The Moss
歌词:
[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
...
这首歌中的词汇:
词汇 | 含义 |
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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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语法:
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Legend has it that the moss grows on
➔ 用现在时和 'has it that' 来讲述故事或表达习语
➔ 短语 'Legend has it that' 引入一个传统或神话故事,使用现在时表达永恒性。
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ 使用 'when' 构成条件句,表示事件发生的时间
➔ 'when' 引导一个从句,指定雨降落的时间,作为时间连词使用。
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ 一般用现在时表示习惯性动作或普遍真理
➔ 一般现在时的 'come up' 表示蠕虫习惯性地浮出水面呼吸。
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ 由 'and' 连接的并列句子,用于表达两个并列的动作或状态
➔ 'and' 将女孩在白天和夜间的两个动作连接起来,描述她的活动。
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ 现在分词短语 'while riding' 表示两个动作同时发生
➔ 'while riding on a broom' 是一个现在分词短语,描述在骑扫帚的同时交换歌曲的动作。
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ 一般现在时,第三人称单数用 'spins' 表示普遍真理
➔ 动词 'spins' 使用一般现在时第三人称单数,表达关于地球旋转的普遍或科学事实。
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ 定语从句用 'that' 指明是哪头牛;现在分词 'straddling' 描述同时发生的动作
➔ 关系从句 'that hopped the planets' 指明是哪头牛;现在分词 'straddling a spoon' 描述牛同时进行的动作。