听播客学英语 295 老鼠

 　　Here is a poem by Rose Fyleman. It is called “Mice”.

　　I think mice

　　Are rather nice.

　　Their tails are long,

　　Their faces small,

　　They haven’t any

　　Chins at all.

　　Their ears are pink,

　　Their teeth are white,

　　They run about the house at night.

　　They nibble¹ things

　　They shouldn’t touch

　　And no-one seems

　　To like them much.

　　But I think mice

　　Are nice.

　　Mouse – mice. Nearly all English nouns make their plural² by adding -s or -es. But there is a small number of nouns which make their plural in other ways. Mouse – mice is one of them. Send me an e-mail if you can think of others ([email protected]). We will have another irregular plural in the next episode.

　　Finally, a football result. FA Cup third round replay – Manchester United 5, Burton Albion 0. Sorry, Burton Albion. Maybe next year. Goodbye.

1 nibble   

n.轻咬，啃；v.一点点地咬，慢慢啃，吹毛求疵

参考例句：

• Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款。
• The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.鸟儿们紧贴在墙上，啄着砖缝。

2 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。