Science Verse

 

Science Verse

延續上一本Math Curse的基調，

Science Verse中小男孩再度因為自然老師Mr. Newton的一句話：

"You know, if you listen closely enough, you can hear the poetry of science in everything."

墮入了一個隨時隨地都是科學詩文的詛咒之中，

Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith的強強聯手，

果然不凡！

一段一段的Science Verse

只有你想不到的，沒有他寫不出來的，

不只是天南地北含括了

進化論

水循環

黑洞

恐龍

臟器

營養

食物鏈

昆蟲的完全變態

化學

電學

病毒

物質

天文

的科學知識，

細看每一段文字還似曾相識，

不是課本上曾經出現過的文字，

而是在幼時曾經哼唱過的童謠兒歌！

如果你願意的話，

還真的可以就著改編的歌詞唱上幾句呢！

例如：

Water Cycle

(It's raining, it's pouring...音樂下)

It's raining, it's pouring.

For H2O, it's boring.

Precipitation, 

Evaporation, 

Precipitation, 

Evaporation, 

Precipitation, 

Evaporation...

Evening, night, and morining.

又例如：

Mary Had A....

(Mary had a lamb...音樂下)

Mary had a little worm.

She thought it would be a chigger.

But everything Mary ate,

Only made it bigger.

It came with her to school one day,

And gave the lids a fright,

Especiallly when the teacher said,

"Now that's a parasite."

還有：

Jack Be Nimble

(Jack be Nimble...音樂下)

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the combustion reaction of 

O2 + heat + fuel to form CO2 + light + heat + exhaust.

我最喜歡的有兩段：

(其一)

You're It

Eenie, meanie, mynie, mo.

Catch a virus, watch it grow.

Once it's got you, it won't go.

Eenie, meanie, my--oh no!

經過Covid這幾年的折磨，

是不是也很想跟這首詩一起說Oh, no呢？

(其二)

Food Chain

(I've been working on the railroad...音樂下)

I've been working in the food chain,

All the livelong day.

In the middle of the food chain, 

I've got no time to play.

Can't you see the green plants growing?

That's energy, okay?

Consumer eats up the producer, 

Predator eats prey.

Who's for lunch today?

 Who's for lunch today?

Don't you just wonder, who's for lunch today?

Predator or prey.

Predator or prey.

Eat or be eaten, that's the only way.

簡單幾句將生產、消費、獵捕、獵物

食物鏈中的因果關係全部說清，

然後雲淡風輕的用

Eat or be eaten, that's the only way.

總結這極度殘酷也極度真實的自然真理，

功力真高！

p.s

將這些nursery rhymes的連結附在後面，

有興趣可以聽聽原版的！