Up hill and down dale

2014-07-22 沒有留言:

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Up hill and down dale,
Butter is made in every vale;
And if Nancy Cock
Is a good girl,
She shall have a spouse,
And make butter anon,
Before her old grandmother
Grows a young man.

hill  小山;丘陵
dale  山谷,谷
vale  谷;溪谷
spouse  配偶
anon 



08 sandwich

沒有留言:

potato                  馬鈴薯;洋芋
gravy                  肉汁
meat                  (食用的)肉
peanut  butter     花生醬
jelly                    果凍;果醬
candy                  糖果
banana                香蕉
cereal                  穀類加工食品;玉蜀黍薄片;麥片
wheat                  小麥
hot dog               熱狗
vendor                小販;叫賣者
carrot                  胡蘿蔔,又稱紅蘿蔔
radish                 小蘿蔔
beet                    甜菜根
pizza                   披薩;義大利肉餡餅
hamburger          漢堡牛排
treat                    請客 對待  ->  treat
verse                   詩;韻文
green broccoli    花椰菜
pickle                  小黃瓜
onion                  洋蔥
draw                   劃,畫,繪製  -->  draw
menu                  菜單
meal                   膳食;一餐
refrigerator         冰箱,雪櫃;冷藏室;冷凍庫
spaghetti             義大利麵條
lettuce                 生菜

Little Red Riding Hood

2014-07-16 沒有留言:

Little  Red  Riding  Hood

Once  upon  a  time  there  was  a  dear  little  girl  who  was  loved  by  everyone  who  looked  at  her,  but  most  of  all  by  her  grandmother,  and  there  was  nothing  that  she  would  not  have  given  to  the  child.  Once  she  gave  her  a  little  riding  hood  of  red  velvet,  which  suited  her  so  well  that  she  would  never  wear  anything  else;  so  she  was  always  called  'Little  Red  Riding  Hood.'

          One  day  her  mother  said  to  her:  'Come,  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  here  is  a  piece  of  cake  and  a  bottle  of  wine;  take  them  to  your  grandmother,  she  is  ill  and  weak,  and  they  will  do  her  good.  Set  out  before  it  gets  hot,  and  when  you  are  going,  walk  nicely  and  quietly  and  do  not  run  off  the  path,  or  you  may  fall  and  break  the  bottle,  and  then  your  grandmother  will  get  nothing;  and  when  you  go  into  her  room,  don't  forget  to  say,  "Good  morning",  and  don't  peep  into  every  corner  before  you  do  it.'

          'I  will  take  great  care,'  said  Little  Red  Riding  Hood  to  her  mother,  and  gave  her  hand  on  it.

          The  grandmother  lived  out  in  the  wood,  half  a  league  from  the  village,  and  just  as  Little  Red  Riding  Hood  entered  the  wood,  a  wolf  met  her.  Red  Riding  Hood  did  not  know  what  a  wicked  creature  he  was,  and  was  not  at  all  afraid  of  him.

          'Good  day,  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,'  said  he.

          'Thank  you  kindly,  wolf.'

          'Whither  away  so  early,  Little  Red  Riding  Hood?'

          'To  my  grandmother's.'

          'What  have  you  got  in  your  apron?'

          'Cake  and  wine;  yesterday  was  baking-day,  so  poor  sick  grandmother  is  to  have  something  good,  to  make  her  stronger.'

          'Where  does  your  grandmother  live,  Little  Red  Riding  Hood?'

          'A  good  quarter  of  a  league  farther  on  in  the  wood;  her  house  stands  under  the  three  large  oak-trees,  the  nut-trees  are  just  below;  you  surely  must  know  it,'  replied  Little  Red  Riding  Hood.


                                                                                                                        <    2    >


          The  wolf  thought  to  himself:  'What  a  tender  young  creature!  what  a  nice  plump  mouthful  -  she  will  be  better  to  eat  than  the  old  woman.  I  must  act  craftily,  so  as  to  catch  both.'

          So  he  walked  for  a  short  time  by  the  side  of  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  and  then  he  said:  'See,  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  how  pretty  the  flowers  are  about  here  -  why  do  you  not  look  round?  I  believe,  too,  that  you  do  not  hear  how  sweetly  the  little  birds  are  singing;  you  walk  gravely  along  as  if  you  were  going  to  school,  while  everything  else  out  here  in  the  wood  is  merry.'

