Roald Dahl :: The Twits

 

 

 

 

 

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.