There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly 《吞下蒼蠅的老奶奶》（There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly），這本書的語(yǔ)言很簡(jiǎn)單，聽起來(lái)非常有韻律感，而且，句式的重復(fù)度非常高，重點(diǎn)動(dòng)物名詞的重復(fù)率也非常高，是一本非常棒的親子共讀繪本。另外，There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly 還是一本需要用心讀圖的繪本。圖片中隱藏著許多語(yǔ)言沒(méi)有表達(dá)出來(lái)的細(xì)節(jié)，而且還隱藏著故事走向的線索，比如，下一個(gè)該誰(shuí)去抓那只蒼蠅了之類的。 There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一只蒼蠅。 I don’t know why she swallowed the fly. 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 Perhaps she’ll die. Bird: But it’s only a fly. Dog: Oh, my! Cat: She gulped it out of the sky. Cow: I think I’ll cry… 這可能會(huì)要了她的命。 小鳥說(shuō)：“不過(guò)是一只小蒼蠅嘛！” 小狗說(shuō):“天哪！” 貓說(shuō)：“她仰頭一口吞下啦！” 奶牛說(shuō)：“我有點(diǎn)想哭啦……” There was an old lady who swallowed a spider. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一只蜘蛛。 That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. 蜘蛛在她肚子里扭啊扭、爬呀爬、撓呀撓。 She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she’ll die. Cat: sigh. Dog: gone to the by and by. 她吞下那只蜘蛛去捉那只蒼蠅。 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 這可能會(huì)要了她的命呀。 貓?bào)@叫道：“?。　?小狗說(shuō)：“她快要死了！” There was an old lady who swallowed a bird. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一只鳥。 How absurd! She swallowed a bird. 這可真可笑！ 她吞下了一只鳥！ She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why. She swallowed the fly. Perhaps she’ll die. Cow: She’ll leave us high?and dry. 她吞下了那只鳥去捉那只蜘蛛。 她吞下了那只蜘蛛去捉那只蒼蠅。 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 這可能會(huì)要了她的命。 奶牛說(shuō)：“她會(huì)孤孤單單的離開我們！” There was an old lady who swallowed a cat. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一只貓。 Imagine that! She swallowed a cat. 這簡(jiǎn)直想象不到！ 她吞下了一只貓！ She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why. She swallowed the fly. Perhaps she’ll die. Dog: I hope it’s a lie. 她吞下了那只貓去抓那只鳥。 她吞下了那只鳥去捉那只蜘蛛。 她吞下那只蜘蛛去逮那只蒼蠅。 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 這可能會(huì)要了她的命呀。 小狗說(shuō)：“但愿這不是真的！” There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一條狗。 She went whole hog to swallowed the dog. 她一口就吞下了那條狗。 She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why. She swallowed the fly. Perhaps she’ll die. Cow: There’s a tear in my eye. 她吞下了那條狗去抓那只貓。 她吞下了那只貓去抓那只鳥。 她吞下了那只鳥去捉那只蜘蛛。 她吞下了那只蜘蛛去逮那只蒼蠅。 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 這可能會(huì)要了她的命呀。 奶牛說(shuō)：“我真的流淚了！” There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一頭奶牛。 I don’t know how she swallowed the cow. 真不知道她是怎么吞下那頭奶牛的。 She swallowed the cow to catch the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she’ll die. 她吞下了那頭奶牛去追那條狗。 她吞下了那條狗去抓那只貓。 她吞下了那只貓去抓那只鳥。 她吞下了那只鳥去捉那只蜘蛛。 她吞下了那只蜘蛛去逮那只蒼蠅。 真不知道是什么原因，她會(huì)吞下那只蒼蠅。 這可能會(huì)要了她的命呀。 There was an old lady who swallowed a horse. 從前有位老婆婆，她吞下了一匹馬。 She died of course! Fly: I’m filled with remorse. Spider: It was the last course. Bird: It is such a loss. Cat: She had no time to floss. Dog: she missed out on the sauce. Cow: we’ll miss her dearly. Horse: What’s left to say… 她當(dāng)然一命嗚呼啦！ 蒼蠅說(shuō)：“我好后悔??！” 蜘蛛說(shuō)：“這是最后一道菜?！? 小鳥說(shuō)：“這真悲傷?！?貓說(shuō)：“她都沒(méi)來(lái)得及剔牙。” 小狗說(shuō)：“她錯(cuò)過(guò)了加醬的機(jī)會(huì)?！?奶牛說(shuō)：“我們都會(huì)非常想念她。” 馬說(shuō)：“還有什么沒(méi)說(shuō)的……”