          Little  Red  Riding  Hood  raised  her  eyes,  and  when  she  saw  the  sunbeams  dancing  here  and  there  through  the  trees,  and  pretty  flowers  growing  everywhere,  she  thought:  'Suppose  I  take  grandmother  a  fresh  nosegay;  that  would  please  her  too.  It  is  so  early  in  the  day  that  I  shall  still  get  there  in  good  time.'

          So  she  ran  from  the  path  into  the  wood  to  look  for  flowers.  And  whenever  she  had  picked  one,  she  fancied  that  she  saw  a  still  prettier  one  farther  on,  and  ran  after  it,  and  so  got  deeper  and  deeper  into  the  wood.

          Meanwhile  the  wolf  ran  straight  to  the  grandmother's  house  and  knocked  at  the  door.

          'Who  is  there?'

          'Little  Red  Riding  Hood,'  replied  the  wolf.  'She  is  bringing  cake  and  wine;  open  the  door.'

          'Lift  the  latch,'  called  out  the  grandmother,  'I  am  too  weak,  and  cannot  get  up.'

          The  wolf  lifted  the  latch,  the  door  sprang  open,  and  without  saying  a  word  he  went  straight  to  the  grandmother's  bed,  and  devoured  her.  Then  he  put  on  her  clothes,  dressed  himself  in  her  cap,  laid  himself  in  bed  and  drew  the  curtains.

          Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  however,  had  been  running  about  picking  flowers,  and  when  she  had  gathered  so  many  that  she  could  carry  no  more,  she  remembered  her  grandmother,  and  set  out  on  the  way  to  her.

                                                                                                                              <    3    >

          She  was  surprised  to  find  the  cottage-door  standing  open,  and  when  she  went  into  the  room,  she  had  such  a  strange  feeling  that  she  said  to  herself:  'Oh  dear!  how  uneasy  I  feel  today,  and  at  other  times  I  like  being  with  grandmother  so  much.'  She  called  out:  'Good  morning,'  but  received  no  answer;  so  she  went  to  the  bed  and  drew  back  the  curtains.  There  lay  her  grandmother  with  her  cap  pulled  far  over  her  face,  and  looking  very  strange.

          'Oh!  grandmother,'  she  said,  'what  big  ears  you  have!'

          'All  the  better  to  hear  you  with,  my  child,'  was  the  reply.

          'But,  grandmother,  what  big  eyes  you  have!'  she  said.

          'All  the  better  to  see  you  with,  my  dear.'

          'But,  grandmother,  what  large  hands  you  have!'

          'All  the  better  to  hug  you  with.'

          'Oh!  but,  grandmother,  what  a  terrible  big  mouth  you  have!'

          'All  the  better  to  eat  you  with!'

          And  scarcely  had  the  wolf  said  this,  than  with  one  bound  he  was  out  of  bed  and  swallowed  up  Red  Riding  Hood.

          When  the  wolf  had  appeased  his  appetite,  he  lay  down  again  in  the  bed,  fell  asleep  and  began  to  snore  very  loud.

          The  huntsman  was  just  passing  the  house,  and  thought  to  himself:  'How  the  old  woman  is  snoring!  I  must  just  see  if  she  wants  anything.'  So  he  went  into  the  room,  and  when  he  came  to  the  bed,  he  saw  that  the  wolf  was  lying  in  it.

          'Do  I  find  you  here,  you  old  sinner!'  said  he.  'I  have  long  sought  you!'  But  just  as  he  was  going  to  fire  at  him,  it  occurred  to  him  that  the  wolf  might  have  devoured  the  grandmother,  and  that  she  might  still  be  saved,  so  he  did  not  fire,  but  took  a  pair  of  scissors,  and  began  to  cut  open  the  stomach  of  the  sleeping  wolf.

                                                                                                                                          <    4    >

          When  he  had  made  two  snips,  he  saw  the  little  red  riding  hood  shining,  and  then  he  made  two  snips  more,  and  the  little  girl  sprang  out,  crying:  'Ah,  how  frightened  I  have  been!  How  dark  it  was  inside  the  wolf.'

