DAY 173

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The poor man in blue ate some food at noon, then put his foot in the pool to make cool.

SWING荡秋千

How do you like to go up in a swing, 你喜欢荡一趟秋千，

Up in the air so blue?高高地置身在蓝蓝的晴空吗？

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing 啊，我认为这是小孩所能做到

ever a child can do. 最愉快的玩乐。

Up in the air and over the wall, 越过高墙飞向天际，

Till I can see so wide, 望见那广袤无边的世界，

River and trees and cattle and all 河流、树木、牛群，

over the countryside.俯瞰整个村庄。

Till I look down on the garden green 看到翠绿的花园，

down on the roof so brown,看到棕色的屋顶，

Up in the air I go flying again, 我又飞上天际，

Up in the air and down! 在天地间上下穿梭！

文选可分为三部分：
第一部分的韵脚为/iŋ/和/u:/，需重读swing/swiŋ/、thing/θiŋ/以及blue/blu/、do/du/。
第二部分的韵脚为/ɔ:l/和/aid/，需重读wall/wo:l/、all/ɔ:l/以及wide/waid/、countryside/ kʌntrsaid/。
第三部分的韵脚为/aun/，需重读brown/braun/和down/daun/。