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Zap* Comprehensive*A school of winners, Episode 4Comic

WORDS: blind: persiana / comprehensive: escuela pública de educación secundaria en el Reino Unido / conker (coll): castaña. En el título debería haber puesto “conquest” (conquista) y no “conker” / engraved: grabado / first form: primero / form: clase, curso / head: director / jammed: atascado / keep (kept, kept): guardar / look: tener el aspecto de / mistake: error / off the subject: no relacionado con el tema / right: correcto / sign: firmar / signature: firma / sure: seguro / third year: tercer curso / too many: demasiado / unknown: desonocido / wrong: equivocado / zap: zapear. El protagonista de la historia cambia frecuentemente de colegio, de ahí el nombre de esta serie de cómics.

Alistair and Eleanor are still in Yapon while, back at Sherlock Holmes School, Heather and her friends are rebelling against their robot teachers or “roboprofs”.

By Tehem

Your turn, Hayat!

Puff!

Puff!

Yes, Hea- ther.

Form* 1A are doing History in room 212.

And the third* year are

doing Maths in room 220.

Hayat, you’re going to cele-

brate too…

Your name will be engraved*

on the blinds*!

?

What’s that?

I scan copies in 10

seconds…

9… 8…

A message from the

head*!

Are you sure*?

It looks* authen-tic and there’s a signature* on it!

Hayat History and

Geography Test0/10

Terrible!Topic: The Roman

conkers* of Britain

Britain had conkers

b4 the Romans but

Replace your copies

with these. It’s an

order.

Signed* Ed Master

Illegible namesInvalid data

Wrong* paper Too* many

mistakes*Off* the

subjectUnknown*

words

Paper jammed*

?

Systems err… PLUFF!

It was a good thing I kept*

my first* form homework.

? I scan copies in 10 seconds…

9… 8…

What is it?

Wow!Somebody’s given us the right* answers!

1B


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WORDS: already: ya / approach: acercarse / freedom: libertad / help: ayuda / instead of: en lugar de / in working order: en estado de funcionamiento / no leaving: no salir / prefect: un alumno de los cursos superiores que tiene asignadas determinadas responsabilidades de vigilancia / shape: forma / straight: recto / sign: firmar / That’s it!: ¡Ya está! / trust: fiarse / underway: en curso / work: funcionar

Are you sure? Yes! The mutant

signed* it.

We can trust*

him.

Geometry:1) Take two parallels A and B2) a circle

Here are the right answers. Use them instead*

of yours. Signed,

The Mutant.

Analysis impos-sible

?

Straight* lines not straight

Invalid circles

Shapes* unknown

Corrector saturated

PLUFF!

That’s* it! Operation Freedom* Virus is

underway*.

Rooms 201 to 220

Hello, Sergeant Heather?

Godzilla approaching*.

Hello? Prefect* number two?

Nine robots aren’t wor-king*. I need

help*, please.

Er… I can’t do that right now, number one.!

I can’t give you a hand…

Because of my foot!

No* leaving the classroom. Is that clear?

I’ll bring some teachers in*

working order.

Victor! Hayat! Meet me

in the hall in ten minutes.

Teachers! It’s the hour of

freedom!

What?

Is it already* five o’clock?

Heather?! You shouldn’t*

be here.

Don’t worry!

Everything’s under control.

I’ve got a plan. If everything goes well, you’ll soon* be* back in front of students and not spare* parts!

Really? Sniff… So all hope* is not lost*?

Sniff

A prefect’s coming in a few minutes… to get*

some robots repaired…

…and this is what you’re

going to do…

These two need repairing

urgently…

We can’t work* miracles... we’re not machines!

But we’ve received some new models that will* do

perfectly well.

OK. I’ll have them.

Right. Maths in room 220.

And History and Geography

in 212.

Here’s your new teacher.

It’s still* under

guarantee…

But that’s no reason...

to feed* it anything*.

Hey! We want a new teacher too.

Just a minute! I’m not Flash Gordon.

? ?RRR

Da-dang!


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WORDS: (not…) anything: nada / be back: estar de vuelta / get … repaired: hacer reparar / feed: alimentar / hope: esperanza / lost: perdido / shouldn't: no debería / soon: pronto / spare part: pieza / still: todavía / will do: servirán / work miracles: hacer milagros

Surprise!

Kinder are getting*

better!?!

So, where are we?

He’s chan-ging the tenth

robot.

Things will soon* be* back

to normal!

Hey…Wait! There’s a mistake! This

isn’t the place*!

Wow! This place is scary*!

But they’re going!

Hey!

Hey!

Leave it, Alistair.

What can you expect* from

guys* with such clap-

ped-out* old bikes?

There must be someone in that house that can take* us back

into town.

You’re forget-ting our slight* communication

problems!

Your problems!

Hey, hey! Is there anybo-

dy there?

Wait! There’s a bell* there…

perhaps it’ll be less aggressive.

BONG!


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WORDS: be back: volver / bell: campana / clapped-out: desvencijado / expect: esperar / get better: mejorar / guy (coll): tipo, tío / place: sitio / scary (be…): dar miedo / slight: pequeño / soon: pronto / take back: llevar de vuelta


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WORDS: a bit: un poco / blimey: ¡Dios! / by any chance: por casualidad / grow: crecer / have fun: pasarlo bien / interlock: interconectar / last: durar / like: como / nail: clavo / pepper: pimiento / pretty: bastante / screw: tornillo / take: llevar / work: funcionar

Well done! That was

pretty* dis-creet, Alistair!

