p31 I Asked My Mother for Fifty Cents

【童谣】

 I asked my mother for fifty cents, 

To see the elephant jump the fence, 

He jumped so high, 

He reached the sky, 

And didn’t come back till the Fourth of July. 

我跟妈妈要了五毛钱， 

去看大象跳栏杆， 

它跳的好高， 

跳到天上去， 

直到七月四日才回來。 

【词汇】

 cents [sents] 美分

 fence ['fens] 栅栏

 jump [dʒʌmp] 跳跃 

reach [ri:tʃ] 达到

 high [hai] 高 

sky [skai] 天空 

July [dʒu:'lai] 七月

 the Fourth of July 七月四日，美国独立日 【注释】

 押韵： 

cents，fence；

high，sky，July