Mr Bean in Town

by John Escott, Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll

[Penguin Readers Level 2]

Mr Bean doesn't understand the world. There are problems for him everywhere. In the restaurant, he doesn't like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. Then Mr Bean goes to the launderette. What happens? He loses his trousers, of course!

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

36 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

Reviews

[Archit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved reading the episodes I rolled on with laughter in my summer vacations.

Verbatim, it was great F.U.N..

You will love it if you are an ardent Rowan Atkinson fan!

[Ahmad Ebaid · Rating 3 out of 5]

مستر بين في المدينة



مستر بين شخصية يقوم بها الاستاند اب كوميديان "روان أتكينسون" ويشارك في كتابتها.

مستر بين هو رمز الفهلوة/الدهلكة. رمز السخرية من المواطن المثالي المحافظ, الذي من أجل الحفاظ على شكله وألا يعتقد الناس أنه غبي, مستعد أن يأكل اللحم نيأ

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هذه النسخة من الكتاب بلغة مبسطة. تحتوي على قصتين, السيد بين ولحم التتار, والسيد بين والمغسلة العمومية.

[Itx Rimsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. Bean is one of those rare personalities who made people laugh without saying a single word. He is childish by heart and that’s what I love about him. He is one of those persons whom everyone knows since their childhood. I just love his hilarious acts that how he makes solution of every problem.
Mr. Bean in town is a funny novel containing two witty stories; steak tartare and laundrete. While I was reading this novel, he made me laugh hard. It was very interesting for me to read that novel especially when Mr. Bean drank conditioner to pretend to be having black coffee.

It was Mr. Bean’s birthday. He decided to go to luxury restaurant for dinner. He had a bad experience with resturants because everytime they are big-budget and also he feels uncomfortable in new places.Firstly , he dosen’t like his food in the restaurant. That was uncooked meat . He tried to hide food in strange places like pants of musician and bag of lady . Then he went to the laundrete . And ofcourse! He swiped his pants.

[Haruhi Hyodo · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin level 2
2. 2016/10/09 40min 2016/10/12 40min
3. restaurant, strange, money, waiter, his birthday, stupid, flower
4. Mr Bean came to eat a delicious food for the first time on his birthday. Then, he wanted to eat an expensive meal, often do not eat. He didn't have enough money, in spite of he gave a chip for waiter of the restaurant. So, he ordered to steak, but he could not eat at all. When the steak was carried, that is raw. He could not raw meat, so he wanted to hide it. Where could he hide??? That place was really strange, for example vase of flower on the table, or the violinist's trouser, the bag of woman.Finally, he finished to hide the all steak, he felt relief. So one waiter spilled the meal on his table. Due to that, the plates were crashed. The manager and waiter of the restaurant apologized of him, they provided the big big steak than that he are a few minutes ago. He was confused.
5. I can recommend this book, because this book is so enjoyable and easy.

[Nagisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

1, penguin level2

2, 120 minutes

3, funny, restaurant, eating, town, stupid, choosing, angry

4, This story is when Mr Bean goes to the town to choose the restaurant. I have watched this movie so I was very interested in this. There are a lot of series of Mr Bean. All of them is so funny.

5, I thought this series are easy to understand because the story is too funny. So it's not so strict. We can enjoy reading.

[Fuka Hatayama · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin Readers Stage2

2. 11/19 40min （Sweet Valley 40min）

3. birthday, restaurant, strange, money, stupid, landerette, trousers

4. The young man walked past him, and Mr Bean tried to hide the skirt with his hands.
He is very stupid but his action is very interesting.

5. This book makes me happy. I want to watch movies too. He is strange man but he sometimes cause miracle.

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's the funny story.This story talks about Mr Bean's story when he went to town and chose a restaurant for eating. I really like Mr Bean because he is honest and funny and I want to meet him in the real life. My favourite part is Steak Tartare and I really like this book because it made me feel relax and laugh. I recommend this book to classmate.

