Pronunciation| Mother Goose 09 _LEVEL 5_
Mother Goose 09:
“There Was an Old Woman”
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Today’s lesson is about “There Was an Old Woman.”
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Exercise 1 | Listening (第一部分、聽力練習)
Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.
(學習指引: 請仔細聽老師的發音。)
Mother Goose
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
Meaning and Pronunciation
- victual [vítl]糧食
- chief [tʃíːf]主要的
- diet [dáiət]飲食
- barker [béikər] 麵包師傅
- clerk [klɑ'ːk]教堂修道士
- toll [tóul]緩慢地敲(鐘)
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Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1 (第二部分、發音練習 1)
Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.
(學習指引: 請和老師一起練習發音。)
Read each sentence slowly.
請慢慢地朗誦每個句子。
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.
朗讀時加點節奏吧! 發音時請將粗體字部分當作一個字讀出來。
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose 09 _LEVEL 5_
Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.
請加點節奏再朗讀一次吧! 粗體字請加重音調, 灰色的單字則輕聲發音。
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2 (第三部分、發音練習 2)
Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.
(學習指引: 請輪流唸出 A 部分以及 B 部分的句子。)
Roles:
A part : bold sentences
B part : normal sentences
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
Next, try to say it as rhythmically and fast as possible. Go!
接著讓我們試著將速度加快, 並且加點節奏感唸唸看。加油!
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Exercise 4 | Discussion (第四部份、討論)
Directions: Discuss the subject with your teacher.
(學習指引: 請試著和老師一起找出答案。)
Subject: What are funny or nonsense things in this Mother Goose?
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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