Note on Selected Children's Literature  by Tony Guo

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears?

mosquito (n.)a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals,

sometimes spreading the disease malaria

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Spanish; Origin: mosca 'fly', from Latin musca]

<plural>mosquitoes or mosquitoes

buzz 發出嗡嗡聲v./n.

a) iguana (n.): a large tropical American lizard

b) lizard (n.): a type of reptile that has four legs and a long tail

c) reptile (n.): a type of animal, such as a snake or lizard, whose body

temperature changes according to the temperature around it, and that usually lays eggs to have babies

Try me.

=Let me try.

yam (n.): a tropical climbing plant grown for its root, which is eaten as a

vegetable

snap (v.): to say somthing in an impatient and angry voice

meek (a.)very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people

He was always so meek and mild .

reed (n.): a type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places

grumble to oneself

happen to + verb

if you happen to do something, you do it by chance

<e.g.>I happened to see James in town.

python (n.): a very large snake that kills animals for food by wrapping itself

around them and crushing them

bab (sth.) (up and dowm)

plot/conspire some mischief against + someone

burrow (n.): a hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal such as a

RABBIT

scuttle/scurry out: run with quick short steps

clearing (n.): a small area in a forest where there are no trees

crow (n.): a large black bird that makes a loud sound called cawing

prowl (v.): to move around an area in a quiet way, especially because you

intend to do something bad:

<e.g.>The police caught him prowling the neighborhood.

<e.g.>a lion prowling through the jungle

screech   尖叫 v.

limb  肢、臂 n.

owlet→owl

antelope  羚

deer  鹿

doe  雌鹿/兔/羚羊

stag  雄鹿

herd  獸群

KPAO

It was mosquito's fault

So, it was the mosquito

who annoyed the iquana,

who  frightened the python,

who scared the rabbit,

who startled the crow,

who alarmed the monkey,

who kill the owlet--

and now Mother owl won't wake the sun so that the day can come.

cause a panic

hold court with sb.  (講趣聞或笑話)逗人樂

escape punishment

Social and Cultural Diversity

dimension   n. 

1)維(面向)

2)大小；規模；程度；範圍

ethnicity

n.  種族淵源

ramification

=compluation

=results

n.(pl.)  (眾多複雜又難以預料的)結果、後果

assessment

=evaluation

=judgement

n.  看法；評價

address goal

faculty

=defeactive

a.  不完美的；有錯誤的

#後來看到有人把圖剪下來變成這個

另外有首歌也很逗趣：

Mosquito