coming-clean(典范英语八第二篇)
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第二篇 Coming Clean
Old Baggy-Pants
Derek and Janey were eating jam roly-poly in the hall and talking about Mr Such’s trours. Mr Such was their teacher and he wore the same trours to school, day in and day out.
‘They’re so crumpled and baggy,’ Janey said.
‘And grubby and thick,’ said Derek.
‘Like a pair of old dish-cloths.’
‘And he wears them all the time.’
‘I don’t think he’s got any others.’
‘Old Baggy-Pants, that’s what he is ,’ Derek added, sticking his fork into his jam roly-poly.恐龙谷
‘I wish he’d get some new ones,’ Janey sighed.
At that moment Old Baggy-Pants himlf came into the hall. Janey’s mouth fell open and Derek could e the mashed up jam roly-poly inside.
‘What’s up ?’ he said.
Janey blinked and pointed . There was Mr Such in a brand new suit. A spotless white suit without a crea in it . Everyone in the hall stopped eating and stared at him .
‘Carry on ,everyone,’ said Mr Such, a bit red in the face.’晒书节 Carry on eating.’
‘Wow!’ said Derek, leaning across his plate. ‘He looks so different.’
‘He looks smart,’ said Janey firmly. ‘And about time, too.’
Later that afternoon Janey’s class trooped back imto the hall for P.E.
‘I like the suit, sir,矢量图转换’ Janey told Mr Such as they filed in.
‘Thank you , Janey. It’s for Parents’ Evening, really.’
‘Parents’ Evening?’
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‘Yes, I have to look my best for that, don’t I?
‘But that’s not till Monday, Mr Such,’ Derek said.
‘I know that, Derek. I’m just getting ud to it .’
While they were talking, Mrs Venn came out of the kitchen with a bowl of custard in her arms.
She was so shocked to e Mr Such in his bright new suit she gave a little jump. ‘O
h my gosh !’ she cried.
She grabbed one of the hall curtains to steady herlf. The custard looped into the air, straight for Mr Such.
Derek saw it coming and stepped smartly in the way .The custard wobbled through the air and flopped against Derek’s vest. Everyone fell silent. Derek stood there, looking sad and stunned . And covered in cold custard.
‘Well done ,Derek,’ said Mr Such. ‘You’ve saved my brand new suit.’
Derek tried to smile but by then the custard was oozing into his shorts.
After break , Mr Such changed back into his dish-cloth trours.
‘薄成语Plea keep clear of this,’ he said, hanging his new suit on the cupboard door. ‘Keep well clear.’
A Lovely green colour
The last lesson of the day was art . They had to paint interesting faces .Janey was doing a monster. She put blood –shot bits in his eyes, a bolt through his neck and green stuff coming out of his no. She was plead with the green stuff, but she’d mixed up too much. She asked Derek if he wanted some.
‘I don’t need any green stuff, Janey,’he said . ‘I’m doing a footballer.’
‘Well, he could have green stuff coming out of his no, couldn’t he ?’she said.
‘No,’ said Derek. ‘He couldn’t.浙江最高的山’
‘You could u it for the background. Like grass.女孩的英文单词’
‘I’m not having my footballer running around on green stuff from a monster’s no, thank you,’ said Derek.
He nudged Janey’s elbow, and green stuff spilled over the desk.
He tried to stop it trickling onto the floor.
Then he reached behind him and rubbed his hands on the towel. Except that it wasn’t the towel.
‘Oh,’连接 he said quietly . ‘What have I done?’
Janey could e what had happened.Derek had wiped his hands on Mr Such’s new trours.
‘You’ve done it now,’ she said. ‘Old Baggy-Pants’ll go up the wall when he es this.’
Mr Such was on the other side of the room . He looked up and smiled at them.
