小學生雙語晨讀 261 THERE WAS AN OLD LADY(l) 從前有個老婦入（1）

DAY 261

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An good apple, a good doctor.

THERE WAS AN OLD LADY(l)從前有個老婦入（1）

There was an old lady who從前有個老婦人

swallowed a bird.吞了一只鳥。

Now, how foolish! To swaflow a bird!多么愚蠢！呑了一只鳥。

There was an old lady who swallowed有個老婦人呑了

a cat.一只貓。

Imagine that!想像一下！

She swallowed a cat!她呑了一只貓。

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird她吞了一只貓去抓鳥。

Swallowed the bird to呑了一只鳥又去

catch the spider.抓蜘蛛。

That wiggled and wriggled and它們在她肚子里

jiggled inside her.動和搖才罷。

There was an old lady who swallowed從前有個老婦人吞了

a horse. 一匹馬

She died, of course. 當然，她死了。

文選可分為兩部分：
第一部分的韻腳為/æt/，需重讀cat/kæt/和that/ðæt/。
第二部分的韻腳為/?:s/，需重讀horse/h?:s/和course/k?:s/。
同時，句尾的三個bird也需重讀。