Swimming
Guidance for Reciting
Is this poem full of children's enjoyment remind you of summer fun of swimming and playing in shallow rivers？
When all the days are hot and long
And robin bird has ceased his song，
I go swimming every day
And have the finest kind of play.
I've learned to dive and I can float
As easily as does a boat；
I splash and plunge and laugh and shout
Till Daddy tells me to come out.
It's much too soon；I'd like to cry
For I can see the ducks go by，
And Daddy Duck―how I love him―
He lets his children swim and swim！
I feel that I would be in luck
If I could only be a duck！
Notes
1.plunge [plQndV] v. 钻进，跳进，跳水
游泳
诵读导言
读到这首充满稚趣的小诗，你是否想起了童年时代浅湾戏水的夏日光景呢？
夏日变得炎热漫长
知更鸟停止了歌唱，
我每天都要去游泳
去做这最好的运动。
我学会了潜水浮水
像小船儿一样惬意；
跳入水中笑得开怀
直到老爸要我出来。
这也太快！我想哭叫
因为鸭子还在落闹，
鸭子老爸――我好爱他――
他让孩子尽情玩耍！
我想我要是有运气
还不如做一只鸭子！
口语点津
“A sitting duck”很容易被骗或受到伤害，有时它甚至会处于一个毫无希望的境地，任何帮助都无济于事，这样就变成了“a dead duck”。