第705期:来学一首超好听的英文儿歌-Itsy Bitsy Spider

 

Itsy Bitsy spider是一首非常经典的英文歌，这首童谣是为手指操创作的。孩子用手指模仿蜘蛛爬行，边歌唱边做手指操，这样可以提高孩子手指灵活性、协调性。在澳大利亚，英国，这首歌也有熟知的另外一个版本《 Incy Wincy spider》。小朋友们在唱这首歌的时候，配合下面的手势和动作：

Itsy Bitsy是什么意思？

Itsy-bitsy comes from the word "ici-pici", which is used in Hungary to tiny, small things. It was taken into the US (to Holywood) by a Hungarian film director¹ in the early 20th century. Then he used it in everyday life and stuck to others. This is the one and only Hungarian word that was adopted to English.

Itsy-bitsy来源于单词“ici pici”，在匈牙利语中用来形容微小的事物。20世纪初，一位匈牙利电影导演把它带到了美国（好莱坞）。然后他在日常生活中使用并且也常和他人用这个词。据说这是唯一一个被英语所采用的匈牙利语单词。

歌词发音技巧：

Itsy Bitsy spider climbed up the water spout²

一只小蜘蛛呀，爬到水管上了

Climed up连读 spout t省音

Down came the rain and washed the spider out

哗啦大雨下呀，蜘蛛冲出来了

And d省音 washed ed省音 spider out连读 out t弱读

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain

太阳露出脸那，雨水全晒干那

And d省掉Out t不完全爆破 dried up all连读

And Itsy Bitsy spider climbed up the spout again!

这只小蜘蛛呀，重新上水管啦

Climed up连读 up p省音 spout again连读

1 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。

2 spout   

v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱

参考例句：

• Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
• This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季，这东西被用作喷管来排水。