The final unit! This unit, which concludes the course, is not a normal Revision unit: we shall not be revising particular points from recent units as we have done on previous occasions. Remember, however, that in Units 89-95 — having previously added some “finishing touches” to your knowiedge of English verbs - you systematically added “finishing touches” to your knowledge of English adjectives, adverbs, articles, quantifiers, nouns, pronouns, prepositions, conjunetions and word order. As usual, if you like, you can remind yourself ‘of the main points from those units by looking back at the Key points lists in the Synopsis sections (pp. 1818, 1838, 1858, 1878, 1898, 1918 and 1938). As this isthe final unit, you will find that the titles of the various sections are all English proverbs which are appropriate to the occasion. These proverbs are as follows: ~ All good things must come to an end. — Practice makes perfect. ~ Time fies. ~ Experience is the best teacher. — Put your best foot forward. — Alls well that ends well. In this unit, all the dialogues concern the characters who have appeared regularly throughout the course (Anna, Jeff, Elizabeth, Mr Jones, etc.). On the eassette, we have omitted the instruction Listen, which would normally have intro” duced each of these dialogues: thus, after you have listened to the dialogues one by one, you can play through the entire cassette recording continuously, without being interrupted by the repeated instruction Listen! +++ And it’s entirely in English! As the course has progressed, we have gradually used English more and more for instructions, explanations, and so on. In recent units, for example, even the Attitudes, Fluency, Grammar and Special English sections have been in English —and in Unit 95, all the text was in English apart from some notes concerning the Pygmalion extract and a few answers to exercises, ‘We have now reached the point where this final unit is entirely in English. If you can understand the unit without any great difficulties ~ and we are confident that you will be able to do this~ it shows that you have not only established your Tocholds, your Base camp and your Forward camp, but that you are now standing on the Springboard, ready to jump! roaZ Speaking and listening All good things must come to an end. Mr Jones is looking back at the past and forward into the future. You probably remember that he recently asked Anna for an answer to this hypothetical question: Were someone to of ferent job = still in the travel business, but not as a courier ~ what would you say? (Unit 95, Synopsis.) He also said to Jeff: ve had @ cas for re-organizing thee and I've got so well talk, Anyway, out that another time. (Unit 94, Synopsis.) Now the time has come. He has invited ‘Anna, Jeff and Elizabeth to lunch and, while they are waiting for the food W a rive, he begins explaining his plans. ‘come to an end. All good things must come to an end. Mr Jones: Elizabeth, Jeff, Anna - I asked you to join me for lunch today, because— Elizabet Mr Jones: a working Iu know. We're here on business. Elizabeth: Oh, 1 see Mr Jones: Now, Jeff, do you remember ~ the last time beth were in this res- taurant — I asked you if you wanted to travel you and I and alittle less after getting married? Jeff: Yes. Mr Jones: And you said you'd prefer and that you and Elizabeth had often talked about it. Jeff ‘That's right. Elizabeth: Mm, we've talked about it a lot Mr Jones: And Anna, you probably remember a rather vague question, a ... er Anna; A hypothetical question. Mr Jones: ... a hypothetical quest ‘you recently. ral, Uncle William. + Yes, that F asked Anna: Mr Jones: Elizabeth Mr Jones, Elizabeth Mr Jones, Jeff ‘Anna: Mr Jones. Anna: Mr Jones Yes, I remember, Well, let me expl few years’ time, Do you mean you're going to stop working? Well, not entirely. But more or less, yes. All things must come to an end, as they say Tempus fugit, and so on. Anyway, the com- pany’s doing fine That's because it's got a good boss. Thank you, Elizabeth — my feelings exactly. No, no, no—seriously, it's doing fine because it’s got a lot of good staff. And two of the best re sitting, ‘What? Right here in this resta ? Let's ask them to join us. Anna, you know very well that I'm talking about Jeff and yourself. Well, that's very kind of you, but— where credit’s due, that’s all. Anyway let me tell you about my idea .. B in what [have in mind. Ina 'd like to start taking ita bit ‘The idiomatic expression credit where credit’s due means “if something has been done successfully, and particul people are responsible for the success, everyone should know who those people are”. The word due is pronounced /dju: in British English, and /du:/ in American English, 1982UNIT 96 A little later, they are eating the first course of their meal. Mr Jones hus explained his idea, and is now summing up. Anna wants to make sure that she has understood everything correctly. S Mr Jones (Eating soup.) So, that’s the idea. Over the next few years, you both get to know the bus ness from all sides — and then, when I decide to start taking it easy, I can leave the company in safe hands. Anna: Let me get this straight. You'd the company jointly. Mr Jones: ‘That's right, us to run Anna: With Jeff working mainly here in London, and me having responsibility abroad mainly. Mr Jones: Exactly. Elizabeth: 1 think it's a great idea. Jeff won't have to travel so much— And Anna, as you still enjoy it, you can travel fas much as you like. And the Job would in- volvea lot of travelling, believe me. If you look at my diary for the past year, you'll see what Mr Jones. T mean. Anna: Well, I don’t know what to say! It sounds perfect. Jeff Yes. If you're sure that’s what you wa Mr Jones: Oh, don't worry. I'm sure about that’s settled, then. Let’s shake hands on (They shake hands.) Good, good, good. Elizabeth: There's just one thing I'd like to add, Uncle William: Mr Jones: What's that? Elizabeth: Mr Jones. .. Your tie is in your soup. Oh, yes. ... Er soupt Questions. Which expressions in the dialogue have the following can be sure the company will be all right. T'd like to make sure I have understood correctly. OK, we've agreed on that, then, In the sentence You'd like us to run the company jointly, what does jointly mean? a, immediately b. well ©. together. Waiter, there’s a tie in my soup! There is a type of English joke, of which you have seen several examples during the course, which begins with a particular sentence. This sentence is almost exact same as the sentence spoken by Mr Jones at the the dialogue: Waiter, there’s a tie in my soup! What is it? Answers on page 1s