The Moss
歌詞:
[English]
Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe
Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round
On an axis of 23 degrees
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes
Nobody knew and nobody knows
How the Pobble was robbed of his twice five toes
Or how the Dong came to own a luminous nose
Or how the Jumblies went to sea in a sieve that they rowed
And came to shore by the Chankly Bore where the Bong-trees grow
Where the Jabberwocky's small green tentacles do flow
And the Quangle Wangle plays in the rain and the snow
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
...
Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe
Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round
On an axis of 23 degrees
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
...
この曲の語彙:
語彙 | 意味 |
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legend /ˈlɛdʒənd/ B2 |
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moss /mɒs/ A2 |
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rain /reɪn/ A1 |
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worms /wɜːrmz/ A2 |
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sunbeams /ˈsʌnˌbiːmz/ B2 |
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plants /plænts/ A1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A2 |
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axes /ˈæk.siːz/ B2 |
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degrees /dɪˈgriːz/ B1 |
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story /ˈstɔː.ri/ A2 |
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moon /muːn/ A1 |
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cow /kaʊ/ A1 |
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planet /ˈplænɪt/ B1 |
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mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ A2 |
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文法:
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Legend has it that the moss grows on
➔ 現在形と 'has it that' を使った物語または成句
➔ 「Legend has it that」は伝統的または神話的な物語を紹介し、時を超えた感じを出すために現在形を使う。
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ 出来る・起こるタイミングを示すための 'when' を使った条件節
➔ 'when'は雨が降る時間を示す従属節を導き、時間を表す接続詞として働く。
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ 習慣的な動作や一般的な真理を表す現在形
➔ 現在形の 'come up' は、虫が顔を出して息をするという習慣的または自然な行動を示す。
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ 「and」を使った複合文で、2つの節を並べる
➔ 'and'は二つの節を繋ぎ、少女の昼夜の行動を説明している。
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ 現在分詞のフレーズ 'while riding' は同時進行の行動を示す
➔ 'while riding on a broom'は、ほうきに乗りながら歌を交換するという同時進行の行動を示す現在分詞句だ。
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ 一般的な真実を示す第三人称単数の 'spins' を使った現在形
➔ 'spins'は現在形の三人称単数で、地球の自転に関する普遍的または科学的事実を表している。
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ 関係代名詞 'that'で特定し、現在分詞 'straddling'で同時進行の動作を表す
➔ 関係代名詞 'that'はどの牛かを特定し、現在分詞 'straddling'は同時に起きている動作を表す。