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世界存亡危在旦夕，“信條”一詞是唯一的線索與武器。主人公穿梭于全球各地，開展特工活動，力求揭示“信條”之謎，并完成一項超越了真實時間的神秘任務。這項任務并非時間之旅，而是【時空逆轉】。
長篇影評
1 ) 我沒什么朋友，幸好認識了你們
Barry Evans這個有著娃娃臉的男人，活了53年后被發現孤獨的死在家中，我寧愿相信他是被殘忍謀殺也不希望他是太過孤獨自殺的
很多Ytube上的評論提到他都是sad face
特別是有一集里說孤兒的，了解他的身世再去看這集就很難過
劇組里有女性評價說，人人都想擁有他，但只想讓他做哥哥
劇組里有男性評價說，他總是很小心謹慎，生怕自己做的不好再次讓人拋棄
這就是他，無論在【mind your language】里笑的多開心，他始終在現實生活中和人保持著若即若離的距離，一次被拋棄傷的太重，就再也沒有人能走進他的心里
我沒什么朋友，不過起碼在劇中，幸好認識了你們
很多Ytube上的評論提到他都是sad face
特別是有一集里說孤兒的，了解他的身世再去看這集就很難過
劇組里有女性評價說，人人都想擁有他，但只想讓他做哥哥
劇組里有男性評價說，他總是很小心謹慎，生怕自己做的不好再次讓人拋棄
這就是他，無論在【mind your language】里笑的多開心，他始終在現實生活中和人保持著若即若離的距離，一次被拋棄傷的太重，就再也沒有人能走進他的心里
我沒什么朋友，不過起碼在劇中，幸好認識了你們
2 ) 真想過上情景喜劇里的生活
我迷戀情景喜劇里的各種房間，各種布局，讓人安心，溫馨。
看KILL OR CURE那一集的時候，好喜歡Mr. Brown的公寓，那種老式公寓的布局，還有最后大家一起跳舞的樣子，讓我深深的迷戀。我迷戀這種生活。也許正因為這樣吧，我才這么喜歡情景喜劇。
最后一集，考完大家一起喝酒說那些話的時候，竟然有點難過。最受不了的就是這種情節了...心里會發酸。
還好后面還有兩季，還好還有16集...真的看完的時候，會很不舍吧。老友記我一直沒有看完，我還沒有體會過把自己那么那么喜歡的劇集看完時的那種空虛感。
Mr. Brown，好讓人心疼。孤兒，單身，有一只暹羅貓陪著他。
其實這算是某種意義上我所希望的生活——獨自居住，和一只貓。
他以為Sid就是他的父親的那一集，最后Sid夫婦笑著說當年他們丟棄的孤兒是個girl的時候，大家都一起笑了，但我分明看到你眼里有苦澀。Jeremy大街的孤兒院，所以叫Jeremy，我突然就對Jeremy這個名字有了無比的好感。我妄自覺得Mr. Brown的扮演者Barry Evans自身的經歷和劇中扮演的人物很像，孤兒，單身至離世。我不知道劇中人物 是否會一直這樣獨自居住在單身公寓下去，希望不要，所以我在最后一集看到法國美女說她好舍不得去擁抱Mr. Brown的時候，我看到他有親吻她的脖子的動作，那么動人。以至于讓我忍不住要截圖，雖然圖像質量并不好。
網絡上海量的信息，然而 我能找到的所有關于你的——Barry Evans，只有短短的一篇生平簡介，和幾張劇照。在生命的最后那幾年，你竟然開出租車，這份職業在我心里有種潦倒而迷人的印象。只是 一個出演過這么優秀成功的劇集的演員，最后做了出租車司機終究讓人嘆息吧。
驗尸官在你的尸體里驗出超過正常標準4倍多的酒精濃度。孤獨、不安、或是焦慮的人大抵都酗酒吧。
死后被火化，葬在
Golders Green Crematorium
London, England
愿你在天堂安好。請你不要覺得你的一生很糟糕。死去14年后，仍然有人看你的劇集，有人喜歡你，有人懷念你，所以......愿來生幸福，有家庭的溫暖，情人的廝守，朋友的陪伴。
PS:小發現。Barry Evans本名為Barry Joseph Evans ，而劇中Mr. Brown的暹羅貓叫Josephine。
看KILL OR CURE那一集的時候，好喜歡Mr. Brown的公寓，那種老式公寓的布局，還有最后大家一起跳舞的樣子，讓我深深的迷戀。我迷戀這種生活。也許正因為這樣吧，我才這么喜歡情景喜劇。
最后一集，考完大家一起喝酒說那些話的時候，竟然有點難過。最受不了的就是這種情節了...心里會發酸。
還好后面還有兩季，還好還有16集...真的看完的時候，會很不舍吧。老友記我一直沒有看完，我還沒有體會過把自己那么那么喜歡的劇集看完時的那種空虛感。
Mr. Brown，好讓人心疼。孤兒，單身，有一只暹羅貓陪著他。
其實這算是某種意義上我所希望的生活——獨自居住，和一只貓。
他以為Sid就是他的父親的那一集，最后Sid夫婦笑著說當年他們丟棄的孤兒是個girl的時候，大家都一起笑了，但我分明看到你眼里有苦澀。Jeremy大街的孤兒院，所以叫Jeremy，我突然就對Jeremy這個名字有了無比的好感。我妄自覺得Mr. Brown的扮演者Barry Evans自身的經歷和劇中扮演的人物很像，孤兒，單身至離世。我不知道劇中人物 是否會一直這樣獨自居住在單身公寓下去，希望不要，所以我在最后一集看到法國美女說她好舍不得去擁抱Mr. Brown的時候，我看到他有親吻她的脖子的動作，那么動人。以至于讓我忍不住要截圖，雖然圖像質量并不好。
網絡上海量的信息，然而 我能找到的所有關于你的——Barry Evans，只有短短的一篇生平簡介，和幾張劇照。在生命的最后那幾年，你竟然開出租車，這份職業在我心里有種潦倒而迷人的印象。只是 一個出演過這么優秀成功的劇集的演員，最后做了出租車司機終究讓人嘆息吧。
驗尸官在你的尸體里驗出超過正常標準4倍多的酒精濃度。孤獨、不安、或是焦慮的人大抵都酗酒吧。
