小學(xué)生雙語(yǔ)晨讀 293 THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN 從前有個(gè)老太太

DAY 293

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Why do you cry, Will? Why do you cry?

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN 從前有個(gè)老太太

There was an old woman,從前有個(gè)老太太，

Tossed up in a basket,坐在蘿筐里搖搖擺擺，

Seventeen times as high as the moon. 17次飛得和月亮一樣高。

And where she was going她要去哪我不知道，

I could't know but ask it,因?yàn)樗掷镞€拿著掃把，

For in her hand she carried a broom.讓我來(lái)問(wèn)一問(wèn)她：

"Old woman, old woman,“老奶奶，老奶奶，

Old woman, " said I, 老奶奶，

"Oh whither, oh whither, oh你飛那么高

whither so high?"要去哪兒？”

"To sweep the cob webs“我要飛到那天頂上，

off the sky"去把蜘蛛網(wǎng)掃下來(lái)。”

"May I go with you?"“能否把我一起帶上？”

"Aye, by and by."“不急，不急，慢慢來(lái)。”

文選可分為兩部分：
第一部分的韻腳為/it/，需重讀basket/'ba:skit/和it/it/。
第二部分的韻腳為/ai/，需重讀l/ai/、high/ha:/和by/bai/。
同時(shí)，文選中的三個(gè)old woman也需重讀。