夏说英语新闻晨读 第436期:儿歌300首

 本期内容：

One of the most popular YouTube channels in the world, which features animated¹ nursery rhymes, has been sold. Little Baby Bum² was founded by a London-based couple in 2011 and has racked up 17.5 billion views in its time. It was bought by a firm called Moonbug for an undisclosed sum, as first reported by Bloomberg.

feature: vt. 以……为特色的 n. 特点
animated: adj. 动画的
nursery rhyme: 儿歌；童谣
nursery: n. 托儿所
rack up: 积累
rack: n. 架子；搁物架
undisclosed: adj. 未披露的
sum: n. 金额

1 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

2 bum   

n.臀部；流浪汉，乞丐；vt.乞求，乞讨

参考例句：

• A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.在火车上有人捏她屁股，她打了那人。
• The penniless man had to bum a ride home.那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。