英语儿歌274首 第141期:My Grandfather's Clock

 歌词如下：

My grandfather's clock,

Was too large for the shelf,

So it stood ninety years on the floor,

It was taller by half,Than the old man himself,

Though it weighed not a pennyweight more,

It was bought on the morn,Of the day that he was born,

And was always his treasure¹ and pride,

But it stopped short,Never to go again,

When the old man died,Ninety years without slumbering²,

Tick³, Tock Tick, Tock,His life seconds numbering,

Tick, Tock, Tick Tock,It stopped short,

Never to go again,When the old man died.

1 treasure   

n.宝物，财富；vt.珍爱，重视，密藏

参考例句：

• They went to the island to hunt the buried treasure.他们到岛上去寻找埋藏的宝物。
• I certainly treasure the friendship between us very much.我当然非常珍视我们之间的友谊。

2 slumbering   

微睡，睡眠（slumber的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• It was quiet. All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering. 贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。
• Then soft music filled the air and soothed the slumbering heroes. 接着，空中响起了柔和的乐声，抚慰着安睡的英雄。

3 tick   

vi.(指钟表等)滴答滴答地响

参考例句：

• The clock goes'tick-tock,tick-tock'.时钟发出滴答滴答的声音。
• They could hear the regular tick of the clock.他们能听见时钟有规律的滴答声。