美育高少儿英语第2册

1 Array What is long and slim,

Works in the light;

Has but one eye,

And an awful bite?

什么东西细又长，借着光亮干活忙；虽然只有一只眼，

咬起人来有锋芒。

2 Array In daytime I have nothing to do,

And am left quietly in a corner,

But at night I’m brought ou t,

And swallow fire and flame.

白天无事可做，

悄悄坐在角落；

夜晚被人取出，

用来吞焰吃火。

3

But being night, then am I long, As any snake, I say.

白天身上缠，

围成一圆圈；

待到黑夜时，

长蛇身倒悬。

4

With long tongue hanging out,

A-waiting for a bone.

白天田间林中走，

晚间相伴宿床头；

长长舌头伸在外，

张开大口等骨头。

5 Array First you see me in the grass.

Dressed in yellow gay;

Next I am in dainty white,

Then I fly away.

生在绿草地，浑身穿黄衣；

转而换白衣，飘东又飘西。

6 Array Wh at is it that’s blind with an eye in

its head,

But the race of mankind

its use cannot spare;

Spends all its life in clothing the

dead,

But always it self is naked and

bare?

生来独眼看不见，专为人类作贡献；

缝制衣服不偷闲，自己从不穿一件。

7 Array I’ve seen you where you never was,

And where you ne’er will be;

And yet you in that very same place,

May still be seen by me.

过去没你，将来没你；

就在这里，还能见你。

8 Array It has four legs and a foot,

And can’t walk;

It has a head,

And can’t talk.

四条腿，一只脚，就是不能来走道；

这东西，还有头，就是不能来唠叨。

9 Array From the dear object of my dreams,

Removed, I still that object see;

As fair as love itself it seems,

Yet she is fairer still than he.

远离梦中心爱物，此物依然可目睹；

它跟原物一样美，它比原物更突出。

10 Array What force or strength cannot get

through,

I, with gentle touch, can do;

And many in the street would stand,

Were I not, as a friend, at hand.

光靠蛮力做不到，由我一碰就收效；

要是没有我帮忙，有人只好站街道。

11

Within as smooth as glass;

But hid amid the wool,

There lurks a nice mouthful.

外面一团麻，里面光又滑；

内中有果实，味道人人夸。

12

Black I am and much admired, Array Men seek me until they’re tired; When they find me, break my head, And take me from my resting bed.

皮肤黝黑招人爱，总有人想把我采；

一旦有人找到我，再不让我土里埋。

13

When I was going over a field of

wheat, Array I picked up something good to eat;

Neither fish, flesh, fowl nor bone,

I keep it till it ran alone.

当我走过小麦田，拣起一物在田边；

看它现在不能走，等它能走吃它肉。

14 Array In the last minute of my age,

I doth waxe young again;

And have so still continued,

Since world did first begin.

寿终正寝不发愁，起死回生重开头；

自从盘古开天地，循环往复永不休。

15

A red maiden is sitting

if you squeeze her she will cry,

and her tears they are as red as blood,

but yet her heart is made of stone. 红姑娘，坐绿房，捏她就把眼泪淌；

她的眼泪红似血，却以石头为心脏。

16

Deep as a cup;

All the Mississippi River,

Can’t fill it up.

身体圆圆像饼干，它的深度像只碗，

搬来密西西比河，不能把它来灌满。

17

In a green oat a thing is clad, Array Wing’s for flight not seldom made; Small, yet capers well, an sings, Pray tell me what may be this thing.

身穿绿衣裳，有翅少飞翔；

会跳又会唱，是啥费思量。

18

Long neck and no hands, Array Hundred legs and can’t stand, Runs through the house of a morning,

Stands behind the door

When company comes.

有腿自己不能走，脖子长长没有手；

早晨领它满屋跑，来了客人藏门后。

19

Tho’ I ha ve neither legs nor feet, Array My use is for to go;

Altho’ I can not speak, I tell

What others want to know.

没有腿，没有脚，一天到晚不停跑；

不会说，不会笑，报告信息供参考。

20

It has cities, but no house; Array It has forest, but no trees; It has rivers, but no fish, What is it?

有城市，没房屋；

有森林，没树木；

有河流，没鱼虾；

这东西，是何物？