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The two Ronnies: the confusing library




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THE TWO RONNIES: THE CONFUSING LIBRARY

The Two Ronnies was a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act �of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

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Watch the first part of the video and fill in the blanks:

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A: Excuse me! I �if you could help me. I�m having some �finding a book
B: Oh!
A: they all �to be mixed up
B: mixed up? They look alright to me. All the �books are over there. The blue books over there.
A: You don�t classify books by the �!
B: Oh, yes. It�s the �idea. He says they look
A: Well, �it may be but it doesn�t �it easy to find the book you want, does it?
B: Oh, maybe I can help you. What book is it ��that you want to have?
A: It�s called the �Spur by E.M. Hagerty
B: Hagerty, Hagerty, Hagerty... Tennessee, Tennessee... Hagerty. There it is Hagerty Spur �The , E. M. It�s a green book. Over there, there�s the green books
A: There are �of green books there , I
B: Naturally they are
A: Oh, good
B: All the big books are at the bottom and all the little books are at the top
A: All the big books at the bottom and the big books at the top?
B: Oh, yes. What do you want, a big one or a little one?
A: I don�t know. Do I?
B: You aren�t being very �, are you, Sir?
A: I'm not being very �! How am I supposed to find books if you �them like �?
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Now keep watching and say if the sentences below are TRUE or� FALSE or we DON�T KNOW:
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1. The librarian has only had a few problems with the books
2. They have duplicates of all the books on the second floor
3. The book he is looking for is a love story
4. It is thick
5. The thin westerns are on the right hand side
6. This is the first person who has ever complained about the system
7. The lady brings back a wonderful western
8. Thanks to the lady�s enthusiasm , the man takes the big blue book with him