因果诗

这种英语短诗，要求第一个学生先读四行叙事短诗，然后才依次各说两行表示因果关系的诗句。例如：

甲生：I went downtown［aun］韵to see Mr.Brown.（同上）

He gave me a micel（镍币）［ikl］韵to buy a pickle（腌菜）.（同上）

乙生：Thepicklewassour（酸）；［au■］韵So I bought a flower.（同上）

甲生：Theflowerwas dead；［ed］韵 u■］韵So I got some bread.（同上）

乙生：The bread was stale（不新鲜）；［eil］韵So I bought a pail（桶）.（同上）

甲生：The pail was small；［■l］韵So I got a ball.（同上）

乙生：The ball was bard；［a：d］韵

So I bought some Lard（猪油）.（同上） 甲生：The lard was thick（厚）；［ik］韵So I found a stick（拐杖）.（同上）

只要学生能够接着对方的话头，当机立断地这样“so”（所以）下去， 虽然译成中文的韵尾并不优美、贴切，但是在学生看来，倒是很有兴趣读这种因果诗的。

1. Red Tie（红领巾） Red tie，Red tie， We all aim high.

Study hard，work hard. We love our red tie.

1. How Many（多少）

How many seconds in a minute？ Sixty and no more in it.

How many minutes in an hour？ Sixty for sun and flower.

How many hours in a day？ Twenty-four for work and play. How many mouths in a year？

Twelve the calendar makes clear. 5.The Months（月份）

Thirty days have September， April，June and November.

All the rest have thirty-one. Excepting February alone，

Which has twenty-eight days clear And twenty nine in each leap year. 6.The Parts of Speech（ 词 类 ） Three little words you often see Are ARTICLES， a， an， and， the. A NOUN’s the name of anything.

As school of garden， hoop or swing. ADJECTIVES tell the kind noun，

As great，small， pretty， white， brown. Instead of nouns the PRONOUNS stand；

Her head，his face， our arms， your hand. VERBS tell of something being done；

TO read， count， sing， laugh， jump, or run How things are some the ADVERBS tell：

As slowly，quickly，ill，or well. CONJUNCTIONS join the words together， As men and women，wind or weather.

The PREPOSITION stands before

A noun， as in or through a door. The INTERJECTION shows surprise.

As oh！ now pretty！ ah！ how wise！

The whole card called nine parts of speech， Which reading， writing， speaking teach.

1. The Way to London**（通向伦敦的路）** Somebody asked me， a man， in brown， Which is the way to London Town？

One foot up， the other foot down， That is the way to London Town.

1. If Many Men**（如果人们）**

If many men knew what many men know. If many men went where many men go. If many men did what many men do，

The world would be better； I think so， don’t you？