Roald Dahl :: Fantastic Mr Fox 로알드달 멋진여우씨

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!