英语儿歌274首 第45期:Five miles from home

 歌词如下:

We're five miles² from home.

We're five miles from home.

We sing a while³ and talk a while,

We're four miles from home.

We're four miles from home.

We're four miles from home.

We sing a while and talk a while,

We're three miles from home.

We're three miles from home.

We're three miles from home.

We sing a while and talk a while,

We're two miles from home.

We're two miles from home.

We're two miles from home.

We sing a while and talk a while,

We're one mile¹ from home.

We're one mile from home.

We're one mile from home.

We sing a while and talk a while,

And now we're at home.

1 mile   

n.英里

参考例句：

• It's no more than one mile to the shops.到商业区不过一英里。
• The hospital is about a mile past the school.医院在离学校一英里以外的地方。

2 Miles   

n.英里( mile的名词复数 )；很多；一英里赛跑；大面积

参考例句：

• Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. 八公里约等于五英里。
• a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts 由四英里长的城墙围着的设防城镇

3 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。