死后被火化，葬在
Golders Green Crematorium
London, England
愿你在天堂安好。請你不要覺得你的一生很糟糕。死去14年后，仍然有人看你的劇集，有人喜歡你，有人懷念你，所以......愿來生幸福，有家庭的溫暖，情人的廝守，朋友的陪伴。
PS:小發現。Barry Evans本名為Barry Joseph Evans ，而劇中Mr. Brown的暹羅貓叫Josephine。
3 ) 政治不正確但溫馨的“大團結”
人物塑造確實很多刻板印象，滿足大眾對外國人的獵奇想象，但思考一下不太平的70年代，Mind your language反映的文化層面的東西要多得多
當時在西方發達國家，電視應該剛從中產普及到大眾，主流電視作品也一方面保有精英文化特色，一方面開始迎合大眾口味
校長Courtney屬于典型精英出身的上層階級，古板的一本正經，對底層、移民高傲敵視。類似的有最后一集出現的，前校長夫婦
老師Brown是個失業的名校生，有一集有介紹，他是個福利院養大的孤兒，好不容易接受了牛津的高等教育，卻不得志找不到工作，只能試用一份英文老師的艱難工作。有一集也談到，他有養一只貓，但沒有錢結婚，一直單身
這種現象在當時應該挺典型的，70年代西方正處于脹滯，經濟并不好，而且東西方關系緊張
大部分學生是移民，屬于working class。相對底層的有一天打三份工的Ranjeet，也有相對成功的Taro（但父母也死很早，應該是二戰一代），是外派的工作人員。Max等大部分歐洲白人也是做餐廳waitor一類基層的工種
里面人物的行為邏輯，有中產的邏輯，也有勞動階層的邏輯，很多鬧劇無可厚非。印度逼婚、中巴“聯姻”等等，雖扯淡但也并非虛構
也其實本劇最讓我印象深刻的，是那種雖有矛盾但談笑間煙消云散的氣派。一種包容萬象的思想，絕非政治正確的“普世”價值容器能簡單裝下去的。每個人是真心尊重并感受到對方切身利益的
當Ali的正室有了孩子他決定不跟SuLee結婚的時候，每個人都是真的替他們想辦法并且真的在道賀的，沒有誰跳出來做道德指責。而當Sid撿到Brown弄丟的、屬于Ranjeet回家路費的230英鎊后，花了100去賭馬，大家也沒做什么道德指責而是真心去看馬。賭馬輸不幸掉后，每個人各顯神通，街頭擺攤賣藝，去給Ranjeet湊回來這100磅。沒有人因為一個人遭受了悲劇而遠離ta
看那一集真心感觸：各族大團結，不是句政治口號，也不在于意識形態統一，而只需要共情，人性中真心為對方好，向善的一面就夠了
4 ) 這是烏托邦吧！
“Mind your language”是1977年12月開播的英劇，講述了英語老師Mr. Brown教英語不是母語的學生時發生的有趣故事。一共三季，我只看了前兩季。放棄第三季是因為法國女生Danielle的發型變得非常難以描述，完全和女神設定搭不上邊了，分分鐘讓人出戲。大家可以感受一下區別（圖二是第三季的發型）。
看點：
雖然每個劇里的學生都來自不同的國度，有著不同的宗教信仰，但他們的熱心和善良把彼此緊緊地聯系在了一起。現在看來這是烏托邦般的世界吧。如果現在世界的各個種族不那么相互針對，就不會有那么多的紛爭了吧。
劇里每個人物性格都刻畫得很有趣。很多人物都有自己的口頭禪：西班牙人Juan的口頭禪是：“Por favor"（please的意思）；印度錫克人Ranjeet總說"a thousand apologies"；巴基斯坦人Ali喜歡說"Squeeze me please" (他想說的是 "Excuse me please")；匈牙利人Zoltán常說"Bocsánat?" (意思是 "sorry" 或 "excuse me")。
飾演餐廳收銀員Gladys的演員在劇里總感覺透著和身份不搭的精致貴族氣質（圖三）。
缺點：
劇里來自不同國家學生的想法和行為基本和英國人對他們的固有印象一致。在種族問題日漸嚴重的現在應該不會再出現這樣的劇了。
這部劇在非常搞笑的同時，也展示了當老師的不易。推薦大家在覺得生活不易或埋怨老師的時候去看看這部劇～
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5 ) 恰好碰到
雖然這個片子很古老，上世紀70年代的老劇，但在Mr. Brown的帶領下，各個學生存在感滿滿。。。。Ali是印度人，他的英語倒是能聽懂，把Oh Blimey, jelly good天天掛在嘴邊，經常和巴基斯坦、口頭禪是Thousand apologies的Ranjeet爭吵，經常為宗教原因大打出手。。。。Giovanni和Max是一對好基友，雖然爭著向Danielle獻殷勤，但是課后依然勾肩搭背，其中Santa Maria是人高腿長的希臘小伙的口頭禪。。。Taro來自日本，習慣每次說話前鞠躬；Jamila是整天針織不離手的印度家庭婦女；Anna是嚴肅正經的德國人，會在別人不正經的時候肘擊對方，但對大家都跟熱情友好；Juan是西班牙大胡子，經常說Por Favor和老師裝糊涂；SuLee是整天大段大段背毛主席語錄的中國紅衛兵形象。。。
6 ) 請講普通話第一季部分摘錄
Mind your language S1E1
Ali:I am not going where I am looking.
Mr.Brown: No,no! I wasn't looking where I was going.
Ali: That makes the two of us!
Miss Countney: This is not unsatisfactory! This won't do at all.