[Santosh Thapa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shrawan 31, 2077, Saturday

Mr Bean in Town - John Escott, Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll, Rowan Atkinson (2001)
[Penguin Readers Elementary (Level 2)]

Genre: EnglishGradedReaders/ Fiction/ Humor
Pages: 36
Rating: 8/10

Theme: Subversion of Masculinity

Opener:
“It was Mr. Bean's birthday, and he wanted to enjoy it! What could he do? 'How can I make this important day a happy day?' he thought. 'I know. I'll go out to a restaurant for dinner this evening! I'll enjoy that.' Mr. Bean didn't often eat in restaurants. They were sometimes very expensive. And he sometimes did things wrong when he was in a new or strange place. Oh dear! Life wasn't easy for Mr. Bean!”

Summary:
Mr Bean in Town contains two very funny stories. Steak Tartare, is about the hilarious events that happen as Mr Bean celebrates his birthday in a very peculiar dinner at a nice restaurant. In The Launderette, a series of mishaps occur when he unsuccessfully tries to do the laundry.

Final Review:
The near-silent comedian Mr Bean is an indelible character from childhood in the minds of many. The two stories here, I think, are adaptations of a couple of episodes of the Mr Bean cartoon series. They are hilarious and getting to hear the internal monologue of the titular character, and how he makes sense of his at times outrageous actions was a treat to read. Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Mr Bean is a child at heart and these two stories will awaken yours.

[mohammadreza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book when I was a young young english-learner . It was funny especially the episode when Mr.Bean goes to the launderette

[M. Basnet · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think Mr. Bean only works on the screen with Atkinson.

[Yashwanth Pentakota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr Bean is a character which make feel love with it in my childhood i was addicted to it overall i love it

[Yuto Yuasa · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Roman Atkinson, PENGUIN READERS, Level2

2. 5/17 20minutes
5/19 20minutes
Total 40minutes

3. crazy meat hide launderette skirt Conditioner trousers

4. Did you mistake the coffee for the conditioner?
-No. I was very surprised and laughed when Mr.Bean drunk the conditioner.

5. When I was reading "Mr.Bean", I could not help laughing because the story was very funny for me. "But, of course, it wasn't conditioner. It was black coffee." This is my favorite line in this book. I really wanted to read this book after I watched the his performance of the opening ceremony in London Olympic games, 2012.

[Minaho Isaji · Rating 3 out of 5]

time - 40 minutes
7 word summary - stupid guy funny strange resturant food laundrette trousers
discussion questions -
1. If you meet a guy such as Mr.Bean, what do you do?
- I just look at him. I am really interested in what he' s doing.
2. If you have only 11 pounds on your birthday, what do you want to eat?
- I want to eat sushi, but only 11 pounds I heve, so I can't go to expensive sushi restaurat.

[Devin kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why I like this book?
-Because this book is so much fun. I like the Mr.Bean's strange act.
My favorite scene is when he go into the washingmucian.
That was very funny.

What will happen next?
-I think somebody see him and open the washingmucian.Then he go back to his house and he make a trouble again and again.....

[Misato Kuroiwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

1 Rowan Atkinson Penguin level2

2 90 minutes

3 funny crazy meat launderette pants skirt conditioner

4 What kind of meat do you like?
I like pork.

5 While I was reading, I was laughing. He made me happy! It was very interesting for me, especially, the scene from this book was that he drank conditioner! He was funny! I wish I could meet him in the real world!

[YiYi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's interesting. The description in this book is almost similar to the film version. I can really remember Mr Bean's actions in the film version. To an English-learner, this article really teach me much how to describe actions.

[Nada · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much for written comedy

[Hadeel Alnabhani]

I don't no

[Mahmoud Hady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really funny.
I can imagine how much fun is it to see those stories as videos.

[Kosuke Arai · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. 80min
2. penguin readers
3. restaurant, birthday, tartare, hide, laundry, trouser, skirt
4, a. 'And he quickly changed the young man's cup of conditioner for his cup of black coffee'
b. This sentence is the funniest part of this story I think. He was made laugh by young strong man, but that was his revenge of it. I think he is clever because I can't come up with these kind of harassment.
5, There were 2 different story in this book. He is quite crazy but I can't hate him because I know how he has talent about gags. I laugh when he do something stupid that I can't imagine or expect. I think he is a kind of natural blur.

[Meili Enni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny when i read about mr.bean funny man.

[Alfret]

very good