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適讀人群 :7歲及以上 From Publishers WeeklyIn Dahl's typically outre outing, the repulsive, misanthropic Mr. and Mrs. Twit become the target of revenge by the Mugglewump monkeys--who have finally had enough. Ages 7-11.
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From School Library JournalGrade 2-4-Actor Simon Callow tackles one of Roald Dahl's most gruesome stories (Puffin, pap. 1998) with relish in this gleefully naughty audiobook. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of the most disgusting, nasty, and horrid characters in children's literature, from their repulsive looks (the story opens with a long, detailed description of Mr. Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and horrible tricks they play on one another (Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glass eyeball in unexpected places and lacing the spaghetti with worms; Mr. Twit works for weeks to convince his wife that she has "The Shrinks"). Callow captures the dry humor of Dahl's narrative voice perfectly, and creates appropriately nasty voices for Mr. and Mrs. Twit as well. Unfortunately, the thick accents and loud tones of these voices often mean that the dialogue is difficult to understand. Still, Callow's able narration brings Dahl's ironic sensibilities to life, and a sense of satisfaction is inevitable when the terrible Twits come to an appropriately gruesome end.
內容簡介
"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 looks so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it." How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything — except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge. Annotation The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
《蠢特夫婦》(Magic Finger)這篇童話講述一對令人討厭的蠢特夫婦的故事。蠢特先生長瞭一臉大鬍子,是個又髒又臭的老頭子;蠢特太太則心地險惡,外貌其醜無比。這對從裏到外都十分醜惡的夫婦,相互間勾心鬥角,例如,蠢特太太用自己的玻璃假眼球捉弄蠢特先生,還捉瞭一些蚯蚓攙到蠢特先生的麵條裏;而蠢特先生捉瞭一隻大青蛙放到蠢特太太的床上……他們還無情地欺負小動物和小孩子。他們要猴子做任何事都必須拿大頂,包括吃飯、睡覺,如果猴子不服從,就無情地毆打它們。這終於惹惱瞭小猴子。蠢特夫婦準備射殺群鳥,猴子就跟鳥兒們建立瞭“戰略聯盟”,提醒鳥兒們不要棲息在塗滿“一點靈”的樹枝和房頂上,而是站在猴子籠上,讓蠢特夫婦吃不上“鳥肉餡餅”。猴子們還設計瞭一個“以其人之道,還治其人之身”的計策,它們闖進蠢特傢,用“一點靈”膠水塗滿天花闆,然後把傢裏的傢具擺設一件件倒貼在天花闆上。蠢特夫婦迴傢時完全傻眼瞭,以為自己齣瞭問題,於是自動做起“拿大頂”!猴子和鳥兒們最終懲治瞭這對壞傢夥:蠢特夫婦的腦袋被粘在瞭地闆上。他們無法掙脫,時間一長,人開始收縮,就像患“收縮癥”。
作者簡介
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head', sustained as an RAF pilot during WW2. Roald Dahl is one of the most successful and well-known of all children's writers. His books include CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE BFG and MATILDA. Roald Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.
After establishing himself as a writer for adults, Roald Dahl began writing children’s stories in 1960 while living in England with his family. His first stories were written as entertainment for his own children, to whom many of his books are dedicated.
Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Although he passed away in 1990, his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels, including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, delight an ever-growing legion of fans.
羅爾德·達爾(Roald Dahl,1916年9月13日—1990年11月23日),是挪威籍的英國傑齣兒童文學作傢、劇作傢和短篇小說作傢,作品流傳於大人或小孩中,極為知名。 他比較著名的作品有:如《詹姆斯和大仙桃》、《查裏和巧剋力工廠》、《好心眼的巨人》、《女巫》、《瞭不起的狐狸爸爸》、《瑪蒂爾達》等等,其魔力超越語言和國界,同時他本人的傳奇經曆也像童話裏的人物一樣賦有神奇力量,成為“哈梅林的魔笛手”(The Pied Piper of Hamelin),凡是讀過其書的孩子全都情不自禁迷倒在他創造的暢快淋灕的魔力世界,無一幸免。
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精彩書評
"Mr. Dahl has written a few wonderfully funny and imaginative books. ''The Twits'' is not one of them. The movement of the plot is capricious. And the humor dwells on rather elementary physical jokes, only a few of which are funny. Basically this reads like a story reeled out at bedtime by a talented but distracted uncle who wants to pack the children off quickly. It needs pruning, paring, sharpening and some bolting down in order to go public and add luster to the already lustrous, and funny, name of Roald Dahl. "
-- New York Times
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