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?yàn)槎后蛤芟矚g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(gè)吹笛的導(dǎo)師嘗試教兩個(gè)吹笛者吹笛。那兩個(gè)學(xué)吹笛的問導(dǎo)師:「吹笛難,還是教兩個(gè)學(xué)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(duì)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(yán)寒期最凍的那天,他用最結(jié)實(shí)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(duì)牠的兄弟說:「我是一只充滿怨恨的麻鳽!我害人終害己了!