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＊ Mother Goose 

    Mother Goose 是英國民間童謠集，中文譯為鵝媽媽童謠集。這些民間童謠在英國流傳時間相當久，有的長達數百年，總數約有八百多首，內容典雅，有幽默故事、遊戲歌曲、兒歌、謎語、催眠曲、字母歌、數數歌、繞口令、動物歌等，英國人稱其為Nursery Rhymes(兒歌)，美國人稱其為Mother Goose(鵝媽媽童謠)，是英、美人士從孩童時代就耳熟能詳的兒歌，其中蘊含大量的英、美文化素材。兒歌教學，不但可以增進孩童對英、美文化的瞭解，提高孩子學習英語的興趣，更是訓練發音聽力培養英語語感的最佳工具。

＊ The list of "Mother Goose"
1. Star Light, Star Bright 
2. London Bridge Is Falling Down 
3. Mary Had a Little Lamb 
4. Old Mother Hubbard 
5. Little Bo Peep 
6. Hey Diddle Diddle 
7. Little Miss Muffet 
8. Humpty Dumpty 
9. Hickory Dickory Dock 
10. Three Little Kittens 
11. Little Boy Blue 
12. There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe 
13. Wee Willie Winkie 
14. Old King Cole 

＊ Little Huckle

Three Question:

1.     Have you seen my friend, Lowly?

2.     What was he like?

3.     What does he look like?

Theme:

Lost / Found

Dream / Adventure

Magic / Spell

Friendship / Leadership

Describing / Sorting / Naming

＊ 程度副詞

     1.   Definitelyà明確地; 明顯地, 清楚地

Ex: I cannot say definitely until I see Hunt.

2.   Exactlyà確切地, 精確地; 完全地

Ex: Tell me exactly where she lives.

3.   Precisely à精確地, 準確地

Ex: I ' ll tell you precisely how to do it.

4.   Absolutelyà絕對地, 完全地

Ex: It ' s absolutely no business of hers.  

Conflict à I wish I can find Lowly.

＊ 「驚嚇」的用詞

1.      Frightened à全面性

2.      Startled à即時性

3.      Afraid à害怕

＊ Old king cole à Is he a long and thin fellow

"Old King Cole" is a British nursery rhyme most likely deriving from ancient Welsh. The historical identity of King Cole has been much debated and several candidates have been advanced as possibilities[citation needed]. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1164. The poem describes a merry king who called for his pipe, his bowl, and his three fiddlers.

Origins:

Cole (or more properly Coel, pronounced like "co-ell" or the English word "coil", and not "coal" as in the rhyme) is a Brythonic name. It may have been borne by a number of noted figures in the history and legends of Roman and sub-Roman Britain, most notably by Coel Hen, or Coel the Old. There are several candidates for a historical basis to the rhyme amongst the historical and mythical Coels.