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Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 0600
Paperback: 112 pages

Boggis and Bunce and Bean
one fat, one short, one lean
These horrible crooks
So different in looks
Were none the less equally mean

Three farmers를 묘사하는 노래~

세 농부 Boggis and Bunce and Bean
자신의 Farm의 가축을 종종 헤치는 여우 한마리를 잡겠다고 여우집에 보초를 서다가
결국 여우집 땅을 파기 시작하고 끝을 보자는 마음으로 언덕하나를 다 깍아내는 세 농부
여우가 땅속에서 굶어죽을 수는 없으니 분명 밖을 나올꺼라며
세 농부는 집도 농장도 다 비워두고 보초만 서며 기다린다.
그 사이 Fantastic Mr. Fox는 꾀를 내어 땅속길을 만들고 세농부의 음식저장창고에 몰래 숨어들어
가져온 음식들로 땅속 다른 동물들과 만찬을 즐긴다는 내용..
And so far as I know, they are still waiting.

단어정리

lurk
be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
He always approached a farm with the wind blowing in his face, and this meant that if any men were lurking in the shadow ahead, the wind could carry the smell of that man to Mr. Fox's nose from far away.

cocky
자만심에 찬..conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way
Mr Fox would have not been quite so cocky had he known exactly where three farmers were waiting at that moment.

murky
어두컴컴한, 액체가(진흙등으로) 탁한 dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
The wood was murky and very still.

crater
분화구 crater of volcano

obstinate
고집센 완강한  stubborn
jeer
야유하다
The people jeered and laughed. But this only made the three farmers more furious and more obstinate and more determined than ever not to give up until they had caught the fox.

waft
1. (공중에서 부드럽게) 퍼지다   2. (바람에 실려 오는) 한 줄기 냄새
The rich scent of chicken wafted down the tunnel to where the foxes were crouching.

jiffy
a moment. 순간 "we'll be back in a jiffy"
Tell her the rest of us will be along in a jiffy.

Churgle
키득키득웃다


luscious
(of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste 달콤한 감미로운

ravenous
extremely hungry
Suddenly as though springs had been released in their legs, three hungry small foxes and ravenously hungry Badger sprang forward to grab the luscious food.

prowl
1. (특히 먹이를 찾아 살금살금) 돌아다니다   2. (특히 범행 대상을 찾아) 돌아다니다
Mr Fox began prowling around storehouse examining glorious display with an expert eye.

stoop
1. 몸을 굽히다
2. lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible. stoop to + n.
We're not going to stoop to their level. We don't want to kill them.

impudent
무례한 버릇없는 syn. impertinent
What an impudent fellow Rat is!

Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 0750
Paperback: 112 pages

멍청이(Twit) 부부는 서로서로 괴롭히기 바쁘다. 늘 더 괴롭히기 위한 아이디어를 생각하고 실행에 옮기느라 즐거움을 느낄 정도이다. 역겹울만큼 지저분하고 흉하게 생긴부부가 원래 그렇게 생겼던 건 아니고 나쁜 생각만 하다보니 외모도 점점 흉하게 변하게 된것.
결국 키우던 원숭이들에게 역습?을 당해 모든게 upside down으로 바뀌고 이 세상에서 사라지게 되는 그들.
그들이 사라졌다는 걸 알게된 모든 사람들이 기쁨의 환호를 지른다.

스토리는 아주 유머러스하게 전개되고 곁들어진 삽화도 딱 어울리게 재밌어서
아이들이 깔깔 웃으며 볼 수 있는 책이다. 빠르면 1학년도 볼 수 있고 2~3학년 정도수준이면 딱일듯싶다.

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day every week every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it gets so ugly that you can hardly bear to look at it.

A person who has good thoughts, they cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

단어정리

revolting
causing intense disgust; disgusting.

tuft
a bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
The stuff even sprouted in revolting tufts out of his nostrils and ear-holes.

twit
a silly or foolish person.

mat
흔히 말하는 mat말고도
동사로 tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.
The hair on Mr. Twits didn't grow smooth and matted as it does on most hairy faced men.

morsel
a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.
He was always able to find tasty morsel here and there to nibble on.

foul
offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.
wicked or immoral.
What I am trying to tell you that Mr. Twits was a foul and smelly old man.

wart
피부에 생기는 사마귀


plot
secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).
You're plotting something
Whenever you go quiet all like that, I know very well you are plotting something.

cackle
1. [자동사][V] 닭이 꼬꼬댁 울다 2. (불쾌하게) 낄낄 웃다[키득거리다] 예문닫기
They all cackled with delight

squishy
질척질척한
being soft, yielding, and usually damp. not firm, steady, or fixed

dribble
syn. drool 침을 질질 흘리다
(액체가)똑똑 떨어지다
Mrs. Twits became so frightened that she began to dribble.

ghoulish
송장 먹는 귀신같은; 잔인한, 엽기적인; 병적인
He said with a ghoulish grin on his lips


hag
쭈그렁 할망구
What a marvellous bit of luck for me! At last the old hag is lost and gone for ever.

billow
[동사] 닻・치마 등이 (바람에) 부풀어 오르다
As she floated gently down, her petticoat billowed out like a parachute, showing her long knickers.

smear
1.coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
Don't sit on that big dead tree. It's just been smeared all over with sticky glue.
2.damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander.

roost
새가 앉아 쉬거나 자다.
This evening when the birds come in to roost, you must warn them not to perch on that tree or they will be made into bird pie.

clamber
climb or move in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet.
Obediently, the poor monkeys stood on their hands and clambered one on the top of the other, with Muggle-Wump at the bottom and the smallest child at the very top.

Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 0450
Paperback: 96 pages

Magic Finger를 가진 한 소년.
화가 나면 화를 나게 한 상대에게 magic finger를 자신의 의지와 상관없이 들어 올리는 소년
그 소년의 옆집엔 Mr and Mrs Gregg와 아이들 Philp과 William이 살고 있었다.
Gregg가족은 사냥을 엄청 즐기는데, 어느날 결국 소년이 그들이 사냥을 계속하는거에 아주 화가 나게 되고 결국 magic finger를 들고야 말았다.
그후 Gregg 가족은 작은 새로 변해 날기도 하고 둥지를 만들어 하룻밤을 보내게된다. 한편, 오리들은 사람처럼 커져서 Gregg집을 차지하게 되는데....

서로의 처지가 바뀌고서야 Gregg가족들은 자기가 사냥했던 새들의 마음을 이해하게 되는 이야기...
그 후 다시는 사냥을 하지 않고 이름마저 Egg가족으로 바꾸며 이야기는 끝이난다.


렉사일 450답게 영어자체는 아주 쉬운 편. 실제 내용 페이지는 56페이지로 짧고 딱 초등저학년이 있기에 적합한 레벨

문장외우기
This made me so cross that I started shouting at them.
so~that구문은 참 많이 쓰이는데 내 입으론 잘 안 나오는 구문