Dear friends,
I am sure you have already read and watched Sapsorrow . Why don´t you choose a paragraph to read aloud in our next meeting? We can talk about it and try to explain our choice.
I have chosen the following paragraph:
And while he waited, holding his breath for sight of his darling, down below in the steaming kitchen, as full dishes poured out and empty plates poured in, the Straggletag worked, scrubbing, soaking, cleaning, hurrying, desperate to finish. All around her the servants chatted. "She hasn't come," said one. "He's there, poor love," said another. "He hasn't even gone inside." The Straggletag doused the dishes anxiously. "Can I have them, please?" she demanded of the servant who lounged at the sink, clutching a tray loaded with dirty plates. "What's the hurry?" quizzed the servant. "Meeting a sweetheart?" "Maybe," whispered the Straggletag. This sent the servant into convulsions of amusement. "That's why the Prince is still waiting!" he explained to the others, "She hasn't finished the dishes!" And they all laughed.
I don´t know why I like it but I will try to find out.
I`ve read "Sapsorrow", is it a new version of Cinderella? In my opinion, it has an advanced level of English, mainly talking about vocabulary, I had to look up quite a lot of words in the dictionary, anyway, it is good practice to learn. What about the title, what does it mean?
ReplyDeleteBerna
Dear Berna,
ReplyDeleteI have no idea of what "Sapsorrow" means. In fact I think it has no meaning at all, but we can ask Jessica on Thursday. I have bought some books for the bookclub, I hope you like them.