Blimey!* Their bell certainly works*!

Creak?

?

You completely mad? No visits in afternoon.

You speak English?

Yes, me tourist guide. Me speak English, French,

Spanish…

Can you take* us into town?

We’re a* bit lost.

Take you? Impossible!

This Zen

temple.

No car, no bike, no telephone.

You sleep here…

…and tomorrow take bus!

Look! Nothing grows* very well in their garden!

He, he, he! It’s a Zen garden Alistair. It’s

just sand and stones.

This temple is just so much fun!

I don’t think they see it like* you, Eleanor.

The refectory. Meals last* very long sometimes.

Here, the games room.

Ah! What do you play at?

Game of silence: first to speak eat peppers* and drink vinegar.

You see, Alistair. They do know how to have*

fun!

Very old building. No nails*,

no screws*, just interlocking*.

Lego’s not Yaponese by* any chance,

is it?

Here! This dormitory. You sleep

here.Wow! It

looks* very comfortable!

Oh* dear!

That looks* like a pillow* fight.

Here little apprentice* monks*. They

learn discipline, rigour and renounce

modern life.

But still* lots

to do.

Goodnight! Get up three

o’clock to cut wood with nail*

file.

I’m glad* I got* you out of bed. We’re

having* a good time together*,

aren’t we?

Well.. yeah*, yeah.

Come on, relax a bit. You’re too*

tense. Hey! They think you’re a star. They

want your autograph.

No! They just want to commu-nicate with us. They probably

want to know what we’re doing here.

Me too!

This is great. I’m really good at art.

The problem’s solved*, you’ll see.

What are they doing?

Are you sure they understand that we want to go* back

to our hotel?


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WORDS: apprentice: aprendiz / get out of: sacar de / glad (be…): alegrarse / go back: volver / have a good time: pasarlo bien / look: tener el aspecto / look like: parecerse a / monk: monje / nail file: lima de uñas / Oh dear!: ¡Vaya! / pillow fight: lucha de almohadas / solve: solucionar / still: todavía / together: juntos / too: demasiado / yeah: sí

Wow! That’s organization!

Yeah! They’re great mechanics…

But how can we get* out of

here discreetly in that?

Look! Isn’t that

great?

We can’t all get* into that! It could* be dangerous!

And they probably haven’t got a licence!

Come on, Alistair! Don’t be a

Heather! Get* in!

What’s Heather got to do with this?

Since* I met* Heather, I’ve

never used the word “loser”*!

Aargh!

Ah! Right! Now I understand

the rake* at* the back!


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WORDS: at the back: en la parte trasera / could: podría / get In: subir / get into: (aquí) caber / get out: salir / loser: perdedor / meet: (aquí) conocer / rake: rastrillo / since: desde que

Staffroom

Ugh! I’m really fed* up of

carting* robots around.

It’s weird* that they all broke* down at the same

time.

? It’s odd*! Every time I come here, there are fewer* of you.

Ah…er… yes. There’s a

stomach bug* going round…

Is that the one I’ve got to take

to room 313?Yes.

You look exhausted*, old* chap.

You stay* here and have* a rest. I’ll

take it to room 313. BaNG!

Mission accom-plished*

SMACK

Spanish

It’s good to see happy teachers!

We will overcome*!

Some of them are even* enthusiastic!

Let’s make

progress

in other

countries

too.

Look! The pupils are taking* off their barcodes!

Things are changing!

Yes, great!

What’s going to hap-pen* when the head-master* gets* back?

I’d be surprised if he stays* in the school

when he sees…

All this mess*!

Stop!


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WORDS: accomplish: cumplir / break down: romperse / bug going round: virus que corre por allí / cart around: cargar con / even: incluso / exhausted: agotado / change: cambiar / fed up: harto / fewer: menos / get back: volver / happen: ocurrir / have a rest: descansar / headmaster: director / mess: lío / odd: extraño / old chap: amigo mío (expresión un poco pasada de moda) / overcome: vencer / stay: quedarse / take off: quitarse / weird: extraño

What is that thing?

Damn*! It’s rusty!

Rebels! Hands* up

or I’ll activate the water jet.

there's no escape!

Identification! Throw* your

barcodes down in front of you.

Do it! I hate wet* clothes.

?

So, old* boy…

You’re getting* at

defenceless pupils?

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Eddy?

No,

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WORDS: Damn: ¡Maldita sea! / get at: meterse con / Hands up: ¡Manos arriba! / old boy: amigo mío (expresión un poco pasada de moda) / rusty: oxidado / throw: tirar / wet: mojado

Invalid commands…

Please consult a

technician…

AAAAH!

Nobody must know my

identity - not* even you!

Pl

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WORDS: like: como / not even: ni siquiera / shouldn’t: no debería / soothe: calmar / take out: sacar / weakness: debilidad

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To be continued

How about some

music?

Music soothes*

the savage beast…

Take off your hat and present your barcode…

?!

That’s just what it

shouldn’t* do!

His hat is his

weakness*.

It’s like* taking* his brain out.

?

System error…

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