Resumo billy elliot nível 3 inglês

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Billy Elliot
Melvin Burgess
Chapter 6: Billy visits his friend, Michael, who is wearing his sister’s clothes and lipstick. Billy tells Michael that he wants to be a ballet dancer in London. They both realise that they are different from the other boys of their age in their town. Chapter 7: Billy starts practising for a ballet audition and gets very nervous as it gets closer. Jackie and Tony have a fight and Tony runs away. One night Billy sees his dead mother, Sarah, and feels that she wants him to dance at the audition. Chapter 8: Tony attacks a policeman’s horse and ends up in jail. Jackie and Billy go to court to fetch him and Billy misses his audition. Mrs Wilkinson gets furious and tells the Elliots what has happened. Tony can’t believe that his brother wants to be a ballet dancer. Chapter 9: Michael, in a dancing skirt, and Billy, in his ballet shoes, stand in the boxing ring. While Billy is showing his friend some ballet moves, his father enters the hall and sees them. Billy jumps, spins and dances for his father, who leaves the hall upset but very surprised with what he has seen. Chapter 10: Jackie wants to help Billy audition in London and he knows that he needs a lot of money for that. He sells Billy’s mother’s ring and decides to go back to work in the mines although he will become a scab. Chapter 11: Tony is shocked to see his father inside the bus entering the mines. He tries to stop him but Jackie tells him in tears that he is doing it for Billy’s future. Tony persuades his father not to work in the mines and they both ask George, Billy’s former boxing teacher, for help. They soon organise a raffle to raise money for Billy’s audition. Chapter 12: Jackie and Billy go to London. Billy is very nervous and feels he doesn’t belong there. When he finishes the audition, he is sad and hits a boy. The teachers call Billy and Jackie into the audition room. They tell Billy off because