I. Listen to the audio file below and fill in the gaps in the text

Chapter 5 – A Bad Day at the Gallery

He got the painting into the Men’s Room, and started to wash it. There was no blue ink now – but where was Mrs Whistler’s face?

It was a long, (трудный) weekend for David. Then Monday arrived. The big day at the Grierson Gallery!

In the car on the way to the gallery, David said to Mr Bean, ‘Whistler’s Mother is arriving today! There are going to be a lot of (важных) people at the gallery.’

When Mr Bean didn’t answer, David looked at him. ‘Oh no! Mr Bean had a cigarette lighter up his (носу)!’

‘Please, Dr Bean, please! Don’t do anything (опасного) today! Please!’ David said. He really didn’t want to lose his job!

David and Mr Bean walked into a big room in the gallery. There, at the end of the room, was Whistler’s Mother!

‘Wonderful!’ said David, when he saw the painting. Mr Grierson was there and smiled at him.

‘Yes, it’s very beautiful,’ he said. ‘A really great work of art. Now, follow me, everybody. We’ve got to plan the day.’

He turned to Mr Bean. ‘Ah, good morning, Dr Bean. Would you like to stay here and look after the painting?’

‘Er … yes … OK,’ said Mr Bean.

Then everybody left – and Mr Bean was the only person in the room with the (знаменитым) painting!

He was (скучающий). He didn’t want to look after Whistler’s stupid old mother. He started to walk slowly round the room. When he got near the painting, he looked at it carefully.

‘This painting’s dirty!’ he thought, with his face very near the painting.

And then he (чихнул)! All over the painting! Oh dear!

He quickly got his handkerchief out of his jacket – and started to clean the painting.

‘Aagh!’ he shouted a minute later. ‘Oh no! How did that happen?’ There was now blue ink all over Mrs Whistler’s face!

He looked at his handkerchief. There was wet ink on that too!

‘My pen!’ he cried, and took out his pen from his jacket. There was ink (везде). What could he do?

He thought for a minute, then took the painting off the wall. But it was very heavy and fell on to the floor. Then, by mistake, Mr Bean stood on it!

‘Help!’ he thought. ‘This is getting worse and worse!’

He opened the door and looked out of the room. There was nobody there. With great (трудность), he carried the painting out of the room.

‘The toilet!’ he thought. ‘Water!’

He got the painting into the Men’s Room, and started to wash it. There was no blue ink now – but where was Mrs Whistler’s face?

Mr Bean went hot and cold. Then he had an idea!

The meeting finished, and David left the room. ‘Right,’ he thought. ‘Now I’ll get Dr Bean and have another look at our beautiful painting.’

But when he arrived at the room, he couldn’t open the door. ‘Dr Bean,’ he shouted. ‘There’s a problem with the door. Can you open it, please?’

After a long time, Mr Bean opened the door. David looked at him. Mr Bean’s face was grey.

‘What’s wrong?’ he asked. ‘Er … um …,’ answered Mr Bean. ‘What? What?’ cried David. Mr Bean looked very afraid. ‘It’s … um … it’s the painting,’ he said quietly. ‘Where is it?’ shouted David.

‘Um … here,’ said Mr Bean. He showed David the painting. ‘I had a (маленький) accident. But I think it’s OK now. I painted a face on her. Do you like it?’

David looked at the painting with wide eyes. He felt (плохо, дурно). ‘Oh no!’ he cried. ‘No! No! No! What are we going to do now?’

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II. Prepare good reading ( выразительное чтение) of any 10 lines in the chapter. Repeat after the speaker in the audio files in exercise I.

II. Do the test below

1. Why was David especially worried on the way to the gallery? [Question Type: Detail]

A. Because Mr Bean was driving dangerously.
B. Because he didn’t like Whistler’s Mother painting.
C. Because he feared Mr Bean might cause trouble at the important event.
D. Because there was a traffic jam on the way to the gallery.

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2. What happened when Mr Bean sneezed near the painting? [Question Type: Detail]

A. He knocked the painting off the wall.
B. He sneezed directly on the painting and made it dirty.
C. He dropped his handkerchief on the painting.
D. He accidentally set fire to the painting with a lighter.

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3. How did Mr Bean try to ‘fix’ the ruined painting? [Question Type: Inference]

A. He glued a photo of a new face on it.
B. He covered the damaged parts with ink.
C. He painted a new face onto Mrs Whistler.
D. He turned the painting upside down and pretended it was modern art.

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II. Prepare good reading ( выразительное чтение) of any 10 lines in the chapter. Repeat after the speaker in the audio files in exercise I.

III. Watch this episode in the film and retell it