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1、RHYMESMonday,December2nd,2002Whytouserhymes?Theyareanalternativetotheuseofgradedreaders.TheyhavebeensuccessfullyusedinPrimaryschools.TheyhavealongtraditioninEnglishspeakingcountries.RemembertheAUDIadvertisingatthebeginningoftheyear1996,inwhichachild’svoicesang:It’srain
2、ing,It’spouring,Theoldman’ssnoring;Hewenttobed,Andbumpedhishead,Andcouldn’tgetupinthemorning.OrthefilmTHEPIANO,wheretheprotagonistgirlsingstherhyme"TheGrandOldDukeofYork",whileshegoesupanddownalongthehills:Oh,TheGrandOldDukeofYorkHehadtenthousandmenhemarchedthemuptothe
3、topofthehillandhemarchedthemdownagain.Andwhentheywereup,theywereup.Andwhentheyweredown,theyweredown.Andwhentheywerehalfwayup,theywereneitherupnordown.OrrememberalsothefamousfilmLADYBIRD,LADYBIRD,whosetitledoesnotseemtorefertothecontentsunlessyouknowtherhymefromwhichiti
4、staken.AllEnglishchildrenusethatrhymefortheladybirdstocounttheirfingers:Ladybird,ladybird,flyawayhome,yourhouseisonfire,yourchildrenallgone.Wecanfindalotoftheseshortpoems.Forinstance,AgathaChristiebasedmanyofhernovelsinthem,suchas"TenLittleNiggers","TheCrookedHouse","A
5、PocketfulofRye","ThreeBlindMice",etc.Therewasacrookedmanandhewalkedacrookedmile;Hefoundacrookedsixpenceagainstacrookedstile;Hebroughtacrookedcatwhichcaughtacrookedmouse,Andtheyalllivedtogetherinalittlecrookedhouse.HumptyDumpty,theeggthatfellfromthewall,iswellknownbyall
6、oftheEnglishspeakers.ItappearsinthetitleofthefilmaboutWatergateaffair,calledinSpainTODOSLOSHOMBRESDELPRESIDENTE,alludingtotheimpossibilityofmendinganeggthathasfallenfromthewall.Humpty-Dumptysatonawall,Humpty-Dumptyhadagreatfall.Alltheking'shorsesandalltheking'smencould
7、n'tputHumptytogetheragain.Whytouserhymes?Theyareshortenoughtobeeasilylearntbyheart,makingeasytolearnvocabularyandgrammaticalstructures.Theyareidealtextstolearngoodpronunciationandintonation,becauseoftheirstrongrhythmandmarkedrhyme.Whytouserhymes?Theyareoriginaltexts,no
8、tadaptedones,andtheykeepthegraceoftheauthentic.Theyareusefultointroducepupilsintothecultureofothercountriesthroughmea
