美育高少儿英语第3册.docVIP

1 You owe me (an answer to) a riddle, It is not your head, nor your foot, It is not your clothing, nor your hair, It is not a member of your body, Yet it is not you, and you cannot guess it. 不是你头，不是你脚； 不是你衣，不是你帽； 不是身体，你身上找。 2 There is a hill， And on that hill there is a house, And in that house there is a closet, And in that closet hangs a coat, And in that coat there is a pocket, And in the pocket is President Lincoln. 一座小山高高耸，一幢小屋在山中， 衣柜放在屋当中，一件上衣挂柜中，衣服上面有口袋，口袋里面有总统。 3 This thing all things devours, Birds, beasts, trees, flowers, Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. 什么能把万物吞，鸟兽花草难生存； 钢铁尚且遭磨损，顽石也要化成粉； 弑君还要毁城镇，能使高山短几寸。 4 In spring I am gay In handsome array, In summer more clothing I wear; When older it grows, I filing off my clothes, And in winter quite naked appear. 春季里来喜洋洋，梳妆打扮更衣忙； 夏季多穿厚衣裳，秋凉脱去夏时装； 冬季到来雪飞扬，赤身裸体露肩膀。 5 I have no head, and a tail I lack, But off have arms, and legs, and back; I dwell in the palace, the tavern, the cot ‘Tis a beggarly residence where I am not, If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable), I still should be placed at the head of the table. 没有脑袋没有尾，有臂有腿有后背； 寻常人家都有我，住在帐篷与宫闱； 纵有国王御驾临，我在桌旁占首位。 6 I often murmur, yet I never weep; I always lie in bed, but never sleep; My mouth is wide, but larger than my head, And much disgorges, though it ne’er is fed; I have no legs or feet, yet swiftly run---and the more falls I get, move faster on. 经常呜咽从不哭，躺在床上不闭目； 张开大口比头大，不吃东西却会吐； 没腿没脚跑得快，越跌跑得越迅速。 7 For ages an edifice here has been found, It is not a dwelling, it is not a fane; A horseman for hundreds of days may ride round, Yet the end of this journey he ne’er can attain. It was not vain glory that bade its erection, It serves as a refuge, a shield, a protection; Its like on the earth never yet has been known, And yet by man’s hand it is fashion’d alone. 千年建筑历沧桑，不是房屋和殿堂； 快马加鞭不收缰，不知尽头在何方。 非为摆设作观赏，抵御外敌作屏障； 绝无仅有独一样，人定胜天美名扬。 8 Tho’ it be cold I wear no cloths, The frost and snow I ne