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LEVEL 2 M r Bean t Richard Curtis and Robin Driscoll Level 2 Retold by Joanna Strange Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. Pack ISBN: 978-1-4058-8443-3 Book ISBN: 978-1-4058-8392-4 CD-ROM ISBN: 978-1-4058-8391-7 First published by Boxtree 1997 First Penguin Readers edition published 2000 This edition published 2008 1 3579 108642 Text copyright © Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson 1997, 2000 Photographs copyright © Polygram Filmed Entertainment Ltd 1997, 2000 Illustration on page 50 by Pep Brocal The author has asserted her moral right in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 Set in 12/15.5pt A. Garamond Printed in China SWTC/01 Produced for the Publishers by AC Esrudio Editorial S.L. AH rights reserved: no port of this publication may he reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. Published by Pearson Education Ltd in association with Penguin Books Ltd, both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Pic Acknowledgements We are gratefol to the following for permission to reproduce photographs: (Key: b-bottom; c-centre: r-right; t-top) Ronald Grant Archive: Polygram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films / Tiger Aspect Productions pages 3, 4, 17, 18. 22, 24 (b), 32. 34 (a). 34 (b), 34 (c). 34 (d), 35 (3), 40. 42, 46: © Polygram Filmed Entertainment Ltd 1997, 2000: pages (iv), 2, 6, 7, 11. 12, 19, 20, 21,23.24, 27.29. 31.35 (1). 38,39.44, 45,47,48, 51 Picture Research by Lisa Wren Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders and we apologise in advance for any unintentional omissions. We would be pleased to insert the appropriate acknowledgement in any subsequent edition of this publication. For a complete list of the titles available in the Penguin Active Reading series please write to your local Pearson Longman office or to: Penguin Readers Marketing Department, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England. Contents Activities 1 iv Chapter 1 A Great Day! 1 Chapter'2 An Accident on the Plane 4 Activities 2 8 Chapter 3 Wet Trousers! 10 Activities 3 14 Chapter 4 At the Fairground 16 Chapter 5 A Bad Day at the Gallery 20 Activities 4 24 Chapter 6 A Good Night’s Work 26 Chapter 7 Clever Dr Bean! 30 Activities 5 34 Chapter 8 At the Hospital 36 Chapter 9 ‘We love you, Mr Bean!’ 39 Activities 6 42 Chapter 10 It’s a Poster! 44 Talk about it 48 Write about it 49 Project: Write a review of a funny film 50 Activities 1 i.i What’s the book about? Look at these pictures of Mr Bean and read the sentences about this story on the back of the book. Then read the sentences below. Are they right (/)? What do you think? o 1 Mr Bean is very clever. 2 Mr Bean is very stupid. 3 Mr Bean takes a famous picture, but it isn't his picture. 4 Mr Bean puts a face on a famous picture. 5 Mr Bean buys a famous picture. O 6 Mr Bean stands on a famous picture. 7 Mr Bean has to talk about a famous picture. 8 Mr Bean hurts somebody and the person goes to hospital. Q 1.2 What happens first? Read the first two sentences and the last two sentences of Chapters 1 and 2. Then look at the pictures in these chapters. Answer the questions. What do you think? 1 Why is everybody at the Grierson Art Gallery excited? 2 Why is Mr Bean going to America? 3 Why are the policemen using their guns? 4 Why does Mr Bean have to get out of the airport fast? IV CHAPTER 1 A Great Day! It was a stupid idea! Or was it? Mr Bean in America! Two long months without the man! Everybody at the Grierson Art Gallery in Los Angeles was very excited. George Grierson, the boss, stood outside the gallery and looked at the people in front of him. He smiled and turned to the cameras. ‘This is a great day for the Grierson Gallery, and a great day for America,’ he said. ‘In two weeks, the most famous painting by an American artist is coming back home. Yes, everybody, America’s most wonderful painting, Whistler’s Mother, will be here in my gallery!’ ♦ At the National Gallery in London, everybody was very excited too. The Grierson Gallery wanted somebody from London to go to America for two months. They wanted a top man from the National Gallery to talk to people about the artist, Whistler,* and his famous painting of his mother. Who was the right person for the job? Dr Rosenblum? Or Dr Cutler? At a meeting in one of the rooms in the gallery, everybody wanted to go. But first they had to discuss a more important problem: Mr Bean! Nobody in the room liked Mr Bean - they all wanted him to leave the gallery. Why? What was wrong with the man? He only had to sit in one * James McNeill Whistler (1834—1903): A famous artist. He was American, but he lived in London. art /u:t/ (n) Beautiful or interesting pictures are art. Artists make pictures and other beautiful things. gallery /'yadari/ (n) A gallery is a building or a room with pictures and other beautiful or interesting things in it. People can go and look at them there. painting /'peint ig/ (n) A painting is a picture. When you do a painting, you use paint for the different colours. When you want to change the colour of a wall in your house, you can paint that too. 1 Mr Bean of the rooms in the gallery all day and watch the paintings. He wasn’t very good at his job — he usually fell asleep. But why did they all hate him? Suddenly, the National Gallery’s boss, Mr Walton, came into the room and sat down at the table. ‘Were talking about that strange man, Mr Bean, sir,’ somebody said. ‘We all think ...’ ‘Be quiet!’ shouted Mr Walton angrily. ‘There’s nothing wrong with Mr Bean! He’s a wonderful young man - one of the best men in the gallery.’ Nobody in the room said a word. They all looked very unhappy. ‘Wait a minute!’ somebody suddenly shouted. ‘Of course! Why don’t we send Mr Bean to the Grierson Gallery in America?’ Nobody spoke. It was a stupid idea! Or was it? Mr Bean in America! Two long months without the man! ‘Yes, yes!’ they all shouted. ‘That’s a great idea!’ Mr Walton looked very happy. ‘Right. Don’t sit there! Get Mr Bean! Quickly!’ 2 Chapter 1 - A Great Day! Mr Bean sat and waited outside the room. Why did these important people want to see him? Suddenly, he sneezed loudly. He took out a paper handkerchief and blew his nose. Then he blew it again. Then again, more loudly — the noisiest nose-blow in the world! Mr Walton called Mr Bean into the room. When he walked in, he smiled at everybody. They all looked at him ... and started laughing! Mr Bean looked wry stupid! ‘Excuse me, Mr Bean,’ Mr Walton said, 'um ... ah ... something’s coming out of your nose!’ It was some of his paper handkerchief! It looked very funny! Mr Bean’s face went red and he quickly pulled the paper out of his nose. ‘Now, Mr Bean. We want to ask you something. It’s important - and very exciting. Would you like to go to America?’ sneeze /sni:z/ (v) When you sneeze, air comes out of your nose and mouth suddenly and with a lot of noise. handkerchief /'ha-gk.ilj'if/ (n) You use a handkerchief when your eyes or nose are wet. blow /btao/ (v/n) You blow your nose when you want to clean it. When something or somebody blows, air comes out quickly. 3 CHAPTER An Accident on the Plane With the bag in one hand and a big smile on his face, Mr Bean hit it hard - BANG! mericaaaaaa!!’ shouted Mr Bean at the airport. ‘I’m going to Americaaaaaa!!’ With a big smile on his face, he got on the plane and took out his camera. This was the beginning of his holiday and he wanted to take photos of everybody and everything. He found his seat next to another man, Mr Tucker. Mr Bean sat down and took a photo of him too! Mr Tucker stopped reading his newspaper and looked at him angrily. Then he stood up and quickly moved to the seat in front of him. He didn’t like strange people - and Mr Bean was very strange! Happy in his new seat, Mr Tucker fell asleep. seat /si:t/ (n) You sit on a seat. Chairs are seats, but not all seats are chairs. 4 Chapter 2 - An Accident on the Plane Behind him, Mr Bean couldn’t sleep. He was too excited. He smiled at a woman with a young boy, but she didn’t smile at him. ‘My son’s feeling sick,’ she said. ‘Oh dear!’ said Mr Bean. He was happy, and he wanted other people to be happy too. When the boy looked across at him, Mr Bean took the last sweet from a bag. He threw it into the air - and caught it in his mouth! Did the boy think it was clever? No. Did the boy laugh or smile? He did not. He looked strangely at Mr Bean. Mr Bean thought for a minute. Then he put the sweet bag up to his mouth and began to blow into it. He wanted to blow air into the bag and then break it with a loud noise - BANG! Everybody laughs at that. But there was something wrong with the bag and the air got out again. The boy’s face was grey now, and he felt very sick. Then he saw a white paper bag in the back of the seat in front of him. He took it out and opened it. Mr Bean watched him. His eyes opened wide. Yes! Yes! That bag was OK! He turned away and laughed. ‘He’s a clever boy. He remembered the bag in the back of the seat!’ he thought. But Mr Bean looked away at the wrong time. The boy opened the bag quickly - and was sick into it. Mr Bean didn’t see him. A minute later, before the boy could stop him, Mr Bean took the bag. He quickly blew into it. Then he put it in front of Mr Tucker’s face. With the bag in one hand and a big smile on his face, Mr Bean hit it hard - BANG! Mr Tucker was not a happy man. Some time later, the plane arrived in Los Angeles. Mr Bean looked at the people in the airport. sick /sik/ (adj) When you eat too much food, you feel sick. You are sick when the food comes out again through your mouth. sweet /swia/ (n) Children like eating sweets because they have a lot of sugar in them, air Icol (n) Air is round us everywhere. We take it in through our nose. 5