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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 Falling Down? Jean: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling… London 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. Insert This is a 10th century poem about the victory of King Olaf, who was fighting an alliance 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. 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. 2 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。 Insert I like London Bridge 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