典范英语8-11Stinky Street原文+翻译

8-11 Stinky Street

Written by Helena Pielichaty and illustrated by Mike Phillips

in has a problem

Houses are very different. Some are huge and have gold swimming pools. Pop stars live in those. Some are in rows with a

brick wall at one end and overlook a pie factory. Franklin Gates lives in one of those. Number three, Stanley Street, to be

exact.

Some people might think, “I want a house with a swimming pool. “But not Franklin.

He loved living on Stanley Street. Everyone was friendly. All his mates were there and the smells from the pie

factory...mmm, delicious! There was just one problem. Franklin ’mum and dad wanted to move. His mum was expecting

twins and they needed another bedroom.

I don't mind sharing mine, “Franklin said.

Babies cry all night.

But his parents wouldn't listen.

This house is TOO small, “said his mum.

Next day, there was a “for Sale “sign stuck by Franklin's door.

Franklin and his best friend Josh stared at the words of doom.

Josh frowned. “Has your house got problems?Number forty's got problems and no one wants to buy it.

Franklin stared at number looked all right to him.

Franklin sighed. His house was warm and friendly and it had just been painted,worse luck.

Mrs cox lived next door to Franklin in a little house that had once been the corner then,she called

out,

Before she could finish,her dog Zack leaped out of her house.

He jumped up at the boys,trying to lick their faces.

Mrs Cox told Zack to get down.

Mrs. Cox patted Franklin on the arm.

For a week,it looked as if Mrs Cox was a few people came to look at the house and none of them wanted to

buy in's mum stroked her growing tummy and looked fed up.

Upstairs,Franklin danced around with his underpants on his head in he was no one would

buy his house.

But a few days later_it must have been Thursday,because the smells from the pie factory were chicken and rhubarb

Franklin came home from school to find a man in the name was Mr Bragg and was interested in buying the

house.

Mr Bragg wasn't interested in glared at Franklin and trod on his toes, without saying sorry.

Franklin's heart sank when Mr Bragg said he wanted to come back for a second visit.

Saturday morning,ten o'clock sharp,

2 Franklin makes a plan

That night,Franklin had a bad Bragg was sniggering at him,

house!

Then Franklin woke up.

cruncher! “he said angrily.

At school,Franklin asked Josh what he was doing on Saturday.

Josh shrugged. “Nothing much.

Josh nodded.

Franklin cupped his hand over Josh's ear and began whispering his plan.

When Josh heard what Franklin wanted,his mouth opened wide enough to swallow a dentist.

get into trouble!

In the end,Josh wasn't happy,but he agreed to do what Franklin wanted.

3 Something is fishy

On Saturday morning,Franklin's mum was in a flap.

looked around in a panic.

Franklin smiled. He know what the smell was!

Mr. and Mrs. Gates were still outside when Mr. Bragg rang the doorbell. Franklin let him into the house

Mr Bragg stopped and sniffed the air.

Mr Bragg frowned. “Isn’t the factory shut on Saturdays?

Upstairs,Franklin opened his bedroom Bragg pointed to a huge,dark patch on the wall.

carpet.

At that moment,his mum arrived,

Hide from Josh?Don't be silly,

But Josh banged on the front shouted football even burped through the letterbox.

He ran downstairs and out of the door.

4 Mrs Cox joins in

Mr and Mrs Gates were

very angry.

Just then,there was a loud banging.

oming from Mrs. Cox's house,

this!

The banging grew louder and Zack started ing was very wrong.

Mr. abd Mrs. Gates and Franklin dashed into Mrs. Cox's house.

She was lying by her stairs,where she had in helped his dad lift her carefully onto a Gates wanted

to take her to hospital but Mrs. Cox wouuldn't go.

she they rang her son Eric,and he came to help her.

Mrs Cox was still in big ran back home and took the fish out of the back of the radiator.(Josh's sister had

given it to him.)

He vacuumed up the chocolate drops on the carpet in his bedroom.

Then he dried the lemonade on his bedroom said sorry to Josh for getting him into trouble, last,he said

sorry to his mum and mum was very upset.

house.

Weeks passed but no one came to look at the was coming and Franklin began to feel

wanted to move in winter,did they?

But one day,Franklin came home from school to find creepy Mr Bragg in the kitchen 'd found out about