小人國歷險記

 

Have you watched the latest movie “Gulliver’s Travels”?

 

Most of you should have already read the story in primary school. Lemuel Guillver made several exciting voyages and visited several strange places accidentally.

 

You will never forget the countries ruled by the tiny men and giants. And how about the places belong to the magicians or horses?

 

Do you still remember there is a famous Japanese animation called “Laputa”(天空之城)? The island flying in the sky, guess what? It was also one of the adventures of Guillver.

 

Everyone has used Yahoo. But do you know that the word “Yahoo” is first invented in this book? In the country owned by horses, the master horse told Guillver that they called the ugly and stupid creatures Yahoos.

 

I also admired lives in the “horse’s world”. “They live very simple lives, and they love friendship and truth. They never fight with each other, and they never argue. They believe they can use their intelligence to solve all problems.” (p.105 -106) Can we also try to use our intelligence to make compromise when we have different opinions?

 

“Guilliver’s Travels” (F SWI) is an interesting storybook. Read it even you have not watch the movie!

 

《小人國歷險記》的故事，相信不少同學都耳熟能詳，這本書又名為《格列佛遊記》，書中主角格列佛出海的旅程總有奇遇，先後去到小人國和大人國，其實本書還記述了他到訪其他奇異城市的經歷，例如由魔術師和馬匹統治的國家。

 

日本動畫「天空之城」(Laputa)，原來早在《格列佛遊記》已經出現，那是一座漂浮在半空的島嶼。

 

你知不知道原來"Yahoo"這個字也是出自《格列佛遊記》？格列佛去到由馬匹統治的國家，「馬皇」告訴他馬匹把醜陋、愚蠢的生物稱為Yahoo(其實是指人類)。

 

我羡慕「馬國」的生活，「馬匹生活簡單、相親相愛、不會發生爭執或打鬥，馬匹相信依仗智慧可以解決所有問題」，回想我們的世界，大家意見不同時可有以智慧去達成共識呢？

 

即使你沒有看過電影，《Guilliver"s Travels》也是一本有趣的故事，你可以在英文小說架找到本書(索書號是 F SWI)。