[揭秘书籍] Twenty-Odd Ducks 解析标点的绘本之二 (已入目錄)

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Twenty-Odd Ducks

by Lynne Truss(Author), Bonnie Timmons(Illustrator)

精装 27.5*28.5cm 32页

Grade 3–6—This follow-up toEats, Shoots and Leaves(about the importance of commas) (2006) andThe Girl's Like Spaghetti(about apostrophes) (2007, both Putnam) emphasizes the importance of punctuation in general. Truss again makes the case that careless application can dramatically change one's meaning. To prove her point, she provides contrasting examples of the same sentence, punctuated in different ways. Timmons's charming watercolors make the change in meaning clearer. In one example, a child gazes at a tower of presents obscuring a Christmas tree, and Truss writes, "'Do you know who came last night? Santa Claus,' said my mom." On the facing page, Santa addresses his elves-"'Do you know who came last night?' Santa Claus said. 'My mom.'" (Needless to say, no pile of presents accompanies the arrival of Santa's mom.) In each example, the pertinent punctuation marks are printed in red. An afterword provides additional explanation for each pair of examples. The references to royalty and Christian tradition point to the book's British origin, but Truss's examples should still be clear to North American students.Twenty-Odd Duckswill be most effective through guided reading in small groups, though savvy children may enjoy it as an amusing pleasure read.—Jayne Damron, Farmington Community Library, MI Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

內容簡介

『逗號』與『省略符號』不是唯一的標點符號，但是，如果把它們放錯位置可是會引起大的麻煩的呢！

現在，本書作者Lynne Truss與插畫家Bonnie Timmons同心協力帶領連字號、括號、引號、句號還有好多好多的標點符號輪番上陣，讓我們來排列組合，看看怎麼才能夠將氣氛炒熱、創造出最完美的派對組合吧！

作者简介: 琳恩特鲁斯 ,原本是一位文学编辑，后来「不务正业」当了广播电台主持人和作家。现为英国BBC广播电台英语文法节目最具权威的主持人。同时也出版过三本小说和许多广播剧剧本。二○○二年秋，开始为BBC四号电台制作一个关于标点符号的系列节目，叫「破解破折号」。

个人接触原版绘本比较晚，对国外这种寓教于乐教育的方式很感兴趣，偶然的情况下购得了作者解析标点的绘本Eats,shoots & Leaves，觉得很有意思，最近又购入了第二本。这本比前面那本介绍的标点更广泛，从逗号拓展到了句号，问号，感叹号，破折号，引号，括号，冒号等的应用对同一句话的语意产生的不同影响。两本是同一个人配图，画风简洁而幽默，非常值得一看。不过相对来说难度更高，适合学习英语有一定程度的小朋友。看封底介绍，本系列图书还有一本The girl's like spaghetti，本作者的三本书目前卓越都有售，就是价格实在血腥了点。

下面照片第二张中的例句：

"Where do you think we're taking you? To the dungeon?"