I distinctly requested the Local Authority to send me a woman
teacher. Especially after the unfortunate incident involving Mr.
Warburton. I'm afraid he only lasted a month, then he departed.
Mr.Brown: Dead?
Miss Countney: Demented. Yes, the strain was too much for him.
Typical of the male sex! No stamina.
Mr.Brown: I'm Brown.
Ali: Oh no. You are committing a mistake.
Mr.Brown: Mistake?
Ali: Yes, you are not brown! We are brown! You are white.
Mr.Brown: My name is Brown! I'm your teacher.
Mr.Brown: What is your job?
Ranjeet: I'm a very important member of the British underground.
Mr.Brown: The underground what?
Ranjeet: Just the underground. Mind the doors.
Mr.Brown: Oh that underground.(=subway地鐵)
Mr.Brown: Apart from one attempted murder and a possible race riot,
I think we're coping reasonably well.
Miss Countney: Well, we have one thing to be grateful for anyway.
Sex won't be rearing its ugly little head.
From past experience, it isn't race or religion that causes problems,
it's usually the presence of some foreign beauty. Jealousies,
intrigues, all sort of thing.
Giovanni: I never notice. You see its my eyes! I'm a little short
sighted. (And also a much big liar.) It's not true. Mr. Green.
Mr.Brown: The name is Brown.
Giovanni: You see! I'm a colour blind as well.
Ali: And you are asking for a kick up your big brown backside?
Su-lee: It is duty of every citizen to overthrow imperial warmongers.
So say Chairman Mao.
Mr. Brown: Ali. You are...
Ali: You are waiting for mu to speak an answer.
Mr. Brown: Well done.
Ali: Unfortunately, I am not understanding the question.
Mr. Brown: I want you to give me a sentence using 'You are...'
Ali: I am.
Mr. Brown: No, not 'I am', 'You are'! For example, you are from
Pakistan.
Ali: I am from Pakistan.
Mr. Brown: Yes, but now use 'You are'.
Ali: But I cannot say you are from Pakistan, because you are not, are
you?
Mr. Brown: Repeat after me. You are English.
Ali: No, I'm not! I'm from Pakistan. You are confusing me.
Ranjeet: You are stupid poof.
Ali: Don't you call me poof.
Ranjeet: Poof.
Miss Countney: Job getting you down already?
Mr. Brown: No, no, I'm fine! Never felt better. There's just one thing
rough. That window you nailed down! I think I ought to put a few more
nails in it.
Mind your language S1E2 An inspector calls
Juan: Por favor?
Miss Countney: Are you really as stupid as you look?
Juan: Por favor?
Mr. Brown: So we appear to be some missing, I hope they haven't
dropped out.
Ali: Please, it would notbe surprising me, I am always thinking that
Sikh, son of Guru, was a Punjabi drop out.(laugh at Ranjeet)
Ranjeet: I'm hearing what you are saying, you miserable spawn of a
jackal!
Mr. Brown: Don't you two start again! Actually, you are late.
Ranjeet: A thousand apologies for this unforgivalbe tardinees. But we
were all unavoidably detaained in the corridor by a lady...Sorry I forget
about her name. She was big lady, very large bosoms!
Su-lee: England is becoming more porriticarry minded, and gladually
more left wing.The overthrow of decadent capitaristic goverment will
soon take place. As working classes become more educated. And
embrace Communism as the true way of life. Workers revolution
getting nearer. With inevitabel collapse of Imperiaistic bougoise
intellectual society.
Mr. Brown: Yes! Well if thats what you like about England. I wouldn't
want to hear what you didn't like.
Taro: Excuse please. May I have small observations on young lady's
discourse, which will also irrustrate increased knowledge of English.
Young lady speak road of cobras!
Su-lee: Attitude typical of Fascist Nipponese!
Taro: Japan civilised country,not like China Ren by peasant.
Su-lee: Chinese not peasants!
Taro: Japanese not Fascist!.......I lose face, not my fault!
Mr. Brown: Never mind whose fault it was! Go and apologize!
Miss Countney: It has taken you 2 min 38 sec exactly to come to my
office immediately. I'm glad I didn't ask you to take your time.
Max: Danielle, what you do after class?
Danielle: I go back home to learn the English.
Giovanni: Hey, I'm going to learn English as well. Maybe we learn
together.
Danielle: Yes but what about poor Max?
Max: Yeah.
Giovanni: What about the poor Max? I'm crying my eyes out.
Danielle: I have an idea.
Giovanni: I have a lot of ideas.
Danielle: Why not you and Max study together?
Mr. Brown: I expect you'll a bit of difficulty finding your way round at
first. Things will seem rather strange.
Inspector: very strange.
Mr. Brown: It must be quite a change coming from one of the under-
developed countries to our more advanced way of life.
Inspector: Oh yes.
Mr. Brown: Still, your people are doing remarkably well. Did you fly
here?
Inspector: Fly?
Mr. Brown: Fly! In a big iron bird. Quite a change from riding an
elephant. Unless you came by Jumbo. haha~ English joke.
Giovanni: Professori.
Mr. Brown: You should call me Sir.
Giovanni: Oh, I understand. You have been to get knotted.
Mr. Brown: come again?
Giovanni: To become a Sir! you got knotted by the queen.
Mr. Brown: The word is knighted! And I'm not that kind of Sir.
Mr. Brown: Taro.
Taro: Aso.
Mr. Brown: Su-lee
Su-lee: present.
Mr. Brown: Ali.
Ali: Gift!
Mr. Brown: Gift?
Ali: I'm surprising you, no? Each day I am learning new English
word.And I am finding that gift is another word for present.
Mr. Brown: Very ingenious.
Mr. Brown: I'd better take down your particulars, otherwise I may get
into hot water.
Ali: You are going to have a hot bath?
Mr. Brown: No, Ali. It's just another way of saying I may get into
trouble.
Ranjeet: Oh Dear. You have been committing some grievous
misdemeanour?
