of the evening classes
32:35are up to par.
32:36I can assure you that my standards here
32:38are well over par.
32:39I'm glad to hear it.
32:41Well, Mr. Kenyon, if you'd like to come with me,
32:42I'll show you around.
32:43No, no, no, please.
32:45I'd rather just wander around on my own,
32:46if you don't mind.
32:48I usually get a much clearer picture that way.
32:53Sir.
32:55Waiter.
32:57Waiter.
33:02Everything all right?
33:04Everything's all kale.
33:05Good.
33:06We have agreed to differ.
33:07Ah, right.
33:08Excuse me, please.
33:09Ah, our new African.
33:11Pardon?
33:12Yeah, I've been expecting you.
33:13Me?
33:14Yes, I was told I'd have a new pupil.
33:15Look, it's nearly time for our tea break,
33:16so why don't you just go to the back for a minute,
33:18and I'll take your particulars later.
33:20But please, you...
33:21Now, be a good chap and don't argue.
33:22Just go and sit there, all right?
33:23Yes, but...
33:24Sit.
33:31Sit.
33:32Yes, please.
33:39Okay.
33:41Me?
33:43Sit.
33:54Thank you, my love.
33:55There we are.
33:5610p, dear.
33:57Thank you, love.
33:58That's it.
33:59Next.
34:00Oh, there you are.
34:01You sit here.
34:02Merci.
34:03I get the coffee.
34:04Merci.
34:05Coffee black?
34:07Please.
34:08Coffee black.
34:09Hey, I'll get the coffee for Daniel.
34:10Too bad.
34:11Sugar?
34:12Merci.
34:23Sugar?
34:24Merci.
34:25How about a biscuit?
34:26Do you like the biscuit?
34:27I would like that.
34:29Good.
34:31I'll be back.
34:34I'll pack you the biscuits, please.
34:35Pronto.
34:36Look, wait your time, love.
34:37There's a crew here.
34:39Go on.
34:42Next.
34:43Oh, shut up.
34:44Good evening.
34:48Yeah, good evening.
34:49Tea or coffee, love?
34:52Good evening.
34:54I heard you the first time.
34:56Tea or coffee?
34:59Oh, tea.
35:01Tea.
35:04Ten p.
35:06Good evening.
35:08Ten p.
35:10Oi.
35:11I'll pay for that and a coffee for me, please.
35:13And a coffee for you.
35:16Are you Mr. Brown?
35:17Yes.
35:18Oh, I've got a message for you.
35:20From a ladyship.
35:21Oh, a lady who?
35:23Miss Courtney.
35:25She's been in here and she wants to see you.
35:28Yeah, I know what she does want.
35:29Yes, Mr. Brown?
35:32You want to see me?
35:33In my office, immediately.
35:37Careful, that's coffee.
35:38You'll spill it.
35:39Por favor.
35:40That's coffee.
35:41Gracias.
35:42Bueno.
35:45Cheers.
35:47Same again, please.
35:48Oh, nothing, Mr. Brown.
35:50Thank you, love.
35:52A packet of biscuits, please.
35:54Oh, I'm sorry.
35:55We haven't any left.
35:58Ah, good, good.
35:59You've come to have a cup of coffee?
36:02Coffee?
36:04Yes, coffee.
36:05This stuff.
36:13Enter.
36:14Enter.
36:17It has taken you 2 minutes 38 seconds exactly to come to my office immediately.
36:22I'm glad I didn't ask you to take your time.
36:24Well, I'm sorry.
36:25I was detained.
36:27Well, I thought I'd better tell you that an inspector has arrived.
36:30Oh, my conscience is clear.
36:31I beg your pardon?
36:32Well, apart from the odd parking ticket, I've never had any trouble with the police.
36:36An education inspector.
36:38Ah, I see.
36:39I'm sorry.
36:40How stupid of me.
36:41Yes.
36:43Well, you'll probably want to call in on your class.
36:45Oh, well, don't worry.
36:46I'll deal with him.
