by Quentin Blake

Mister White

只有一只靴子的懷特先生

by Quentin Blake

本篇適合：朗讀、復(fù)述

這是一首韻律詩(shī)，為了讓詩(shī)歌讀起來(lái)更有韻律感，作者在某些詩(shī)句的末尾選用了發(fā)相同元音的單詞。韻律詩(shī)是復(fù)習(xí)音標(biāo)的絕好素材。這首詩(shī)中押韻的是哪個(gè)元音呢？同學(xué)們能找出這個(gè)元音以及對(duì)應(yīng)的單詞和字母嗎？

Mr. White has only one boot.

He has two lovely sisters who play on the fl ute—

But Mr. White has only one boot.

He has some very fat owls who are learning to hoot—But Mr. White has only one boot.

Word Power

boot[bu?t] n. 靴子

fl ute[flu?t] n. 長(zhǎng)笛

owl[a?l] n. 貓頭鷹（復(fù)數(shù)：owls）

hoot[hu?t] v. （貓頭鷹）發(fā)出嗚叫聲

He gives rides to his friends when he goes for a scoot—But Mr. White has only one boot.

Just look at the way that he juggles with fruit!

And his dinosaur!What a big brute!

But Mr. White—poor Mr.White!—Mr. White has only one boot…

Hey—Wait a minute…

Now then…

Keep going…

What’s this? Look!

It’s a boot! It’s a boot!Whoopee for Mr. White’s new boot!

Good night.

中文大意請(qǐng)見第45頁(yè)。

Word Power

scoot[sku?t] n. 踏板滑車

juggle[?d??ɡl] v. 用……玩雜耍（第三人稱單數(shù)：juggles）

brute[bru?t] n. 野獸

poor[p??] adj. 可憐的

whoopee[?（h）w??pi?] int. 哈哈！好呀！

（押韻的元音是 [u?] ，對(duì)應(yīng)的字母以及字母組合是u、oo、ui，對(duì)應(yīng)的單詞是flute、brute，boot、hoot、scoot，fruit。除了以上的字母和字母組合外，同學(xué)們還想到有哪些字母或字母組合是發(fā) [u?]音的呢？TIPS：可以從本期突破英語(yǔ)欄目中找到答案哦。）