
《荒誕書》是作者愛德華·利爾最有影響的作品,上百幅漫畫描繪了他在旅行中所遇到的滑稽好笑的人和事,筆法幽默夸張,所配打油詩語言技巧高超,極具特色
本書是英國19世紀兒童文學大師愛德華?利爾的經典之作,他用豐富而大膽的想象力為廣大兒童創造出一個奇幻而瑰麗的童話世界,拓展了他們的視野,啟迪了他們的想象力。本書的譯文部分通俗易懂,行文流暢,用詞押韻,符合兒童的欣賞水平和閱讀習慣。
There was an Old Man with a nose,
有個小老頭,長個大鼻子,
Who said, “If you choose to suppose
他常說:“關于我的鼻子莫亂猜,
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!”
你若猜它特別長,那可大錯特錯!”
That remarkable Man with a nose.
他就是很牛的大鼻子老伯。
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
士麥那的妙女郎,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
奶奶說要將她燒;
But she seized on the Cat, and said, “Granny, burn that!
她抓來一只貓說:
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!”
“吧燒!您總是這樣自相矛盾!”
There was an Old Man on a hill,
山里有個老伯伯,成天難得有停歇,
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