          After  that  the  aged  grandmother  came  out  alive  also,  but  scarcely  able  to  breathe.  Red  Riding  Hood,  however,  quickly  fetched  great  stones  with  which  they  filled  the  wolf's  belly,  and  when  he  awoke,  he  wanted  to  run  away,  but  the  stones  were  so  heavy  that  he  collapsed  at  once,  and  fell  dead.

          Then  all  three  were  delighted.  The  huntsman  drew  off  the  wolf's  skin  and  went  home  with  it;  the  grandmother  ate  the  cake  and  drank  the  wine  which  Red  Riding  Hood  had  brought,  and  revived.  But  Red  Riding  Hood  thought  to  herself:  'As  long  as  I  live,  I  will  never  leave  the  path  by  myself  to  run  into  the  wood,  when  my  mother  has  forbidden  me  to  do  so.'



It  is  also  related  that  once,  when  Red  Riding  Hood  was  again  taking  cakes  to  the  old  grandmother,  another  wolf  spoke  to  her,  and  tried  to  entice  her  from  the  path.  Red  Riding  Hood,  however,  was  on  her  guard,  and  went  straight  forward  on  her  way,  and  told  her  grandmother  that  she  had  met  the  wolf,  and  that  he  had  said  'good  morning'  to  her,  but  with  such  a  wicked  look  in  his  eyes,  that  if  they  had  not  been  on  the  public  road  she  was  certain  he  would  have  eaten  her  up.

          'Well,'  said  the  grandmother,  'we  will  shut  the  door,  so  that  he  can  not  come  in.'

          Soon  afterwards  the  wolf  knocked,  and  cried:  'Open  the  door,  grandmother,  I  am  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  and  am  bringing  you  some  cakes.'

          But  they  did  not  speak,  or  open  the  door,  so  the  grey-beard  stole  twice  or  thrice  round  the  house,  and  at  last  jumped  on  the  roof,  intending  to  wait  until  Red  Riding  Hood  went  home  in  the  evening,  and  then  to  steal  after  her  and  devour  her  in  the  darkness.  But  the  grandmother  saw  what  was  in  his  thoughts.

                                                                                                                            <    5    >

          In  front  of  the  house  was  a  great  stone  trough,  so  she  said  to  the  child:  'Take  the  pail,  Red  Riding  Hood;  I  made  some  sausages  yesterday,  so  carry  the  water  in  which  I  boiled  them  to  the  trough.'

          Red  Riding  Hood  carried  until  the  great  trough  was  quite  full.  Then  the  smell  of  the  sausages  reached  the  wolf,  and  he  sniffed  and  peeped  down,  and  at  last  stretched  out  his  neck  so  far  that  he  could  no  longer  keep  his  footing  and  began  to  slip,  and  slipped  down  from  the  roof  straight  into  the  great  trough,  and  was  drowned.  But  Red  Riding  Hood  went  joyously  home,  and  no  one  ever  did  anything  to  harm  her  again.

Taffy was a Welshman

2014-07-13 沒有留言:

T
Taffy was a Welshman,
  Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house,
  And stole a leg of beef.
I went to Taffy's house,
  Taffy was not at home;
Taffy came to my house,
  And stole a marrow-bone.
I went to Taffy's house,
  Taffy was in bed;
I took the marrow-bone,
  And broke Taffy's head.

keywords :
Welshman  威爾斯人
thief  賊,小偷
beef  牛肉
marrow-bone  動物髓骨


Simple Simon met a pieman

2014-07-10 沒有留言:

S

Simple Simon met a pieman,
  Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
  "Let me taste your ware!"

keywords :

fair  (定期)集市,廟會
ware  (構成複合字)……製品,……物品,……器皿

infant vs baby

2014-07-01 沒有留言:


infant 是哪種剛出生不到一歲的新生兒 常常被抱在懷裡被保護著
baby 是出生兩歲以前的小孩整在學走路說話
但是baby其實也可以用在任何人身上就是了


spring jump hop skip leap bound vault

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spring  突然跳出來
jump = 原地跳
hop = 單腳跳
skip = 小跳躍(越過某東西)
leap = 大跳躍
bound = 蹦蹦跳跳
vault  撐物跳躍;撐竿跳

spring  突然跳出來
jump = jump with both feet simultaneously
hop = little jump on one leg (one foot)
skip = little jump from one foot to the other one repeatedly
leap = big jump starting with one foot and ending with the other one
bound = run or walk in a series of jumps or leaps
vault  撐物跳躍;撐竿跳