Childhood Fun in Water Town

施琳翎

江南水乡，有着丰富的物产、悠久的历史，她的倩影常常出现在中国古代文人墨客的诗文名作里。在风景秀丽的水乡学习与生活，是怎样的体验呢？在水鄉的童年，又有着怎样的童趣呢？结合了《春晓》《江南》《悯农》《咏鹅》《明日歌》等古诗，江苏省扬中市联合中心小学的同学们用英语剧的形式，向大家展现了水乡童年的诗情画意与无穷乐趣。那些耳熟能详的古诗用英语表现出来是什么样的呢？同学们又从这些古诗里获得了怎样的感悟呢？我们一起去欣赏他们精彩的表演吧！

Actors：

郭语淳 杨 凯 朱泓桦 汪雪玲 周锦仪 杨思婷 彭皓妍

王 飒 詹子言 朱欣尧 陈欣怡 解子堉 施苹芮 王雅馨

曾子骞 王一安 高梓轩 张欣茹 张跃凡 葛嘉瑞

Narrator： One afternoon， the students are sitting in the classroom， waiting for their teacher to dismiss the class（组织放学）.

Scene1

Student A： Hey， I have an idea. What about flying kites after school？

All： Hurray（太棒了）！

[Music： If You’re Happy （《如果感到幸福你就拍拍手》）]

Student B： If you’re happy and you know it， clap your hands！

All： （clap hands） Clap your hands！

Student B： If you’re happy and you know it， and you really want to show it， if you’re happy and you know it， clap your hands！

All： （clap hands） Clap your hands！

Group 1： （stand forward） If you’re happy and you know it， stomp your feet（跺脚）！

All： （stomp feet） Stomp your feet！

Group 1： （stand forward） If you’re happy and you know it， and you really want to show it， if you’re happy and you know it， stomp your feet！

All： （stomp feet） Stomp your feet！

All： If you’re happy and you know it， say hurray！

All： Hurray！

All： If you’re happy and you know it， and you really want to show it， if you’re happy and you know it， say hurray！

All： Hurray！

Scene2

Teacher： Keep quiet！

（All the students sit straight.）

Teacher： Unwilling to stay in the classroom？ Let me ask you， what have we learnt today？

All：  Dawn of Spring（《春晓》）.

Teacher： Can you recite？

All： Yes！

[Music： Dawn of Spring]

I wake up at the dawn of spring，

And hear the birds everywhere singing，

As sounded the wind and rain overnight，

I wonder how many blooms alight.

Teacher： Well done！ Well done！ Then I’m giving you a test. Can you tell us what you did today in this way？

Group 2： Sure！ We can do it first！

[Music： South of the Yangtze River（《江南》）]

Jiangnan teems with lotus seeds，

How dense are the lotus leaves.

The fish play among the leaves，

The fish swim to the east，

The fish swim to the west，

The fish swim to the south，

The fish swim to the north.

Teacher： The fish play among the leaves？ No， no， no. I think it’s you that play games and gather lotus（莲花）！

All： Ha， ha...

Teacher： Who will be the next？

Student C： Me， me！

[Music： Mercy the Farmers（《憫农》）]

Harvesting the crops at noon，

Sweat drips into the earth below.

Who knows that the feast in our plates，

Comes from such hard work.

Student D： Sir， he went to work in the fields.

Student C： I think we should save food， because farmers are very hard-working.

Teacher： Saving food is traditional Chinese virtue（中华民族的传统美德）. I’m very glad that you’ve learned it from this poem（诗） ！

All： Good for you！ （with thumbs up）

Student E： Sir， it’s my turn！

[Music： Ode to a Goose（《咏鹅》）]

Goose！ Goose！ Goose！

Neck bent， honking to the sky，

White feathers floating on green water，

Paddling red feet making ripples so clear.

Scene3

Teacher： My kids， whatever you want to do， don’t waste your time. The sage（圣贤） said：

Tomorrow comes and again comes tomorrow，

Tomorrow are like rivers that endless flow...

All： If all my things are pull off till tomorrow，

All： My time wasted to no purpose will brew woe.

Teacher： Good， boys and girls. Let’s call it a day. Have a good time！

（Teacher leaves the stage.）

All： Goodbye， Sir！

（The End）