The Moss
가사:
[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
...
이 노래의 어휘:
어휘 | 의미 |
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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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문법:
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Legend has it that the moss grows on
➔ 현재형과 'has it that'는 이야기하거나 숙어를 표현할 때 사용
➔ 'Legend has it that'는 전통적 또는 신화적인 이야기를 소개할 때 사용하며, 영구성을 전달하기 위해 현재형을 쓴다.
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ 이벤트의 시기를 나타내는 'when'이 포함된 조건절
➔ 'when'은 비가 내리는 시점을 지정하는 종속절을 소개하며, 시간 접속사 역할을 한다.
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ 일상적 행동이나 일반적인 진실을 나타내는 현재형
➔ 현재형 'come up'은 벌레들이 숨 쉬기 위해 올라오는 습관적 또는 자연스러운 행동을 나타낸다.
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ 'and'를 사용한 병렬 문장으로, 두 절을 연결
➔ 'and'는 소녀가 하는 두 가지 행동을 연결하여 낮과 밤 활동을 설명한다.
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ 현재분사구 'while riding'는 동시에 일어나는 행동을 나타낸다
➔ 'while riding on a broom'는 빗자루를 타면서 노래를 바꾸는 동시에 일어나는 행동을 나타내는 현재분사구이다.
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ 일반적 사실을 나타내는 3인칭 단수 동사 'spins'가 사용된 현재형
➔ 'spins'는 현재형이며 3인칭 단수로, 지구의 자전에 대한 보편적 사실을 표현한다.
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ 'that'로 어떤 소를 특정하고, 'straddling'으로 동시에 일어나는 행동을 묘사
➔ 'that'는 어떤 젖소인지 특정하며, 'straddling a spoon'은 동시에 일어나는 행동을 나타내는 현재분사구이다.