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绕口令

作者:文 雯




  绕口令(Tongue Twister)是一种语言游戏。英语绕口令,无论从练习口齿的伶俐性还是了解英语语言的特点来说,都是一个极好的素材。绕口令是多少代人创作、提炼、升华而成的,可以说是群众集体智慧的结晶。因此,美国人所说的绕口令,也不乏有看了或读来令人忍俊不禁的佳句。相信在你耐心地读,细心地品味后,最终会发出会心的笑声,感叹美国人的睿智的。
  主持人:小博士
  
  1.How much dew(露水)would a dewdrop( 露珠)drop if a dewdrop could drop dew?(如果一颗露珠会掉下露水,那么一颗露珠会掉下多少露水呢?)
  2.The driver was drunk and drove the doctor’s car directly into the deep ditch(沟).(这个司机喝醉了,他把医生的车开进了一个大深沟里。)
  3.The hunter and his huge horse hid behind the house.(猎人和他的大马藏在房子后面。)
  4.Thirty-three people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.(33个人认为星期四是他们的30岁生日。)
  5.At noon I took a good book, and sat by the pool in the woods. I soon took off my boots,and put my feet in the pool, Oh, how cool!(中午我拿了一本好书,坐在树林的池塘旁边。一会儿我脱下靴子,把脚伸进了池塘,真凉爽啊!)
  6.Dust is a disk’s worst enemy. (尘埃是磁盘的最大敌人。)
  7.A big black bug(虫子) bit a big black bear(熊). Where’s the big black bear the big black bug bit? (大黑虫咬大黑熊。被大黑虫咬的大黑熊在哪里呢?)
  8.Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons(气球)from the big bazaar(慈善义卖).(贝蒂和鲍勃在大型的义卖市场买了蓝气球回来。)
  9.Black bug’s blood. (黑虫的血。)
  10.Brad’s big black bath brush broke. (布拉德的大黑浴刷子断了。)
  11.Cheap ship trip.(便宜的海上旅程。)
  12. I wish you were a fish in my dish(碟子).(我希望你是我碟子中的鱼。)
  13.Ed had edited(编辑)it.(埃德已将它编辑了。)
  14.Flash message! (闪烁的信息。)
  15.I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. Upon the slitted sheet, I sit.(我撕开了一张纸,那张纸给我撕开了。在撕开了的纸上,我坐下了。)