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

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　　Nursery Rhymes: London Bridge is Falling Down

　　儿歌《伦敦桥要倒塌了》

　　Andrea: We all grew up singing nursery rhymes like this one, but do we know much about them?

　　Jean: London Bridge is Falling Down 《伦敦桥要倒塌了》，这是英国最有名的一首儿歌，不过这首歌的背后又是个什么样的故事呢?

　　Andrea: Well, today on BBC Learning English we’re going to find out a little more. Hello I’m Andrea Rose.

　　Jean: 大家好，我是董征。

　　Andrea: So, Jean do you know the words to the nursery rhyme, London Bridge is Falling Down?

　　Jean: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling… London Bridge is falling down… um…

　　Andrea: Well done, you got most of it!

　　Jean: Well, in China we know this nursery rhyme too.

　　Andrea: But do you know what this nursery rhyme is actually all about? Chris Roberts, who has studied the history of British nursery rhymes, tells us the story behind the rhyme.

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　　This is a 10th century poem about the victory of King Olaf, who was fighting analliance with one English king against another. And what the poem is about is about him attaching his ships to an old Saxon wooden bridge that crossed London near where the current bridge is, and waiting for the tide and then towing that bridge away. So it’s the destruction of a London bridge but a wooden London bridge.

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