Horrid Henry’s sports day

 

Horrid Henry 시리즈는 사악하지만 총명한 Henry가 문제를 어떻게 해결하는지에 있다. 이 책에서는 다음 두가지 사항을 유념해서 읽으면 더욱더 재미있을 것이다.

• Sports day를 싫어하는 Henry가 어떤 계략을 써서 Sports day를 자신에게 즐겁게 만드는지

• Sports day를 좋아하고 특히 Egg-and-Spoon race를 잘하는 Perfect Peter를 어떻게 골탕먹이는지

 

표현

… or who could guzzle the most crisps day, Horrid Henry would be sure to win every prize.

*guzzle 많은 양을 열정적으로 빠르게 마시다, 먹다.

 

… behead the winners.

*behead: 목을 베다, cut off someone’s head

 

Miss Battle-Axe fixed him with her steely eyes.

*fix s1 with = keep sb in sight ~를 지켜보다.

* with her steely eyes 냉혹한 시선으로

 

Henry slumped in his chair, scowling.

*slump: 급락하다 reduce suddenly / 털썩 주저앉다. 쿵 떨어지다. Sit or fall heavily and suddenly

*scowl 누군가를 매우 험악한 표정으로 쳐다보다

 

Sports Day dawned bright and sunny.

*dawn: 날이나 어떤 시기가 시작되다. Begin; Next morning dawned bright and warm.

 

Henry leapt at him, roaring.

Henry는 그에게 덤벼들었다.

*roar: 고함치다,

 

At least he could scoff something good while the others were stuck eating dried-up old orange pieces.

* scoff 비웃다, 조롱하다. Laugh / 어떤 것을 매우 빠르고 열정적으로 먹다. Eat

 

I expect I’ll win my egg-and-spoon race again. But of course it doesn’t matter if I don’t. It’s how you play that counts.

 

If Henry heard that disgusting phrase once more he would start frothing at the mouth.

*froth at the mouth: 입에 거품을 물다.

 

Henry’s blood boiled. He felt like snatching those eggs and hurling them against the wall.

* snatch 가로채다, 낚아채다. Take quickly

* hurl = throw

 

There was no time to lose crowing about his brilliance.

*crow: 환성을 지르다, ~을 자랑하다 = talk proudly

*brilliance 훌륭한 능력, 탁월함,

 

.., who tucked it safely in his school bag.

*tuck: 밀어 넣다, store safely

 

“Who wants to race anyway?” sneered Horrid Henry, sneaking a yummy gummy fuzz-ball into his mouth.

*sneer 빈정거리다.

* gummy 진득진득한, 고무의

 

They lurched wildly, left and right, then toppled over.

* lurch 비틀거리다,

* topple 균형을 잃고 쓰러지다. Lose balance and fall down

* Weepy William 지나치게 감상적인, 눈물에 젖은,

 

Rude Ralph and Horrid Henry shrieked with laughter.

* shriek with laughter 매우 깔깔거리며 웃다.

 

Horrid Henry could hardly contain himself. This was the best Sports Day he’d ever been to.

* could hardly contain himself 그 자신을 억제하기 힘들었다.

 

Henry heaved his heavy bones to the starting line.

* heave 몸을 일으키다, 무거운 것을 들어올리다.

 

The racers paused to pounce on the treats.

* pounce on ~을 덮치다. = 열정을 가지고 어떤 것을 재빨리 받아들이다. Accept / 비난하다.

 

While the others munched and crunched, Henry made a frantic dash for the lead.

* munch 시끄럽게 먹다

* make a dash for ~을 향해 돌진하다.

* the finishing line 결승선

* gob-stopper 입을 멈추게 만들 정도로 맛있는 캔디

 

Aerobic Al hesitated, then skidded to a halt and picked it up. He could beat Henry any day so why not show off a bit? Suddenly Henry sprinted past. Aerobic Al dashed after him.

* sprint 전속력으로 달리다.

 

“I can’t think how you got those eggs muddled up,” said Mum.

“Never mind, Peter,” said Henry brightly. “It’s not winning, it’s how you play that counts.”