Wet Trousers!
I. Read the first part of the chapter and translate new words. Listen to the audio file and repeat after the speaker. You can do it before going to bed) = Прочитай первую часть главы и переведи новые слова, выписывай их в наш чат. Прослушай аудио файлы и повтори за говорящим. Можно на ночь)
Chapter 3 audio1
Chapter 3 audio2
He saw a fan. Ah! He got up, and moved slowly across the room. Then he started dancing in front of the fan!
The Langleys were usually a very happy family. They lived in a large house in Los Angeles. David Langley had an important job at the Grierson Gallery. His wife, Alison, was a friendly, intelligent woman. They had two lovely children — a fifteen-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and a seven-year-old son, Kevin.
One day, David came home from the gallery and said to his family, ‘Listen! I’ve got a great idea! A top man from the National Gallery in London is coming to Los Angeles. I’d like to invite him here. He can stay with us for two months.’
David’s family didn’t like the idea very much. Who was this man? A boring Englishman? No thank you!
‘Here? In our house? For two months?’ Alison said. ‘No, David! He can stay in a hotel.’
‘I’d like it,’ David answered angrily. ‘He’s a very intelligent man. It’ll be good for all of us.’
So Alison Langley and the children waited for the Englishman’s visit.
So Alison Langley and the children waited for the Englishman’s visit. 
The big day arrived. Mr Bean was late — problems with the police at the airport — but now he was here in the Langleys’ sitting-room.
They all looked at him and smiled. He didn’t look very intelligent. He looked very strange! Was there something wrong with him? Perhaps he was tired after the long journey from England.
II. Watch the episode below and write answers to these questions, send the answers to me for a check:
1. What could Mr Bean do that Kevin (David's son) liked? (to throw ... up into the air =подкинуть что-то вверх в воздух, to catch ... in one's mouth=поймать что-то ртом)
2. What did Mr Bean do with his underpants the next day? (to take ... out of the oven=вынуть что-то из духовки, to bang loudly with the oven's door =бить громко дверью духовки, wouldn't close =не закрывалась, to be taken aback =быть ошарашенным)
III. 1. Read the text and watch the episode
The next morning, David took Mr Bean to the Grierson Gallery.
‘My boss, Mr Grierson, would like to meet you at nine o’clock,’ he told Mr Bean in the car. ‘And he gets angry when people are late, Dr Bean.’
Mr Bean sat in the car and looked out of the window. Why did David call him Doctor Bean, not Mr Bean? Doctor was the name for the top men in the National Gallery — Dr Rosenblum and Dr Cutler. They were very intelligent and knew a lot about art. He didn’t know anything about art. But he felt very important when David called him Dr Bean!
When they got to the gallery, Mr Bean wanted to go to the toilet. David looked at his watch.
‘The Men’s Room is over there, Dr Bean. But please, don’t be too long. Mr Grierson’s waiting …’
Mr Bean walked into the Men’s Room. He went to the toilet and then started to wash his hands. But the water went everywhere — over the front of his trousers!
‘Oh no!’ he thought. ‘What am I going to do? I can’t meet Mr Grierson with wet trousers!’
Then he saw a machine on the wall.
‘Aah, good, a hand-dryer,’ he thought. ‘That’ll dry them in no time.’
Mr Bean jumped up and down, but the machine was too high. The warm air didn’t blow on to his trousers.
Then he had an idea. He climbed on to a chair in front of the machine and started to move slowly from left to right. The warm air blew on to his trousers in the right place.
2. Find in the text the following verbs and fill in their forms. If there are only 2 gaps for the verb, it means that it is a regular verb and you only need to add the ending -ed- correctly =Найди в тексте эти глаголы и заполни пропуски их формами. Если ты видишь только 2 пропуска для глагола, значит это правильный (regular) глагол и тебе надо добавить только окончание -ed правильным образом к его первой форме.
