BBC Learning English - London Bridge is Falling Down 儿歌《伦敦桥要倒塌了》

　　Jean: Chris 告诉我们，这首歌起源于10 世纪的英国，是一首讲述当时伦敦被破坏时的战争诗歌。

　　Andrea: King Olaf, who was fighting with an English king against another English king, attached or connected his ship to a wooden bridge in London and then pulled it down.

　　Jean: To attach 去附着、牵系上。 Olaf 国王把他的轮船牵系在桥上，然后把桥给拉倒了。

　　Andrea: In fact, the bridge Chris is talking about was an old wooden bridge.

　　Jean: 而今天的伦敦桥是用钢铸成的，所以诗歌中所说到的伦敦桥并不是我们今天所熟知的那座伦敦桥。

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　　I like London Bridge but sometimes you kind of wonder what it means and you never actually know. But you just think it’s nonsense but sometimes you find out to be much more than that.

　　Andrea: This child, like so many of us, thought this nursery rhyme was just something silly for children. She thought it was nonsense, something that didn’t make any sense.

　　Jean: 不过后来她发现这个歌谣其实并不是胡说的，其实它背后是很有典故的。

　　Andrea: But does it have a dark side?

　　Jean: Ooh, scary. 让我们来听听童谣专家 Morag Styles 对这首诗歌是如何解释的。

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　　There’s this element of fear in the poem. There’s a need for someone to watch over the bridge. I mean there does seem to be some suggestion that human bones and sometimes children’s have been found in bridges in different parts of the world, from India and all over Europe.

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