小學生雙語晨讀 323 OLD DAN TUCKER 老家伙—丹

DAY 323

/au/
The crow found the flowers around the houses.

OLD DAN TUCKER 老家伙——丹

I come to town 另外一個晚上，

the other night. 我來到了鎮(zhèn)上。

Heard the noise 聽見吵吵鬧鬧的聲音，

and I saw the fight. 我看見了人在打架。

The watchman was a-running around. 看門人四處亂跑。

Crying Old Dan Tucker's 叫喊著：“老家伙——丹

come to town. 到鎮(zhèn)上了。”

So get out the way, Old Dan Tucker, 滾出去，老家伙，

You're too late to stay for sumper. 你來晚了，沒晚飯吃了。

Supper's over and breakfast's cooking. 晚飯完了，早餐還在煮。

Old Dan Tucker, 老家伙——丹，

Standing there looking. 站在一邊看著吧。

Well, Old Dan, he went down to the mill, 老家伙——丹去了磨房，

To get some meal to put in his bowl. 想弄點吃的放在碗里。

Then he fell in the fire, 結果他掉到了火里，

A red-hot coal 一個紅通通的煤炭

rolled in his shoe. 滾進了他的鞋子里。

And my, oh, my, how the ashes flew. 哦，天啊，煤灰飛滿天。

Old Dan Tucker was a mighty man. 老家伙——丹是個力大無比的人。

Washed his face in a frying pan. 他在煎鍋里洗臉，

Combed his hair with a wagon wheel. 用手推車輪子梳頭。

文選可分為五部分：
第一部分的韻腳為/ait/，需重讀night/nait/和fight/fait/。
第二部分的韻腳為/?/，需重讀Tucker/'t?k?/和supper/'s?p?/。
第三部分全)韻腳為/ki?/，需重讀cooking/'kuki?/和looking/'luki?/。
第四部分的韻腳為/u:/，需重讀shoe/?u:/和flew/flu:/。
第五部分的韻腳為/æn/，需重讀man/mæn/和pan/pæn/。