Mr. Brown: Not at all.
I do assure you that Mr. Brown will be severely dealt with.
Ali: Blimey you are dropping a clinker.
Mr. Brown: You mean clanger. (Drop a clanger= say sth wrong)
Ali: Yes pls.
Mind your language S1E3 A Fate worse than death
Ali: How about ajelly good shirt? Guaranteed one hundred percent
substandard.(Ali was supposed to say standard.)
Mr.Brown: Now, before we do anything else this evening, I want to
find a monitor. A monitor is a person who can take charge of the
class during my absent, somebody intelligent enough to assume
responsibility.
Mr.Brown: I'm going to ask you each to read a passage from the
newspaper. Then we'll discuss it together, OK? Max,You start.
Max: American Embassy bugged.
Mr.Brown: Good! Now dose anybody konw what that means?
Taro: It means American Embassy full of little insects.
Mr.Brown: No, Taro! They're not that sort of bugs! Listening devices.
Ali: You are putting some innocent lady in the pudding club. (in the
pudding club=pregnancy)
Ranjeet: I am up the creek without a puddle.
Mr. Brown: Paddle.
Ranjeet: This lady, is she resembling an elephant?
Miss Countney: I wouldn't exactly put it like that although she is
rather large.
Mr. Brown: Ask her to come along here.
Miss Countney: That's very irregular.
Mr. Brown: It is rather important.
Miss Countney: Very well,but don't make a habit of it.
Danielle: Prime minister sold a pup.
Mr. Brown: Good. Now that is a very good example of a figure of
speech. It dosen't mean what it says.
Su-lee: Typical of imperial poriticians who distort truth and suppress
working classes.
Mr. Brown: A figure of speech is a way of expressing an idea by way
of contrast or comparison. If you are being sold a pup or sold a
dummy, you are being cheated or deceived. In England, we use
figures of speech quite a lot. For example, we say as quick as
lightning, as light as a feather, as clean as a whistle. As blind as a
bat. As deaf as a ...Max?
Max: Postman.
Mr. Brown: No Max, Posts. Because posts can not hear. (As deaf as
a post)
Max: Neither can my postman.
Mr. Brown: Ali, as sly as a...
Ali: Sikh.
Mr. Brown: Fox. (As sly as a fox) as a mad as a ...Ranjeet?
Ranjeet: Muslim.
Mr. Brown: Hatter! (As mad as a hatter) Taro, as drunk as a ...
Taro: Newt.
Mr. Brown: Lord is more correct. (As drunk as a Lord) Jamila, as
white as...
Jamila: You.
Mr. Brown: Snow! Ali, as smooth as?
Ali: A baby's bottoms.
Mr. Brown: With all due respect, she was a couple on her own!
Giovanni: It's a sheer coincidence.
Mr. Brown: I thought she'd agreed to release you from the marriage
now.
Ranjeet: Yes, she has. But her farther is coming here to see you
about your marriage now.
Mr. Brown: Look, there's not going to be any wedding I've broken it
off. I've written to her parents, explaining that I couldn't possibly marry
their daughter. I pointed out the differences between our religious and
cultural backgrounds. And the fact I have no intention of marrying
anyone. He should've got the letter this morning.
Ranjeet: Oh yes, he did. That is why he is coming. He is hoping to
be slicing you into many pieces.
Mr. Brown: Pardon?
Ranjeet: He say you are bringing disgrace on his daughter.
Mind your language S1E5 The best things in life
Ali: I am coming up on the puddles. the football puddles.
Mr. Brown: The football pools.
Ranjeet: That is typical of that Muslim twit! No brains whatsoever.
Mr. Brown: Do you wish to cash a cheque?
Danielle: How much to post a letter?
Mr. Brown: Is it someone in England?
Danielle: No, no, it's a Swiss letter.
Mr. Brown: Well, it's more correct to say you want to send a letter to
Switzerland, not a Swiss letter. It could be very embarrassing if you
were writing to someboday in France. (French letter = condom)
Mr. Brown: Don't be ridiculous.
Juan: Pretending. Haha...
Mr. Brown: Pretand you have a cold.
Ranjeet: A cold what?
Mr. Brown: Alright, let's forget about the cold. just imagine your have
a pain.
Mr. Brown: There's obviously been some misunderstanding.I'll sort it
out with the police. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Ali, I'll do
the talking, alright? you just leave it to me.
Police: Before you go sir, would u like to make a donation to our
Police charity fund?
Mr. Brown: Well as a matter of fact, you've caught me at a rather
awkaward moment.
Police: What about the five? You remember Sir, the one you thought
you never had. You know what they say, what you've never had you
never miss, unless you knew it was there all the time. In which case
it would come under bribery and corruption. You scratch my back
and I scratch yours.
Miss Countney: Well, untill Mr. Brown returns I shall take the class. I
shall ask you a few questions on general knowledge. Now first of all,
can anybody tell me who said "To be or not to be"?
Su-lee: Chairman Mao.
Miss Countney: It may come as a surprise to you, but other people
wrote things besides Chairman Mao.
Su-lee: He wrote everything.
Miss Countney: Are you not familiar with Shakespeare's works?
Miss Countney: Let me ask you a simple question. Can you tell me
how many P's there are in a pound?
Taro: Depend on size of peas.
Miss Countney: Now look, sir, it was obviously just been a
misunderstanding. I see no reason why we should pursue this any
further.
Police: What is your name?
Ali: Watt is not my name.
Police: I don't want to know what your name is not. What is your
name?
Ali: And I am telling you it is not.
Police: What is his name?
Ranjeet: Absolutely not.
Police: Not what?
Ranjeet: That is correct.
Police: What is your name?
Ranjeet: Wrong again.
Giovanni: He's not here.
Max: Yes.
Police:Who?
Max: Watt.
Police: Pardon?
Max: Who is not here and Watt is not here neither.
Police: You are all barmy.
Mr. Brown, if I promise not to proceed with this report, will you do me
a favour?
