096. Comic Books

Comic books are illustrated stories. He loved comic books. He had many comic books. They were all on a shelf. His friends collected comic books, too. He sometimes traded comic books with them.

He read comic books all night. He turned off the lights. He grabbed a flashlight. He sat up in bed. He wrapped a blanket around him. He stayed up reading his comic books. He had a fun time.

He went to the comic book store. He went each Friday after school. The comic book store was great. It had new issues of comics. His favorite comic book hero was Spiderman. He bought all his issues.

He stayed at the comic book store. There was a couch inside. He did not always have money. He read the new comic book issues in the store. He saved his allowance for comic books.

Vocabulary

▪ allowance: auxílio, pensão, dose, dinheiro para pequenos gastos, mesada
▪ blanket: cobertor, camada grossa
▪ collect: coletar, apanhar, recolher…
▪ comic: cômico, revista em quadrinhos
▪ couch: sofá
▪ flashlight: lanterna
▪ hero: herói, sanduíche italiano
▪ illustrate: ilustrar
▪ issue: edição, número, expedir, fornecer, assunto, questão, ponto de debate
▪ shelf: estante, prateleira
▪ spider: aranha
▪ trade: ofício, comércio, indústria…
▪ wrap: embrulhar

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