VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

package – an object wrapped in paper that is sent by post

collect – to gather things together

ex. Mr Bean is a big fan of collecting toys.

celebrity – a famous person

mansion – a large, expensive house

butler – a person hired by someone who owns a house who is responsible for taking care of the house

trophy – jiang bei

warn – to give someone a notice about their actions jing gao

ex. The butler warns Mr Bean to not enter the trophy room.

show off – to describe someone who likes to parade things they own or the good things they’ve done

ex. Nobody likes him because he always shows off his new toys.

footballers/football players

Grammar

can/would/should/might + verb (no change) 

ex. I can swim

ex. He can swim

ex. He/She should go

There are many mountains but the city is so small.

I don’t go to the city. I just see the city on the car.

Mr Bean receives a box and in the box, there is a model car. Mr Bean puts it on a shelf and on the shelf there are 8 model cars. Then Mr Bean is happy because he collects all the model cars. Then he goes outside and sees two kids are holding a book of cards. He asks the children, they say, “They are collecting the cards of football celebrities.” Mr Bean thinks this is interesting, so he drives his car to a shop and buys that book and all the cards. Then he is happy, but the children tell him, “There is a golden card and in the football celebrity’s house. All the normal people cannot get it and take it. Mr Bean still wants to get this golden card, so he pretends to be a cleaner and goes inside. The football celebrity’s butler tells him clean the mansion. He goes into a room which has many trophies and the golden card. Mr Bean goes into that room and tries to steal the cards. But, the butler sees him, she warns Mr Bean, “Don’t go into the room, but Mr Bean still goes in it. The butler see it. The butler locks the door and tells him, “Clean the leaves in the pool” and walks away. Mr Bean sees there is a window which can jump into the room, Mr Bean opens the window and tries to use a net to steal the card. The football celebrity sees him and ask him, “What is he doing?” Mr Bean answers, “He is cleaning windows.” Then the celebrity plays the football, but he doesn’t mind the pool and he falls into the pool. The butler says, “He can’t swim!” So Mr Bean blows his gloves and lets the celebrity grab it, and the celebrity is save. So he tells Mr Bean he can takes anything in the mansion to thanks him. Mr Bean is happy. He takes the golden card back home and shows off to the children, but children tell to Mr Bean to get a toy man.

Revised: 

Mr Bean receives a box/package and in the box/inside it, there is a car model. Mr Bean puts it on a shelf and on the shelf there are also 8 models. Then Mr Bean is happy because he collected all the car models. Then he goes outside and sees two kids holding a book of cards. He asks the children, and they say, “We are collecting the cards of football celebrities/footballers/football players.” Mr Bean thinks this is interesting, so he drives his car to a shop and buys that book and all the cards. Then he is happy, but the children tell him, “There is a golden card in the football celebrity’s house. Regular people cannot get in/enter and take it. Mr Bean still wants to get this golden card, so he pretends to be a cleaner and goes/sneaks inside. The football celebrity’s/footballer’s butler tells him to clean the mansion. He goes into a room which has many trophies and the golden card. Mr Bean enters the room and tries to steal the cards. But, the butler sees him, and she warns Mr Bean, “Don’t go into the room.” But Mr Bean still enters. The butler see him. The butler locks the door and tells him, “Clean the leaves in the pool!” and walks away. Mr Bean sees there is a window which he can jump into the room, Mr Bean/He opens the window and tries to use a net to steal the card. The football celebrity sees him and asks him, “What are you doing?” Mr Bean answers, “I am cleaning the windows.” Then the celebrity plays football, but he doesn’t mind the pool, so he falls into the pool. The butler says, “He can’t swim!” So Mr Bean blows his gloves and lets the celebrity grab it, and the celebrity is saved. So he tells Mr Bean that he can take anything in the mansion to thank him. Mr Bean is happy. He takes the golden card back home and shows off to the children, but the children tell Mr Bean to get a toy wrestler.

Pronunciation

celebrity – se-leh-bre-tee