Mr. Brown: Yes, what is it?
Police: Take these crackpots out of here, and promise never to bring
them back. Even if they've commited a murder.
Miss Countney: Pls don't remind me of last night's unfortunate
incident. I hope you've explained to your Indian lady the difference
between Free and Free Offer.
Mind your language S1E6 Come back all is forgiven
Mr. Brown: If you want to argue argue in English.
Juan: Go back to Italy, you Italian spaghetti.
Giovanni: Your big Spanish omellette.
Giovanni: Maybe she's gonna give you the birthday present.
Mr. Brown: Yes and maybe the pope is getting married.
Giovanni: He is ? I never read that.
Mr. Brown: It was a joke.
Mr. Brown: would you all pay attention pls. I have sth rather important
to tell you. I'm afraid that Miss Countney has terminated my
engagement.
Ali: That is very big surprise to me.
Mr. Brown: Yes, it was a bit of a shock to me as well.
Ali: We are not knowing that you and Miss Countney were engaged.
Mr. Brown: You don't understand. I mean to coin a phrase I've been
given the boot. No Juan, can't you understand! I've been fired. I've
been given the bullet.
Giovanni: Santa Maria! She tried to shoot you?
Mr. Brown: No, I've been dismissed.
Giovanni: We have a strike.
Max: Yeah, let's have the strike.
Ranjeet: what is this strike? Does this mean we are going to be
fighting?
Giovanni: No, No, No. It's like a big onions.
Anna: What onions?
Giovanni: The trade onions.
Ali: Excuse me, I am thinking your strike not going to be working.
What we are needing is to be revolting.
Ranjeet: And I'm thinking you are already revolting. (revolting has
dislike meaning too.)
Miss Hardacre: I've come to drum English into your respective alien
heads.
Mind your language S1E7 The cheating game
Mind your language S1E13 The final exam
Ali:I am not going where I am looking.
Mr.Brown: No,no! I wasn't looking where I was going.
Ali: That makes the two of us!
Miss Countney: This is not unsatisfactory! This won't do at all.
I distinctly requested the Local Authority to send me a woman
teacher. Especially after the unfortunate incident involving Mr.
Warburton. I'm afraid he only lasted a month, then he departed.
Mr.Brown: Dead?
Miss Countney: Demented. Yes, the strain was too much for him.
Typical of the male sex! No stamina.
Mr.Brown: I'm Brown.
Ali: Oh no. You are committing a mistake.
Mr.Brown: Mistake?
Ali: Yes, you are not brown! We are brown! You are white.
Mr.Brown: My name is Brown! I'm your teacher.
Mr.Brown: What is your job?
Ranjeet: I'm a very important member of the British underground.
Mr.Brown: The underground what?
Ranjeet: Just the underground. Mind the doors.
Mr.Brown: Oh that underground.(=subway地鐵)
Mr.Brown: Apart from one attempted murder and a possible race riot,
I think we're coping reasonably well.
Miss Countney: Well, we have one thing to be grateful for anyway.
Sex won't be rearing its ugly little head.
From past experience, it isn't race or religion that causes problems,
it's usually the presence of some foreign beauty. Jealousies,
intrigues, all sort of thing.
Giovanni: I never notice. You see its my eyes! I'm a little short
sighted. (And also a much big liar.) It's not true. Mr. Green.
Mr.Brown: The name is Brown.
Giovanni: You see! I'm a colour blind as well.
Ali: And you are asking for a kick up your big brown backside?
Su-lee: It is duty of every citizen to overthrow imperial warmongers.
So say Chairman Mao.
Mr. Brown: Ali. You are...
Ali: You are waiting for mu to speak an answer.
Mr. Brown: Well done.
Ali: Unfortunately, I am not understanding the question.
Mr. Brown: I want you to give me a sentence using 'You are...'
Ali: I am.
Mr. Brown: No, not 'I am', 'You are'! For example, you are from
Pakistan.
Ali: I am from Pakistan.
Mr. Brown: Yes, but now use 'You are'.
Ali: But I cannot say you are from Pakistan, because you are not, are
you?
Mr. Brown: Repeat after me. You are English.
Ali: No, I'm not! I'm from Pakistan. You are confusing me.
Ranjeet: You are stupid poof.
Ali: Don't you call me poof.
Ranjeet: Poof.
Miss Countney: Job getting you down already?
Mr. Brown: No, no, I'm fine! Never felt better. There's just one thing
rough. That window you nailed down! I think I ought to put a few more
nails in it.
Mind your language S1E2 An inspector calls
Juan: Por favor?
Miss Countney: Are you really as stupid as you look?
Juan: Por favor?
Mr. Brown: So we appear to be some missing, I hope they haven't
dropped out.
Ali: Please, it would notbe surprising me, I am always thinking that
Sikh, son of Guru, was a Punjabi drop out.(laugh at Ranjeet)
Ranjeet: I'm hearing what you are saying, you miserable spawn of a
jackal!
Mr. Brown: Don't you two start again! Actually, you are late.
Ranjeet: A thousand apologies for this unforgivalbe tardinees. But we
were all unavoidably detaained in the corridor by a lady...Sorry I forget
about her name. She was big lady, very large bosoms!
Su-lee: England is becoming more porriticarry minded, and gladually
more left wing.The overthrow of decadent capitaristic goverment will
soon take place. As working classes become more educated. And
embrace Communism as the true way of life. Workers revolution
getting nearer. With inevitabel collapse of Imperiaistic bougoise
intellectual society.
Mr. Brown: Yes! Well if thats what you like about England. I wouldn't
want to hear what you didn't like.
Taro: Excuse please. May I have small observations on young lady's
discourse, which will also irrustrate increased knowledge of English.
Young lady speak road of cobras!
Su-lee: Attitude typical of Fascist Nipponese!
Taro: Japan civilised country,not like China Ren by peasant.
Su-lee: Chinese not peasants!
