外教读睡前诗歌 | In the Summer When I Go to Bed 即将入睡的夏夜

《In the Summer When I Go to Bed 即将入睡的夏夜》躺在床上，准备入睡的几分钟里，你会想些什么？这是一个所有人每天都会经历的时刻，但突然被问到这个问题，相信没有几个人能答得上来。

这首诗记录的就是一个人入睡前的所思所想。作者托马斯·胡德（Thomas Hood）是以幽默诗作而闻名的一位英国诗人，本篇的语言活泼又充满想象力，涉及到了很多关于动物及其习性的单词和自然常识，是很棒的英语启蒙读物，快来一起欣赏吧！

先来认识一下今天讲故事的北美外教Lida H老师！

一起来听听今天的睡前故事吧~↓↓↓

In the summer when I go to bed

即将入睡的夏夜

The sun still streaming overhead

太阳的余热仍未散去

My bed becomes so small and hot

我的床显得又小又热

With sheets and pillow in a knot

我的床单和枕头乱成一团

And then I lie and try to see

我躺了下来，开始胡思乱想

The things I’d really like to be

 那些我真正想做的事

I think I’d be a glossy cat

我想变成一只皮毛光滑的小猫

A little plump, but not too fat

有点胖，但不要大腹便便

I’d never touch a bird or mouse

我绝对不会碰小鸟或老鼠一下

I’m much too busy round the house

我绕着房子打转就够忙了

And then a fierce and hungry hound

然后我想变成一只凶猛又饥饿的猎犬

The king of dogs for miles around;

称霸方圆几公里

I’d chase the postman just for fun

我追着邮递员跑，只是为了捉弄他

To see how quickly he could run.

想看看他到底能跑多快

Perhaps I’d be a crocodile

我可能想变成一只鳄鱼

Within the marshes of the Nile

生活在尼罗河的沼泽里

And paddle in the riverbed

在河床上划水

With dripping mud caps on my head

我的头上沾满了泥浆

Or maybe next a mountain goat

或者接下来变成一只山羊

With shaggy whiskers at my throat,

我的喉咙上有蓬松的胡须

Leaping streams and jumping rocks

跃过小溪，跳过岩石

In stripey pink and purple socks.

脚上生长着粉紫色的条纹

Or else I’d be a polar bear

或者我想变成一只北极熊

And on an iceberg make my lair

在冰山上建造我自己的巢穴

I’d keep a shop in Baffin Sound

我要在巴芬海湾里建造一个商店

To sell icebergs by the pound 

以英镑为单位来售卖那些冰山

And then I’d be a wise old frog

然后我要变成一只聪明的老青蛙

Squatting on a sunken log,

蹲在一艘沉没的船上

I’d teach the fishes lots of games

我会教鱼儿很多游戏

And how to read and write their names.

让他们知道怎样读写自己的名字

An Indian lion then I’d be

然后我要变成一只印度狮

And lounge about on my settee

在我的长沙发上百无聊赖地打发时间

I’d feed on nothing but bananas

除了香蕉，我什么也不吃

And spend all day in my pajamas.

整天都穿着睡衣

I’d like to be a tall giraffe

我还想变成一只长颈鹿

Making lots of people laugh,

逗大家发笑

I’d do a tap dance in the street

我会在街上跳踢踏舞

With little bells upon my feet.

脚上戴着我的小铃铛

And then I’d be a foxy fox

然后我要变成一只狡猾的狐狸

Streaking though the hollyhocks,

飞快的跑过蜀葵地

Horse or hound would ne’er catch me

马和猎犬也追不上我

I’m a master of disguise, you see.

你看，我是一个伪装大师

I think I’d be a chimpanzee

我想变成一只大猩猩

With musical ability,

拥有非常的音乐才能

I’d play a silver clarinet

我要演奏一个银色的单簧管

Or form a Monkey String Quartet.

或者组建一个猴子弦乐四重奏

And then a snake with scales of gold

然后变成一条金色的蛇

Guarding hoards of wealth untold,

守护着数不清的财富

No thief would dare to steal a pin—

没有贼敢偷一根针

But friends of mine I would let in.

但是我会让我的朋友们进去

But then before I really know

但在我真正了解

Just what I’d be or where I’d go

我要做什么，去哪里之前

My bed becomes so wide and deep

我感觉床正变得又宽又深

And all my thoughts are fast asleep.

我很快就睡着了。

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