Are you interested in brushing up on your English phrasal verbs? Great, because we have a very short story for you, which includes ESL phrasal verbs in bold.
Jamie’s Giant Bum
Jamie worked out every day. Weights, yoga, karate… anything that involved intense physical activity. But despite being muscular, Jamie had a big, fat bottom. Luckily, he did not know this, because he could not see his bum.
His friends did not bring it up. Why mention it if Jamie was happy? One day, while Jamie was looking for jobs online, he came across an advert.
MALE MODELS WANTED. MUST BE MUSCULAR AND HANDSOME. £100 PER DAY.
It was perfect. Jamie knew he was muscular and handsome. He called the number and arranged an interview.
The following day, Jamie looked up the address for the studio and ordered a taxi. When he turned up, the photographer looked at him and laughed.
“You can’t be a model, look at your gigantic ass!”
Jamie felt humiliated. Why did nobody tell him about his oversized posterior? The photographer stopped laughing and looked at Jamie with sympathy.
“Look, I’m sorry you didn’t know about your big bottom. I’ll make you an offer. If you stay here and let us laugh at your huge bum, I’ll pay you the same rate. £100 a day.”
Jamie agreed immediately. For £100 a day, he could easily put up with being humiliated.
THE END
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