Taro: Japanese not Fascist!.......I lose face, not my fault!
Mr. Brown: Never mind whose fault it was! Go and apologize!
Miss Countney: It has taken you 2 min 38 sec exactly to come to my
office immediately. I'm glad I didn't ask you to take your time.
Max: Danielle, what you do after class?
Danielle: I go back home to learn the English.
Giovanni: Hey, I'm going to learn English as well. Maybe we learn
together.
Danielle: Yes but what about poor Max?
Max: Yeah.
Giovanni: What about the poor Max? I'm crying my eyes out.
Danielle: I have an idea.
Giovanni: I have a lot of ideas.
Danielle: Why not you and Max study together?
Mr. Brown: I expect you'll a bit of difficulty finding your way round at
first. Things will seem rather strange.
Inspector: very strange.
Mr. Brown: It must be quite a change coming from one of the under-
developed countries to our more advanced way of life.
Inspector: Oh yes.
Mr. Brown: Still, your people are doing remarkably well. Did you fly
here?
Inspector: Fly?
Mr. Brown: Fly! In a big iron bird. Quite a change from riding an
elephant. Unless you came by Jumbo. haha~ English joke.
Giovanni: Professori.
Mr. Brown: You should call me Sir.
Giovanni: Oh, I understand. You have been to get knotted.
Mr. Brown: come again?
Giovanni: To become a Sir! you got knotted by the queen.
Mr. Brown: The word is knighted! And I'm not that kind of Sir.
Mr. Brown: Taro.
Taro: Aso.
Mr. Brown: Su-lee
Su-lee: present.
Mr. Brown: Ali.
Ali: Gift!
Mr. Brown: Gift?
Ali: I'm surprising you, no? Each day I am learning new English
word.And I am finding that gift is another word for present.
Mr. Brown: Very ingenious.
Mr. Brown: I'd better take down your particulars, otherwise I may get
into hot water.
Ali: You are going to have a hot bath?
Mr. Brown: No, Ali. It's just another way of saying I may get into
trouble.
Ranjeet: Oh Dear. You have been committing some grievous
misdemeanour?
Mr. Brown: Not at all.
I do assure you that Mr. Brown will be severely dealt with.
Ali: Blimey you are dropping a clinker.
Mr. Brown: You mean clanger. (Drop a clanger= say sth wrong)
Ali: Yes pls.
Mind your language S1E3 A Fate worse than death
Ali: How about ajelly good shirt? Guaranteed one hundred percent
substandard.(Ali was supposed to say standard.)
Mr.Brown: Now, before we do anything else this evening, I want to
find a monitor. A monitor is a person who can take charge of the
class during my absent, somebody intelligent enough to assume
responsibility.
Mr.Brown: I'm going to ask you each to read a passage from the
newspaper. Then we'll discuss it together, OK? Max,You start.
Max: American Embassy bugged.
Mr.Brown: Good! Now dose anybody konw what that means?
Taro: It means American Embassy full of little insects.
Mr.Brown: No, Taro! They're not that sort of bugs! Listening devices.
Ali: You are putting some innocent lady in the pudding club. (in the
pudding club=pregnancy)
Ranjeet: I am up the creek without a puddle.
Mr. Brown: Paddle.
Ranjeet: This lady, is she resembling an elephant?
Miss Countney: I wouldn't exactly put it like that although she is
rather large.
Mr. Brown: Ask her to come along here.
Miss Countney: That's very irregular.
Mr. Brown: It is rather important.
Miss Countney: Very well,but don't make a habit of it.
Danielle: Prime minister sold a pup.
Mr. Brown: Good. Now that is a very good example of a figure of
speech. It dosen't mean what it says.
Su-lee: Typical of imperial poriticians who distort truth and suppress
working classes.
Mr. Brown: A figure of speech is a way of expressing an idea by way
of contrast or comparison. If you are being sold a pup or sold a
dummy, you are being cheated or deceived. In England, we use
figures of speech quite a lot. For example, we say as quick as
lightning, as light as a feather, as clean as a whistle. As blind as a
bat. As deaf as a ...Max?
Max: Postman.
Mr. Brown: No Max, Posts. Because posts can not hear. (As deaf as
a post)
Max: Neither can my postman.
Mr. Brown: Ali, as sly as a...
Ali: Sikh.
Mr. Brown: Fox. (As sly as a fox) as a mad as a ...Ranjeet?
Ranjeet: Muslim.
Mr. Brown: Hatter! (As mad as a hatter) Taro, as drunk as a ...
Taro: Newt.
Mr. Brown: Lord is more correct. (As drunk as a Lord) Jamila, as
white as...
Jamila: You.
Mr. Brown: Snow! Ali, as smooth as?
Ali: A baby's bottoms.
Mr. Brown: With all due respect, she was a couple on her own!
Giovanni: It's a sheer coincidence.
Mr. Brown: I thought she'd agreed to release you from the marriage
now.
Ranjeet: Yes, she has. But her farther is coming here to see you
about your marriage now.
Mr. Brown: Look, there's not going to be any wedding I've broken it
off. I've written to her parents, explaining that I couldn't possibly marry
their daughter. I pointed out the differences between our religious and
cultural backgrounds. And the fact I have no intention of marrying
anyone. He should've got the letter this morning.
Ranjeet: Oh yes, he did. That is why he is coming. He is hoping to
be slicing you into many pieces.
Mr. Brown: Pardon?
Ranjeet: He say you are bringing disgrace on his daughter.
Mind your language S1E5 The best things in life
Ali: I am coming up on the puddles. the football puddles.
Mr. Brown: The football pools.
Ranjeet: That is typical of that Muslim twit! No brains whatsoever.
Mr. Brown: Do you wish to cash a cheque?
Danielle: How much to post a letter?
Mr. Brown: Is it someone in England?
Danielle: No, no, it's a Swiss letter.
