23 1 A world of English Roald Dahl (1916–1990) is famous for writing short stories and novels for children. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches and Matilda are some of his well-known novels. Roald Dahl was a master of words, and when he couldn’t find the right words, he invented new ones. Some of the words in his stories cannot be found in English dictionaries. Roald Dahl understood the child’s perspective and told his stories through the eyes of the children. A repeating theme in these stories is the struggle between good and evil. And the good always wins. To this day, his books are very popular children’s books. Another one of his great stories is The BFG – which you will sample next. The BFG In Roald Dahl’s novel, The BFG, a giant snatches young Sophie away one night from the orphanage where she lives. Back in his cave in Giant Country she finds out that not only is he friendly, but he is not even planning to eat her. Unlike the other giants in Giant Country, the BFG eats a foul-tasting vegetable he calls “a snozzcumber” instead of humans, and he speaks a funny language of his own. […] Sophie took a small nibble. ‘Uggggggggh!’ she spluttered. ‘Oh no! Oh gosh! Oh help!’ She spat it out quickly. ‘It tastes of frogskins!’ she gasped. ‘And rotten fish!’ ‘Worse than that!’ cried the BFG, roaring with laughter. ‘To me it is tasting of clockcoaches and slime-wanglers!’ ‘Do we really have to eat it?’ Sophie said. a dictionary – orðabók repeating – endurtekið a struggle – barátta Before reading Read the biography about Roald Dahl. Write down at least two facts that you remember from the text without checking. What do you think the letters BFG stand for? Do you know what the title is in Icelandic? to snatch – stela an orphanage – munaðarleysingjaheimili foul-tasting – bragðvont funny – hér: skrítinn a nibble – nart to roar – öskra Hæfniviðmið • Lesið sér til gagns og ánægju fjölbreyttar bókmenntir við hæfi, unnið með efni þeirra og gert sér grein fyrir gildi bókmennta. • Lesið, skilið og unnið með fjölbreyttan orðaforða úr ýmsum textum.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjIxNzc=