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LESSON 37
第37課
talkative
貧嘴
improve
提高
obliging
樂于助人
written
書面
tick-tock
滴答滴答
clock
時鐘
truthful
真實的
itself
本身
kitchen
廚房
fear
恐懼
reaches
到達
most
最
THE KITCHEN CLOCK
廚房里的鐘
Listen to the kitchen clock!
聽，廚房的鐘！
To itself it ever talks,
它始終自言自語，
From its place it never walks;
卻從未離開半步。
"Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
“滴答滴答，滴答滴答”，
Tell me what it says.
告訴我它在說什么。
"I'm a very patient clock,
“我是一只毅力之鐘，
Never moved by hope or fear,
從未因欲望或恐懼而離開。
Though I've stood for many a year;
站在這里多年，
Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
滴答滴答，滴答滴答”，
That is what it says.
那就是它在說的話。
"I'm a very truthful clock:
“我是一只誠實之鐘，
People say about the place,
人們指著我的臉說，
Truth is written on my face;
真相就寫在那里。
Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
滴答滴答，滴答滴答”，
That is what it says.
那就是它在說的話。
"I'm a most obliging clock;
“我是一只親切之鐘，
If you wish to hear me strike,
你若希望聽鐘聲，
You may do it when you like;
可以隨時敲敲我
Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
滴答滴答，滴答滴答”，
That is what it says.
那就是它在說的話。
"I'm a very friendly clock;
“我是一只友善之鐘，
For this truth to all I tell,
把真理告訴所有人。
Life is short, improve it well;
人生短暫，爭取幸福，
Tick-tock-tick-tock:"
滴答滴答，滴答滴答”，
That is what it says.
那就是它在說的話。
What a talkative old clock!
多健談的一只舊鐘啊！
Let us see what it will do
讓我看看它如何工作，
When the hour hand reaches two;
當時針指向“2”點，
"Ding-ding — tick-tock:"
“叮當——叮當”
That is what it says.
那就是它在說的話。