Mr. Brown: Well, it's more correct to say you want to send a letter to
Switzerland, not a Swiss letter. It could be very embarrassing if you
were writing to someboday in France. (French letter = condom)
Mr. Brown: Don't be ridiculous.
Juan: Pretending. Haha...
Mr. Brown: Pretand you have a cold.
Ranjeet: A cold what?
Mr. Brown: Alright, let's forget about the cold. just imagine your have
a pain.
Mr. Brown: There's obviously been some misunderstanding.I'll sort it
out with the police. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Ali, I'll do
the talking, alright? you just leave it to me.
Police: Before you go sir, would u like to make a donation to our
Police charity fund?
Mr. Brown: Well as a matter of fact, you've caught me at a rather
awkaward moment.
Police: What about the five? You remember Sir, the one you thought
you never had. You know what they say, what you've never had you
never miss, unless you knew it was there all the time. In which case
it would come under bribery and corruption. You scratch my back
and I scratch yours.
Miss Countney: Well, untill Mr. Brown returns I shall take the class. I
shall ask you a few questions on general knowledge. Now first of all,
can anybody tell me who said "To be or not to be"?
Su-lee: Chairman Mao.
Miss Countney: It may come as a surprise to you, but other people
wrote things besides Chairman Mao.
Su-lee: He wrote everything.
Miss Countney: Are you not familiar with Shakespeare's works?
Miss Countney: Let me ask you a simple question. Can you tell me
how many P's there are in a pound?
Taro: Depend on size of peas.
Miss Countney: Now look, sir, it was obviously just been a
misunderstanding. I see no reason why we should pursue this any
further.
Police: What is your name?
Ali: Watt is not my name.
Police: I don't want to know what your name is not. What is your
name?
Ali: And I am telling you it is not.
Police: What is his name?
Ranjeet: Absolutely not.
Police: Not what?
Ranjeet: That is correct.
Police: What is your name?
Ranjeet: Wrong again.
Giovanni: He's not here.
Max: Yes.
Police:Who?
Max: Watt.
Police: Pardon?
Max: Who is not here and Watt is not here neither.
Police: You are all barmy.
Mr. Brown, if I promise not to proceed with this report, will you do me
a favour?
Mr. Brown: Yes, what is it?
Police: Take these crackpots out of here, and promise never to bring
them back. Even if they've commited a murder.
Miss Countney: Pls don't remind me of last night's unfortunate
incident. I hope you've explained to your Indian lady the difference
between Free and Free Offer.
Mind your language S1E6 Come back all is forgiven
Mr. Brown: If you want to argue argue in English.
Juan: Go back to Italy, you Italian spaghetti.
Giovanni: Your big Spanish omellette.
Giovanni: Maybe she's gonna give you the birthday present.
Mr. Brown: Yes and maybe the pope is getting married.
Giovanni: He is ? I never read that.
Mr. Brown: It was a joke.
Mr. Brown: would you all pay attention pls. I have sth rather important
to tell you. I'm afraid that Miss Countney has terminated my
engagement.
Ali: That is very big surprise to me.
Mr. Brown: Yes, it was a bit of a shock to me as well.
Ali: We are not knowing that you and Miss Countney were engaged.
Mr. Brown: You don't understand. I mean to coin a phrase I've been
given the boot. No Juan, can't you understand! I've been fired. I've
been given the bullet.
Giovanni: Santa Maria! She tried to shoot you?
Mr. Brown: No, I've been dismissed.
Giovanni: We have a strike.
Max: Yeah, let's have the strike.
Ranjeet: what is this strike? Does this mean we are going to be
fighting?
Giovanni: No, No, No. It's like a big onions.
Anna: What onions?
Giovanni: The trade onions.
Ali: Excuse me, I am thinking your strike not going to be working.
What we are needing is to be revolting.
Ranjeet: And I'm thinking you are already revolting. (revolting has
dislike meaning too.)
Miss Hardacre: I've come to drum English into your respective alien
heads.
Mind your language S1E7 The cheating game
Mind your language S1E13 The final exam
7 ) 俚語 | 由dogs引發的一件公案
無意中見到的一個句子，令我回憶起“請講普通話”中Sid最愛用的那些俚語。
做聽寫時發現一個熟悉的用法
My feet are killing me.
之前見過的類似表達是：My dogs are killing me.
▲成寒《躺著學英語2》
文中提示，dogs即是“腳”的俚語。
但是，dogs和feet究竟有什么關系，它怎么就成了“腳”的俚語了？
▍首先查詢俚語詞典Urban Dictionary，可以找到這個條目：
▲Urban Dictionary
dogs可以指“a person's feet”，可還是沒有說明緣由。
▍接著查詢詞源網站Online Etymology Dictionary：
▲Online Etymology Dictionary
此時終于有了一點頭緒，“feet”，from rhyming slang dog's meat.
