American Classics.

Where We teach You American English.

Heard at the movies.

The 1980 movie Airplane uses humorous situations and like sounding words to tell the story of an airplane flight while on their way to Chicago.

The pilot copilot and some of the passengers develop food poisoning.

Passenger Ted Striker.

Ah, former fighter pilot has memories of a failed military operation.

He is called on to land the plane by another passenger.

Dr.

Rumack, Listen for the words.

Don't call me Shirley.

Both pilots.

Can you fly this plane and land it?

Mhm.

Surely you can't be serious.

I am serious.

And don't call me Shirley.

Doctor, I've checked everyone.

Mr.

Strikers.

The only one.

What flying experience have you had?

I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force.

But this plane has four engines.

What do you think?

Don't call me Shirley.

Means is it surely is a female name or it is a play on words.

Both pilots.

Can you fly this plane and land it?

Okay.

Surely you can't be serious.

I am serious.

And don't call me Shirley.

Don't call me.

Surely is a play on words Dr Rumack acts as if striker meant surely a proper noun, but he meant surely an adverb.

In the end, Striker does land the plane, and surely that's English at the movies.

I'm Dorothy Gundy.