a tree toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree. he was a two-toed tree toad but a three-toed toad was she. the two-toed tree toad tried to win the three-toed she-toad's heart, for the two-toed tree toad loved the ground that the three-toed tree toad trod. but the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. he couldn't please her whim. from her tree toad bower with her three-toed power the she-toad vetoed him.
一只樹蟾蜍愛上另一只住在樹上的蟾蜍女郎。牠是一只二趾的蟾蜍,而蟾蜍女郎是三趾的。那只二趾的樹蟾蜍嘗試奪取三趾蟾蜍女郎的方心,因為二趾蟾蜍喜歡三趾蟾蜍女郎所踩踏的土地?墒,二趾蟾蜍徒勞無功。牠不能滿足三趾蟾蜍女郎的心意。在三趾蟾蜍女郎的臥室,三趾蟾蜍女郎用牠的三趾能力將二趾蟾蜍的念頭打消了。
a tutor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. said the two to their tutor, "is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
一個吹笛的導師嘗試教兩個吹笛者吹笛。那兩個學吹笛的問導師:「吹笛難,還是教兩個學吹笛的人吹笛難呢?」
all i want is a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot, you can believe it or not, but i just want a cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot. tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots are of no use to me. if i can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, i'll have a cup of tea!
我只想要一杯用真正銅制的咖啡壺煮的正統(tǒng)咖啡。信不信由你,我只想要一杯用真正銅制的咖啡壺煮的正統(tǒng)咖啡。錫制的咖啡壺和鐵制的咖啡壺對我而言也是沒用的。假如我不能要一杯用真正銅制的咖啡壺煮的正統(tǒng)咖啡,那我就要一杯茶吧!
amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fist against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
在滿布薄霧,嚴寒期最凍的那天,他用最結實的手腕和最自夸的話用拳頭猛力推打柱子,而且聲稱他見鬼。
are our oars oak?
我們的槳是橡樹嗎?
a big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.
大黑蟲咬大黑熊,大黑熊流血了!
a big black bug bit a big black bear. where's the big black bear the big black bug bit?
大黑蟲咬大黑熊,被大黑蟲咬的大黑熊在那里呢?
a bitter biting bittern bit a better brother bittern, and the bitter better bittern bit the bitter biter back. and the bitter bittern, bitten, by the better bitten bittern, said: "i'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"
一只沮喪而尖刻的麻鳽咬了牠兄弟一口,而沒有牠那么沮喪的兄弟又咬牠一口。那只被咬的沮喪麻鳽對牠的兄弟說:「我是一只充滿怨恨的麻鳽!我害人終害己了!