Moss and Roy work in the IT department of a large corporation. Their boss, Jen, knows nothing about computers but she always gets credit for their great work, and they don’t like it. This day, Jen has to make a …
1) According to the reporter, what was the main cause of the conflict in the Congo? He said that the conflict was about controlling the mine (0:14-0:16), and therefore controlling the natural wealth of the country (03:35-0:42). He also said …
In this scene Jeeves (the butler, played by the multi-talented Stephen Fry) helps his employer Wooster (played by Hugh Laurie {Dr House}) out of a difficult situation. Wooster has accidentally made two women (Madeline and Florence) believe that they are …
If you have watched Downton Abbey on NHK on Sunday evenings, you will be familiar with a butler. He (always a man) is the personal assistant of a very, very rich man, and he does everything that is needed. It …
Basil Fawlty, played and created by John Cleese of Monty Python fame, is a hotel owner who is never nice to anybody, especially his customers – unless the hotel guest is a doctor or a nobleman. He is also very …
Christmas crackers are an important part of the traditional British Christmas dinner. Before eating, everyone holds one end of a cracker in each hand, in a ring around the table, and pulls the cracker open. Inside there is a small …
There is a popular expression “I’d give my right arm for…” meaning “I’d really love to have…”. It means that it (whatever it is) is so important to me that I would gladly lose something as important as my right …