▍什么是rhyming slang呢？來看維基百科的解釋：
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language that uses rhyme. It is especially prevalent in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It started in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. In America, it is used in the underworld, where it is known as Australian slang. The construction of rhyming slang involves replacing a common word with a phrase of two or three words, the last of which rhymes with the original word; then, in almost all cases, omitting, from the end of the phrase, the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied), making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know. ——Wikipedia
這里還有一個簡明易懂的rhyming slang示例：
The form that is followed is made clear with the following example. The rhyming phrase"apples and pears" evolved to mean "stairs". Following the pattern of omission, "and pears" is dropped, thus the spoken phrase "I'm going up the apples" means "I'm going up the stairs". ——Wikipedia
▍更多關于rhyming slang的故事和例子，可以在以下網站找到：
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/ http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cockney-rhyming-slang.html //www.le.ac.uk/ee/glossaries/2008/cockney/index.html
其中第一個網站十分可愛有趣，里面還有一個Cockney translator的小工具。
▍發現rhyming slang通常是指Cockney rhyming slang之后，我馬上想起了這部英劇Mind Your Language，該劇講述的是一群異國學生在倫敦某學校學習英語的喜劇故事。劇中有一個看門人Sid，他在劇中經常使用這種rhyming slang，使得在這個學校學習英語的各國學生摸不著頭腦，不明白Sid在說什么。
▲Mind Your Language S01E04
學校的英語老師Mr. Brown不得不給大家解釋：
▲Mind Your Language S01E04
沒錯，看門人Sid告訴我們，plates of meat可以指“feet”。那么dog's meat呢？
▍查詢維基詞典，可以發現用dog's meat表示feet的說法是真實存在的：
▲Wiktionary
在Londontopia網站上，也有一篇文章Language: Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases，列出了一些相似的Cockney rhyming slang，同樣出現了dog's meat和feet：
▲Londontopia
回到最初，My feet/ dogsare killing me. 從feet到dogs，再到dog's meat，這部劇帶給觀眾的樂趣，不僅在劇中，也在劇外。
— END —
8 ) 法國美女設立了一項慈善基金專門為Mr.Brown的家鄉籌錢
http://francoisepascal.co.uk/charities/barnados-lunch
（網頁里的文字：
BARRY EVANS and VINCE POWELL | MEMORIAL LUNCH & HERITAGE FOUNDATION PLAQUE
After Vince Powell, the writer of the Television Series 'Mind your Language' had died in 2009. Fran?oise organised a charity lunch commemorating both the star of the show Barry Evans and Vice Powell in aid of Barnardos, Barry was a Barnardos Child. Among the Guests were Patti Boulaye, Jenny Hanley, George Camiller, Seeta Indrani and Sally Farmiloe who was our auctioneer. The event raised over ￡3,000 for Barnardos.）
（我沒有仔細查閱相關資料，寫的評論標題可能有誤）
（是在法國美眉的演員個人網頁上找到的。http://francoisepascal.co.uk/）
（網頁里的文字：
BARRY EVANS and VINCE POWELL | MEMORIAL LUNCH & HERITAGE FOUNDATION PLAQUE
After Vince Powell, the writer of the Television Series 'Mind your Language' had died in 2009. Fran?oise organised a charity lunch commemorating both the star of the show Barry Evans and Vice Powell in aid of Barnardos, Barry was a Barnardos Child. Among the Guests were Patti Boulaye, Jenny Hanley, George Camiller, Seeta Indrani and Sally Farmiloe who was our auctioneer. The event raised over ￡3,000 for Barnardos.）
（我沒有仔細查閱相關資料，寫的評論標題可能有誤）
（是在法國美眉的演員個人網頁上找到的。http://francoisepascal.co.uk/）
Mr.Brown現實生活居然這么凄涼。。。真悲傷。。。
好萌好有愛。又讓我想起短暫的教師時光
今年好像沒看什么英劇，補個口音梗。第一季七分吧。各種老外一屋歡，眾口難調路遠艱。人物臉譜化，更糟糕是種族梗和性別梗都比較受限。還有，高壓校長的人設簡直是在影射撒切爾夫人嘛。選擇不因人而感。隨便看看，順便做點筆記。
看完之后,開始喜歡:笑嘻嘻的說blimey, 笑嘻嘻的雙手合十搖搖頭說a thousand apologies, 笑嘻嘻的一攤手說por favor，一臉天真的說santa maria！！
老毛你把素麗招了做秘書吧。
仿佛一下子英語提升了好多，而且學會了好多其他外語。。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，雖然笑點有些刻板，不過看下來真是好快樂，每個人都這么傻傻的好可愛。Fran?oise Pascal 頭幾集覺得特別臭美，到后面越來越好玩；Barry Evans 生平真的好凄慘，嚶嚶嚶~~ 謝謝花花?
僅以無數次笑聲，獻給偉大的情景劇演員Barry Evans。愿天堂如課堂溫暖，永不孤獨。
西班牙叔叔講笑話那段為什么那么好笑我笑了五分鐘……
日不落帝國的夢。por favor？
雖然通篇都是關于外國人的刻板印象這么似乎政治不正確的話題，但大概也只有英劇做得到拍出來不讓人覺得侮辱低俗，并且不落俗套
充分利用語言梗、俚語梗、文化差異，制造笑點，雅而不俗，頗有會心之意，典型英式幽默；70年代的情景肥皂劇就如此強大了，室內戲自有一種溫馨的家庭氛圍；Mr.Brown超萌，對比真實身世更唏噓；學生各個富有特色，唱得一出好戲。
看完都忘記怎么說英語了233好！看！諧音梗，口音梗，宗教梗，種族梗，政治梗，1977年的劇，放到現在依然經典。又萌又逗，學會了一句西語，超喜歡西班牙大叔講冷笑話XD看了男主演員簡介，心酸，命運坎坷，生不逢時，這樣的才華和顏值放現在得多受歡迎？君生我未生，愿你天堂過得開心不孤單
神劇。英式幽默合集。人物雖臉譜化，但都太他媽典型了。
Ali:I was looking where I am going.Mr.Brown:I wasn't looking where I was going.悼念Barry Evans，同時悼念《是，首相/大臣》中Hacker、Humphrey的演員。
看老劇最讓人難受的不是渣畫質 不是糙布景 是喜歡上某個溫暖帥氣的演員時發現他已經不在了。
很久沒看過這么好笑的情景喜劇了，語言笑料不會隨著時間流逝而失去效力。帥氣親和耐心十足有風度的Mr.Brown怎能讓人不愛呢，對學生一臉無奈時的表情可愛死了。
Por favor.
Barry Evans讓我想起誰呢？ | 早生了四十年啊barry
Por favor? Blimey! A thousand apologies! Ah so.Santa Maria!1977年冷戰背景下能有這種世界各族人民和諧共處的劇，不得不佩服。有人會批評它的刻板印象，可是刻板印象并沒有什么事實上的錯誤。這樣的劇以前是不是就這一部不知道，但以后不會再有（拍出來會被白左噴種族歧視、被小粉紅噴抹黑天朝）。
媽媽再也不用擔心我的印度英語了！