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适读人群 :7岁及以上 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.
内容简介
"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.
《蠢特夫妇》(Magic Finger)这篇童话讲述一对令人讨厌的蠢特夫妇的故事。蠢特先生长了一脸大胡子,是个又脏又臭的老头子;蠢特太太则心地险恶,外貌其丑无比。这对从里到外都十分丑恶的夫妇,相互间勾心斗角,例如,蠢特太太用自己的玻璃假眼球捉弄蠢特先生,还捉了一些蚯蚓搀到蠢特先生的面条里;而蠢特先生捉了一只大青蛙放到蠢特太太的床上……他们还无情地欺负小动物和小孩子。他们要猴子做任何事都必须拿大顶,包括吃饭、睡觉,如果猴子不服从,就无情地殴打它们。这终于惹恼了小猴子。蠢特夫妇准备射杀群鸟,猴子就跟鸟儿们建立了“战略联盟”,提醒鸟儿们不要栖息在涂满“一点灵”的树枝和房顶上,而是站在猴子笼上,让蠢特夫妇吃不上“鸟肉馅饼”。猴子们还设计了一个“以其人之道,还治其人之身”的计策,它们闯进蠢特家,用“一点灵”胶水涂满天花板,然后把家里的家具摆设一件件倒贴在天花板上。蠢特夫妇回家时完全傻眼了,以为自己出了问题,于是自动做起“拿大顶”!猴子和鸟儿们最终惩治了这对坏家伙:蠢特夫妇的脑袋被粘在了地板上。他们无法挣脱,时间一长,人开始收缩,就像患“收缩症”。
作者简介
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.
罗尔德·达尔(Roald Dahl,1916年9月13日—1990年11月23日),是挪威籍的英国杰出儿童文学作家、剧作家和短篇小说作家,作品流传于大人或小孩中,极为知名。 他比较著名的作品有:如《詹姆斯和大仙桃》、《查里和巧克力工厂》、《好心眼的巨人》、《女巫》、《了不起的狐狸爸爸》、《玛蒂尔达》等等,其魔力超越语言和国界,同时他本人的传奇经历也像童话里的人物一样赋有神奇力量,成为“哈梅林的魔笛手”(The Pied Piper of Hamelin),凡是读过其书的孩子全都情不自禁迷倒在他创造的畅快淋漓的魔力世界,无一幸免。
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精彩书评
"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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