36:47You don't deal with inspectors from the local authority, Mr. Brown.
36:50You cosset them and flatter them and agree with everything they say.
36:53Yeah, well, I'll do that as well.
36:55I expect you'll want to see your register.
36:57My register?
36:59You do have a register.
37:01Oh, that register.
37:02Yes, of course.
37:03Well, you'd better call it as soon as you get back to your class.
37:05Right.
37:06By the way, while you're here, the local authority want me to fill in a few details about you on this form.
37:11Now, I've got your name.
37:12Yes.
37:13Address.
37:14Yes.
37:15Sex.
37:16Occasionally.
37:20Marriage.
37:21Sorry.
37:22Er, no.
37:23I was engaged once.
37:24Matter of fact, I proposed marriage, but it didn't really work out.
37:27There was quite a lot of opposition.
37:28Her father?
37:29No, her husband.
37:30I didn't realise she was married at the time.
37:32What do you do during the day?
37:34Oh, nothing at the moment, I'm afraid.
37:35I'm waiting for a suitable position.
37:37And what was your last position?
37:38Well, I was teaching at a secondary modern school, but I left.
37:40I couldn't stand any more beatings.
37:42Well, I didn't think teachers beat children anymore.
37:44Oh, they don't. It was the other way around.
37:47I think you'd better take this form and fill it up yourself and bring it back to me later.
37:50Right.
37:51And do be careful what you say to the inspector.
37:53Oh, of course.
37:54Oh, by the way, the new student has arrived.
37:56You won't forget to add the name to the register, will you?
37:59What do you do after class?
38:09I go and learn the English.
38:11Hey, I'm going to learn the English as well.
38:13Maybe we'll learn together, huh?
38:15Yes, but what about poor Max?
38:17Yeah, what about poor Max?
38:19I'm crying my eyes out.
38:23I have an idea.
38:25I have lots of ideas.
38:27Why not you and Max study together, huh?
38:35Right, class, settle down, please. Quiet.
38:38Now, the first thing we have to do before we do anything else is to call the register, right?
38:42So sorry.
38:43Ah, that's quite all right.
38:44I expect you'll have a bit of difficulty finding your way around at first.
38:47Things will seem rather strange.
38:48Yes, very strange.
38:50Yes.
38:51Must be quite a change coming from one of the underdeveloped countries to our more advanced way of life.
38:56Oh, yes.
38:57Still, your people are doing remarkably well.
38:59Did you fly here?
39:00Fly?
39:02How do you mean, Buona?
39:06Oh, fly in a big iron bird.
39:10Quite a change from riding an elephant.
39:13Unless you came by jumbo.
39:18English joke.
39:21Very funny.
39:22Well, perhaps you'd better sit down.
39:25Right, I'm going to call out your names, and will you please answer present?
39:28Present.
39:31Yes, Sally, but wait until I've called your name out.
39:33Sorry, please.
39:34Ranjit Singh?
39:36Present and correct, please.
39:39Giovanni Cuppello?
39:40Si, professore.
39:41No, Giovanni, not professore.
39:43Not professore?
39:44No, you should address me as sir.
39:46Sir?
39:47Yes.
39:49Now I understand.
39:54You have been to get knotted.
40:05Come again?
40:07Well, to become a sir.
40:08You got knotted by the queen.
40:11No, the word is knighted, and I'm not that kind of sir.
40:15Maximilian Papandreous?
40:17Maximilian Papandreous?
40:19Mr. Brown is speaking to you.
40:21Is he?
40:25Sorry.
40:27You want something?
40:28Yeah.
40:29Are you here or not?
40:35Well, sure I'm here.
40:37Taro Nagasumi?
40:39Arsehole.
40:44Present.
40:46Anna Schmidt?
40:47Ja, present.
40:48Suli Chung?
40:50Pleasant.
40:51Ali Nadim?
40:53Gift.
40:57Gift.
40:58I'm surprising you, no?
41:01Each day I'm learning a new English word.
