- Алфавит 1
A, 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 колыбельная
Как 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 семьи
The 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 луга
Over 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 горох
Digging, 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-Доналда
Old 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,