Old Dan Tucker
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2014年(三月)
I come to town the other night.
Heard the noise and I saw the fight.
The watchman was a-runnin' roun'
Cryin' Old Dan tucker's come to town.
So get out the way, Old Dan Tucker
You're too late to stay for supper.
Supper's over and breakfast's cookin'
Old Dan Tucker, standin' there lookin'
Well, Old Dan, he went down to the mill.
to get some meal to put in his swill 1
The miller 2 swore by the point of his knife.
He never seen such a man in his life.
Old Dan Tucker's scared a skunk 3
The he fell in the fire, and he kicked up a chunk 4
A red-hot Coal rolled in his shoe.
And my, oh, my, how the ashes flew.
Old Dan Tucker was a mighty 5 man.
Washed his face in a frying pan.
combed his hair with a wagon 6 wheel
and dired with a tootheache in his heel.
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swill
v.冲洗；痛饮；n.泔脚饲料；猪食；（谈话或写作中的）无意义的话
参考例句：
Having finished his coffee,he swilled out the mug and left it on the draining board.喝完咖啡后，他涮了涮杯子然后把它放在滴水板上。
A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer.一群人正站在一起痛饮啤酒。
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miller
n.磨坊主
参考例句：
Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
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skunk
n.臭鼬，黄鼠狼；v.使惨败，使得零分；烂醉如泥
参考例句：
That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!那种事做得太缺德了，你这卑鄙的家伙！
The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.受到攻击时臭鼬会发出一种难闻的气味。
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chunk
n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）
参考例句：
They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。
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mighty
adj.强有力的；巨大的
参考例句：
A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
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wagon
n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车
参考例句：
We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
- Having finished his coffee,he swilled out the mug and left it on the draining board.喝完咖啡后，他涮了涮杯子然后把它放在滴水板上。
- A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer.一群人正站在一起痛饮啤酒。
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
- That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!那种事做得太缺德了，你这卑鄙的家伙！
- The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.受到攻击时臭鼬会发出一种难闻的气味。
- They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
- The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。