41:05And I'm finding that gift is another word for pleasant.
41:15Very ingenious.
41:16Thank you very much.
41:17Danielle Favreau?
41:18Danielle Favreau?
41:20Present.
41:21And I am all here.
41:25I see that.
41:27Jamila Ranjha?
41:28Ranji?
41:29Oh.
41:31Gordel Hefnik?
41:34Yes, you're here.
41:35And Juan Cervantes?
41:36Por favor.
41:38Present.
41:39Por favor.
41:40You're here.
41:41Present.
41:43Well, I'd better take down your particulars, otherwise I may get into hot water.
41:46Oh?
41:47You are going to have a hot bath?
41:50No, Ali, it's just another way of saying I may get into trouble.
41:53Oh, dear.
41:54You have been committing some grievous misdemeanor.
41:58Not at all.
41:59There's an inspector from the local education authority coming round.
42:02Yes, the big boss.
42:03Yes, I suppose you could say that, but from my experience, they're usually interfering old fogies.
42:09You don't like them?
42:10Not particularly.
42:11Frankly, they're quite useless and about as outdated as their teaching methods.
42:14I mean, what's the point of learning past participles, cognate objects or subordinate clauses?
42:18It's far more useful if they're trying to teach a foreign student how to order a meal or find accommodation.
42:23You appear to have some rather unique ideas.
42:25I suppose I have.
42:26You know, you speak English fairly well.
42:31And what is your name?
42:33Roger Kenyon.
42:34Roger Kenyon.
42:36Ah, Miss Courtney, I'm just completing the register and getting the details of our new student before that inspector chappy hopes he's no use.
42:43I don't know.
42:45Mr. Brown.
42:46I shan't be a moment, Miss Courtney.
42:47What is your job?
42:48Inspector.
42:49Oh.
42:50What, local transport?
42:54Local education authority.
42:56Ooh.
43:00I thought he was the new student.
43:02The new student is a female.
43:04Is she? Well, you didn't tell me that.
43:06Oh, my apologies, Mr. Kenyon, and I do assure you that Mr. Brown will be severely dealt with.
43:10I can't remember when I last enjoyed myself so much.
43:13I beg your pardon?
43:14Enjoyed yourself?
43:15You know, Miss Courtney, your Mr. Brown is a remarkable man.
43:19I am?
43:20He is?
43:21Yes.
43:22His teaching methods may be somewhat revolutionary, but they appear to work.
43:26I have always encouraged my staff to be forward-thinking.
43:31Well, I'll pass on your comments to the authority.
43:34Perhaps they'll revise their textbooks.
43:36Now, if you'll excuse me, I must put in an appearance at the other classes.
43:43Oh, uh, keep up the good work, Mr. Brown, and thank you very much for the coffee.
43:49I come with you, Mr. Kenyon.
43:54Blimey, you are dropping a clinker.
44:00You mean clanger.
44:01Yes, please.
44:02Yes, well.
44:03Right, let's continue with our lesson.
44:05Get out your textbooks.
44:06I'm going to give you all a few exercises.
44:08Excuse me, professori, sir, I can't do any exercises.
44:11Why not?
44:12I've got a bad back.
44:16Excuse me, I was looking for you.
44:18Ah, at last.
44:19A pity you didn't arrive half an hour earlier.
44:21Why?
44:22You might have saved me a great deal of embarrassment with a certain African gentleman.
44:24Oh.
44:25Yes, he was a school's inspector, but I mistook him for you.
44:27You thought the gentleman was me?
44:29Yeah.
44:30The silly fool tried to pretend he was a student and sit at the back to try to catch me out,
44:33but I saw through him.
44:35I bet you think he was a bit stupid.
44:37Oh, definitely.
44:38Thick as a brush.
44:39What's his name, Mr. Kenyon?
44:40Yes.
44:41Do you know him?
44:42I should do.
44:43I've come to collect him.
44:44Ah.
44:45I am his wife.
44:48Oh, blimey, yes.
44:49You have dropped another clinker.

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