Boys and girls come out to play, 男孩女孩出来玩儿,
The moon doth shine as bright as day. 月亮亮得像白天。Leave your supper and leave your sleep,抛开晚餐和睡眠,
And join your play fellows in the street.呼朋唤友游大街。
Come with a whoop and come with a call,伴着一声呼喊，伴着一声号召。
Come with a good will or not at all，心怀善意地来，漫无目的地来。
Up the ladder and down the wall，爬上梯子，跳下墙。
A tuppenny loaf will serve us all.两便士面包就管饱。
You bring milk and I'll bring flour，你带了牛奶，我带了面包。
And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.半小时后就吃布丁。
play fellow 玩伴。whoop shout 呼喊、叫喊。
Down at the station， early in the morning，
See the little puffer billies all in a row ;
see the engine driver pull his little lever,
Puff puff, peep peep, off we go!
大清早,到车站,
瞧! 小火车们排排站.
看那司机, 拉开他的小把手，
嘀嘀嘟嘟，出发喽！
engine driver火车司机.
peep 嘟嘟声，喇叭声。
Puffer billies 蒸汽小火车。In a row排队。engine发动机,火车头。Level操作杆,手柄.
off we go出发.
Warm hands warm,
The men are gone to plough ,
If you want to warm your hands ,
Warm your hands now.
暖暖手，暖暖手，男人出外去耕田，如果你要暖暖手，现在就来暖暖手。
Plough 耕地.
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, 骑着一只小木马去班伯里十字路口。
To see a fine lady on a white horse；看见一位美丽的夫人骑着一匹白马。
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes，她手指上戴着戒指，脚上系着铃铛。
She shall have music wherever she goes.她到哪儿，音乐就会到哪儿。
Trot ,trot to Boston; trot ,trot to Lynn;
Trot, trot to Salem; home ,home ,again.
小马快跑，快跑，跑去波士顿；小马快跑，快跑，跑去林恩；小马快跑，快跑，跑去塞勒姆，然后回到家，回到家。
Horsie, horsie, don't you stop,
Just let your feet go clipetty clop;
Your tail goes swish,
and the wheels go round Giddy up ,
you are homeward bound!
马儿，马儿，你别停，只管让你的脚跟踢哒踢哒跑，你的尾巴刷刷甩，车轮跟着转，赶快，你正在回家的路上。
Clipetty clop骑马哒哒哒。
clop马蹄发出听嘚嘚声。
bound，城镇的边缘。swish嗖嗖声.
Giddy up嘚驾。Homeward向家的方向。
Father and mother and uncle John ，
Went to market one by one， Father fell off and mother fell off！
But uncle John went on ，and on， and on ，and on .
爸爸妈妈和约翰叔叔一个接一个去集市 爸爸摔下马，妈妈摔下马，但是约翰叔叔一直往前走,走啊，走啊.
tuppenny 值两便士的、一点儿。
Loaf 一条面包。Flour 面粉。
Serve 服务.供应。Fine很好，漂亮的。
Wherever在任何地方，无论什么地方，处处。
puffer 小火车头，喷气飞机。
trot 小跑，骑马小跑。Horsie 小马。
engine 发动机。bound 跳跃。
Cock 公鸡、老兄、家伙。Plough耕（地）。
在英语为母语的国家中，儿童成长过程中传唱的童谣、鹅妈妈童谣的影响力最大，也是孩子英语启蒙的首选。在开口说话的初期，童谣都是最适合用来发展听觉与口语的材料，它可以帮助培养英语的韵律感，可以用快乐的方式来学习。
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