видеть= to see - saw- seen <--irregular (неправильный/нерегулярный глагол)
посетить = to visit -visited <-- regular (правильный/регулярный глагол)
- быть = to - (был(а)(о)) / (были)-
- иметь = to - -
- приходить = to - -
- говорить/сказать = to - -
- отвести/отвезти = to - -
- встречать/встретить = to - -
- рассказать/сказать (кому-то) = to - -
- становиться/получать (напр., злиться) = to - -
- знать = to - -
- чувствовать = to - -
- идти/ходить = to - -
- видеть = to - -
- сидеть = to - -
- дуть/сдувать = to - -
- думать = to - -
- жить = to -
- приглашать = to -
- останавливаться/оставаться = to -
- нравиться = to -
- ждать = to -
- прибывать = to -
- смотреть/выглядеть = to -
- улыбаться = to -
- хотеть = to -
- идти пешком/гулять = to -
- мыть = to -
- начинать = to -
- прыгать = to -
- взбираться/карабкаться = to -
- двигаться = to -
- звать/называть = to -
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3. Drag the right word into the right gap.=Перетащи подходящее слово в каждый пропуск текста.
1) His wife, Alison, was a friendly, woman.
2) David wanted to Mr Bean to stay with them for two months.
3) Mr Grierson angry when people were late.
4) The of Mr Bean’s trousers was wet.
5) He dried his trousers with warm air from a hand- machine.
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4. Learn these verbs.
Запомни общее во этих глаголах:
to want =хотеть - to decide =решить (сделать что-то) - to invite=приглашать - to accommodate= разместить (как гостя) - to insist=настаивать (на чем-то) - to visit =посещать
Они все оканчиваются на звуки [t] / [d] . А значит окончание -ed в них произносится как [id]
Слушай и переводи в паузы. Пришли аудио сообщение, как ты это делаешь.
5. Listen and write, send for a check.
Find this pattern in the audio: wanted + S+ to V1=хотел чтобы кто-то сдеал что-то
Then learn by heart and send in an audio message reciting (Пришли аудио сообщение с декламированием наизусть.)
6. Prepare a retelling of the first episode about wet trousers. 5-7 sentences.
IV. 1. Read the next part of the chapter and translate new words. Then do the grammar-vocab exercises below it.
Suddenly, a man came out of one of the toilets. He looked up and saw Mr Bean. Then he walked out as fast as possible!
David Langley stood outside the Men’s Room and waited for Mr Bean. He looked at his watch. It was after nine o’clock.
‘Dr Bean, we’re late,’ he shouted. ‘Mr Grierson will be very angry.’
Mr Bean came out of the Men’s Room and followed David. This wasn’t funny! His trousers weren’t dry – he wanted more time in front of the hand-dryer. He couldn’t go into Mr Grierson’s office with wet trousers! Then he saw a newspaper on a table. He took the paper and put it in front of his trousers.
Mr Grierson’s office was a beautiful room. There were paintings everywhere – and on the wall behind the desk was a big poster of Whistler’s Mother. There were a lot of important people in the room.
Mr Grierson looked at his watch. ‘Ah, David, good morning. And this is our famous Dr Bean from England! How are you, Dr Bean?’
Mr Bean said hello to everybody in the room.
‘Now, sit down, Dr Bean,’ said Mr Grierson, and took the newspaper out of his hands.
Mr Bean sat down quickly. He didn’t want these important people to see his wet trousers!
Everybody sat round the table and the meeting began. But Mr Bean didn’t listen to a word. He couldn’t stop thinking about his trousers. What could he do?
He saw a fan. Ah! He got up, and moved slowly across the room. Then he started dancing in front of the fan!
Everybody in the room stopped talking and looked at him. ‘What is the man doing?’ they thought.
Mr Bean looked down at his trousers. Good! They were dry! He turned round and smiled at everybody. Then he walked slowly back to his seat – he wanted them to see the front of his lovely dry trousers!
‘Yes … right … um … Dr Bean,’ said Mr Grierson. ‘Please, sit down … Now, when Whistler’s Mother arrives at the gallery, we want you to say something. About twenty minutes will be fine. You know, talk about the artist and his work. OK?’
Mr Bean didn’t understand! Him? Say something? But he didn’t know anything about art!
‘Er … yes … of course,’ he said.
The meeting ended and everybody stood up. Mr Grierson talked quietly to David.
‘This Dr Bean, David – he’s the National Gallery’s top man, right?’
