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Is there a hole in your bucket?
序言: 这首儿歌常被用为教英语的歌曲资料，下面贴的是 Belafonte 和 Odetta 风格化的版本。如果耐心倾听之后您能感悟到歌词的滑稽，那您可以对自己说，很棒，英语过关了！
美国黑人卡利普索式(Calypso)大歌唱家Harry Belafonte和Odetta Holmes 对唱的歌曲“Hole in the Bucket”是个经典。这首60年代流行歌曲是首很简单的二重唱，歌词不但滑稽，歌词的构建也是学英文辩论逻辑的好范例。
歌曲里两个角色是Henry (Belafonte) 和妈妈 Liza (Odetta)。
故事开场时Liza 命令Henry 去取水。可是Henry 不愿意。于是Henry 为 Liza 设一个圈套，大家听听，看Henry 如何提出种种为什么不能做的理由，看生气的 Liza 渐渐地提高声音，如所预料，Henry最后还是把Liza 套上，终于没去取水。
你家的小孩子，和爸爸妈妈说话，是否也和“大孩子”Henry一样机智，伶俐?
歌词如下： Hole in the Bucket (Henry Belafonte and Odetta Holmes)
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza dear Liza;
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza a hole;
Go fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
Go fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it;
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza dear Liza?
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza with what?
With a straw dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw;
But the straw is too long, dear Liza dear Liza;
The straw is too long, dear Liza too long;
Cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
Cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it;
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza with what?
With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, with an axe;
The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza;
The axe is too dull, dear Liza too dull;
Sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
Sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, hone it;
On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza dear Liza?
On what shall I hone it, dear Liza on what?
On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a stone;
But the stone is too dry, dear Liza dear Liza;
The stone is too dry, dear Liza too dry;
Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it;
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza with what?
Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, use water;
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza in what?
In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry;
In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, in a bucket;
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza;
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza a hole. |
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