Алфавит 1A, B(be), C(ce), D(de), E, F(ef), G(ge),
H(hache), I, J(jei), K(ka), L(el), M(em), N(en), O, P(pe),
Q(cu), R(ar), S(es) and T(te), U, V(ve),
W(double-u) and X(ex), Y(wy), Z(zed).
This is called the alphabet,
Which we never must forget,
Letters twenty – six in all,
Backwards now we’ll sing them all:
Американская колыбельнаяКак отмечено в предисловии, песня происxодит из отсталых южных штатов США и потому небезупречна с точки зрения грамматики.
Hush little baby, don't say a word,
Mummy's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
(= Mummy is going to buy you... = мама идёт (собирается) купить тебе...)
And if that mockingbird won't sing,
(won't = will not, после if правильнее было бы doesn't)
Лис в городе украл гуся и утку для семьиThe fox went out on a chilly night,
he prayed to the Moon to give him light,
for he'd many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o,
he had many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o.
He ran till he came to a great big pen
Обитатели лугаOver in the meadow in a pond in the sun
Lived an old mother duck and her little duck one
____said the mother, _____ said the one
And they quacked and were happy in their pond
In the sun
Over in the meadow in a stream so blue
Lived an old mother fish and her little fish two
___ said the mother, ____ ____ said the two
Сажаем горохDigging, digging
This is how we dig the ground
In our garden, in our garden
Digging, digging
This is how we dig the ground
Early in the morning
Счёт часам-Now it's one o'clock...
And what do you do at one o'clock?
-I take a nap!
-Now it's two o'clock...
And what do you do at two o'clock?
Ферма старого Мак-ДоналдаOld MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O. [i:+ai+i:+ai+ou = ИаИаЁу]
And on his farm he had some chicks,
E-I-E-I-O.
With a chick, chick here,
And a chick, chick there,