Comic：Hans Christian Andersen
【明報專訊】MoMo is singing in her room. Which song is she singing?
“ MoMo: Let it go! Let it go! I love the film Frozen so much! ”
“ Dr Panda: Then shall we go to meet the writer of the original story? ”
After travelling back in time...
“ MoMo: Mr Writer, I admire you so much. I heard that Frozen was written by you. ”
“ Mr Writer: Um, I don't think I have ever written such a story. ”
“ MoMo: It's about Elsa. Do you know Elsa? The queen! ”
“ Mr Writer: I'm sorry but I'm not really sure. ”
“ Dr Panda: She means your book titled The Snow Queen. ”
“ Mr Writer: Oh, yes, that's written by me. But who's Elsa? Elsa isn't in my book! ”
◆Know more
Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生 ， 1805-1875) was an author from Denmark. During his writing career, he wrote more than 150 fairy tales. The most famous ones include The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, etc. Readers can learn an important lesson from each of the fairy tales.
When he was a child, he was poor and could not afford to attend school regularly. He tried to become an actor or a dancer, but he turned out to be a writer. His first fairy tale book was published at the age of thirty. Later, he became an internationally renowned author.
Today, his stories are still loved by readers from all over the world. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages. The films adapted from his stories also enjoy popularity too. The films The Little Mermaid and Frozen are all based on his fairy tales.
■English highway﹕Turn out to be
is an idiom which means ''to be discovered to be someone or something in the end''.
e.g. She was nice but she turned out to be a selfish girl.
The unknown animal in the cave turned out to be a fox.
■Glossary
admire (v) 欣賞
regularly (adv) 經常地
renowned (adj) 著名的
base on(phr v) 根據
[Smarties' Power English 第316期]