‘That’s right, sir,’ David answered.
‘Good. This painting, Whistler’s Mother, is very important to the gallery. You know that. I don’t want anything to go wrong. Do you understand me, David?’
‘I understand, sir,’ said David.
He smiled at his boss, but he didn’t feel very happy.
2. Watch the second episode about wet trousers and prepare a retelling of 7 sentences
VIII. Find in the text above English equivalents for the following Russian words:
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| как можно быстрее | |
| снаружи (у/перед) | |
| часы (наручные) | a |
| перед (чем-либо) | |
| положил | |
| повсюду | |
| важный | |
| знаменитый | |
| расселись вокруг | |
| перестать думать | |
| увидел | |
| вентилятор | a |
| через (комнату) | |
| перестали разговаривать | |
| посмотрел вниз на... | looked |
| обернулся | |
| улыбнулся всем | smiledeverybody |
| что-нибудь; что-то | |
| понимать | to |
| встали | up |
| тихо; негромко | |
| пойти не так | to |
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IX. Prepare and pronounce answers to these questions
- When Mr Bean came out of the Men’s Room, why did he want more time in front of the hand-dryer, and what did he put in front of his trousers before going to Mr Grierson’s office?
- Where was David Langley waiting for Mr Bean, and what did he look at on his watch? Why did they need to walk as fast as possible?
- How was Mr Grierson’s office described in the text? What was everywhere, and what kind of important and famous things or people were mentioned?
- During the meeting, what did everybody do when they sat round the table? Why couldn’t Mr Bean stop thinking about his trousers?
- What did Mr Bean see across the room, and what strange thing did he do in front of the fan? How did people react when they stopped talking?
- What did Mr Bean do after his trousers were dry? How did he turn round and smile at everybody?
- At the end of the meeting, what did Mr Grierson ask Mr Bean to say something about? Did Mr Bean understand the task? And what happened when everybody stood up and Mr Grierson talked quietly to David about nothing going to go wrong?
X. Gap-Fill: Mr Bean at the Gallery
Type the correct form or choose from dropdowns. Then click “Check answers”.
The next morning David took Mr Bean to the Grierson Gallery. In the car he explained that Mr Grierson wanted them (to come/coming) at nine sharp and that he might get rather angry if they (be) late. Mr Bean, gazing out of the window, wondered why David kept (call) him “Doctor Bean.” He (hear) only men like Dr Rosenblum or Dr Cutler (address) that way.
When they reached the gallery, Mr Bean was about (follow) David upstairs but suddenly asked for the Men’s Room. David checked his watch and warned that Grierson (wait). Inside, Mr Bean washed his hands — only (find) that the water (go) all over his trousers. How (can) he possibly face Grierson like this? Then he noticed a hand-dryer. It could help, but it was too high. Later someone reported that they (see) him (climb) onto a chair and (sway) left and right so that the warm air (reach) his trousers.
By the time Mr Bean rejoined David, Grierson (wait) more than 5 minutes. Still damp, he (hide) himself behind a newspaper. In Grierson’s office — (quite/rather) beautiful room, with paintings everywhere and a large poster of Whistler’s Mother — he (introduce) as “our famous Dr Bean from England.” Grierson casually removed the newspaper, and Mr Bean sat quickly, (wish) nobody (notice).
During the meeting he hardly listened; he (worry) only about his trousers. When he spotted a fan, he slowly (cross) the room and began “drying” himself in front of it, so that everyone saw him as if (dance). Finally, the trousers were dry. With a broad smile he walked back deliberately, in order for the company (admire) the front of his quite respectable trousers.
“Dr Bean,” said Grierson, “when Whistler’s Mother (arrive), you’ll need to say a few words — perhaps twenty minutes — about the artist and his work.” Mr Bean might (collapse), but he simply nodded. He didn’t know a thing about art.
When the meeting ended, Grierson drew David aside. “This Dr Bean is the National Gallery’s top man, (be) ” David confirmed it. “Good. This painting is (so/such/such a/such an) important acquisition that nothing must go wrong. Do you understand?” David smiled dutifully, though he had (little/few/a few/a little) confidence.
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