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Mother Goose 12:
“There Was a Crooked Man”
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Today’s lesson is about “There Was a Crooked Man.”
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Exercise 1 | Listening（Listening）
Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.
(Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.)
Mother Goose
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Meaning and Pronunciation
- crooked [krʊkɪd]（it has many different meanings: crooked man, crooked mile, crooked sixpence, crooked
stile, crooked cat, crooked mouse, crooked little house)
- mile [máil]（mile）
- sixpence [síkspəns]（sixpence）
- stile [stáil]（stile）
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Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1（Pronunciation Practice １）
Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.
(Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.)
Read each sentence slowly.
(Read each sentence slowly.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.
(Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
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Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.
(Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
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Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2（Pronunciation Practice ２）
Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.
(Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.)
Roles:
A part : bold sentences
B part : normal sentences
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go!
(Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go!)
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Exercise 4 | Pronunciation Practice 3（Pronunciation Practice 3）
Directions: Replace the word “crocked” with other adjectives in this Mother Goose.
(Directions: Replace the word “crocked” with other adjectives in this Mother Goose.)
There was a man
And he walked a mile
He found a sixpence
Upon a stile
He bought a cat
Which caught a mouse
And they all lived together
In a little house.
Examples
strange
straight
messy
beautiful
round
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