典范英语8-12Cool Clive原文

8-12

Cool Clive

Written by Michaela Morgan and illustrated by Dee Shulman

Chapter 1

Look at the other kids in my class.

They have the right haircuts.

They have the right clothes-the jeans,the t-shirts,the caps and the trainers.

These are my friends.

They may think I'm not all that big.

They may think I'm not all that I know I'm really trouble is my clothes are just not cool at all.

My mum says,

Just be yourself What you wear doesn't matter.

She is right you know

My friend agrees with I know she's right doesn't shouldn't matter to me.

I want to be like my friends.

I want to be cool.

In my mind I can see exactly what I could look like.

Mum,Can

I

have

jeans

like those?

And I say,

But she always says,

So I say,

But she says,

And when I say,

She says,

It seems that almost everything I have belonged to someone else before me.

Oh,wow, I remember this

Ooh! I used to love this shirt

I

can

get

you

a

pair

from

the

market for half the price.

And the fashions have changed a bit since my cousins were kids.

At school we all had to make up a rap about is mine:

Don't have the right sort of trainers

Don't have the right sort of hair

Don't have the right sort of labels

Pretend that I don't care.

BUT Oh WOW!Look at them now!All the style,All the know-how-Puma,Hi-tech and Reebok,Cool as Cool,They've got the

lot!

And Oh WOW!I'm feeling green,They've the coolest kids I've ever 've cool in school and cool in the street ,Cool

as cool from head to feet.

My friend says,It's a good rap.

But it's not such a good feeling.

Chapter 2

I know exactly what I want.I've them in a shop window.

And I know exactly what my mum will say:

Money doesn't grow on trees you know.

We don't have money to burn!

Maybe for Christmas...

I dream about those trainers.

Maybe I could find some long lost treasure and buy them.

Maybe I could earn a reward and buy them.

Maybe I could get a job and...

That's what I'll do!

I'll earn lots of money and buy my 's not easy finding a job,especially when you're my age.

First I looked at newspaper.

This

￡

100cheque is a small token of our gratitude

SITUATIONS VACANT

WANTED hairdresser

’

s assistant suit school-leaver

phone:FAY16841

Secretary mature lady preferred

tel 42136

……

一大堆招聘信息

They were all jobs for grown-ups or older good for could I do ?

I could look at the cards in the window of the corner shop.

There were plenty of cards:

For

Sale

Table tennis table by family moving house with slightly wobbly legs

Tel 33451

5 each Phone 42213 aliu 6

3 adorable baby rabbit for sale.

Only

?

Typewriter for sale .

Perfect working order. No good offers refused.

Phone 23

%79

＄

Newspaper Delivery

BOYS AND GIRLS WANTED

APPLY

WITHIN

That's the one for me!

I'll get a job,save the money,and

I'll be Cool Clive

The Coolest Kid Alive.

But when I asked,the man said,

You're not big enough...not old enough...not strong enough...Come back when you're older.

I

thought

……

and

thought

and

……I

had an idea

Outside the shop I met Rick Hamley from Mr Jacob's had a newspaper was dragging the bag behind

him,and he was looking hot and tried.

Tell your Mum I'll look after tomorrow 6.30

6.30? 6.30!

Surely he didn't mean 6.30 in the morning!!!!

He did!

That night I was so excited I could hardly sleep.I'd asked my mum if I could help Rick with his paper round and,after a

bit,she had agreed.

She helped me set the alarm clock for half past five and she made me go to bed extra early.

It's hard to go to sleep when it's still my plans were racing through my made a sort of song which

went round and round and round...

I'll deliver the news

I'll earn money

I'll buy shoes

I'll buy trainers cool

and snazzy

Big and bold and

bright and jazzy

Imagine me when I get to school

Looking so great

Looking so cool

Listen to the others

Hear

them say

Look at Clive

Look at Clive

He's the coo

了

st kid alive!

In the end I fell asleep,and then

BRRING!!

It was time to get up and get started on my first week delivering the papers with Rick.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

was very wet.

was no better.

was worse.

was even wetter.

But I carried on ...

FRIDAY ...

SATURDAY ...

On SUNDAY the newspapers are very thick and heavy.

I heaved that bag.

I hauled that bag.

I nearly gave up,but I carried on and I got !

But the next day I met Rick...

I'm going to work with Gaz from now on ...

..You're too little...

...too slow...

...And you make mistakes

L0OK

Excuse me I didn't order this !!

I want my comic!! .

Oy !Where's my BIKERS WORLD?

See you around!

Chapter 3

I went home and counted my money.

I made a special savings book and then I had a rest.

I was worn out and fed up and I still needed loads more money.

The next day I went back to the shop.I didn't go in,in case there were any more unhappy customers waiting for me,but I

read the cards outside.

There were a few new ones.