英美幼儿语言文化启蒙教育的著名英语短诗与歌谣

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常用于英美幼儿语言文化启蒙教育的著名英语短诗与歌谣举例。这些歌谣，母
亲咏诵的时候，充满着音乐美。
Famous Short Poems and Nursery Rhymes
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《超越哈佛》第3 章英语学习的荷马秘笈
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A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak
Themore he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can''t we all be like that wise old bird?
Falling Snow
See the pretty snowflakes
Falling fromthe sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.
On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.
Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden, --
What a pretty sight!
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
How I wonder what you are!
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《超越哈佛》第3 章英语学习的荷马秘笈
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Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the glorious sun is set,
When the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
When the blazing sun is gone
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
In the dark-blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep;
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star!
The New Moon – Eliza Lee Follen
Dear mother, how pretty
The moon looks to-night!
She was never so cunning before;
Her two little horns
Are so sharp and bright,
I hope she''ll not grow any more.
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《超越哈佛》第3 章英语学习的荷马秘笈
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If I were up there,
With you and my friends,
I''d rock in it nicely, you''d see;
I''d sit in the middle
And hold by both ends.
Oh, what a bright cradle ''t would be!
I would call to the stars
To keep out of the way,
Lest we should rock over their toes;
And then I would rock
Till the dawn of the day,
And see where the pretty moon goes.
And there we would stay
In the beautiful skies,
All through the bright clouds we would roam;
We would see the sun set,
And see the sun rise,
And on the next rainbow come home.
My Books
I love my books
They are the homes
of queens and fairies,
Knights and gnomes.
Each time I read I make a call
On some quaint person large or small,
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《超越哈佛》第3 章英语学习的荷马秘笈
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Who welcomes me with hearty hand
And leads me through his wonderland.
Each book is like
A city street
Along whose winding
Way I meet
New friends and old who laugh and sing
And take me off adventuring!
The Wind
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies'' skirts across the grass.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so long a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid,
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so long a song!
Truth – Barrie Wade
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words can also hurt me.
Stones and sticks break only skin,
while words are ghosts that haunt me.
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《超越哈佛》第3 章英语学习的荷马秘笈
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Slant and curved the word-swords fall
to pierce and stick inside me.
Bats and bricks may ache through bones,
but words can mortify me.
Pain from words has left its scar
on mind and heart that''s tender.
Cuts and bruises now have healed;
it''s words that I remember.