打油诗，不奇怪，古今中外人人爱；
画家利尔有高招，诗画相配妙手裁。
莫笑诗画多荒诞，幽默夸张放异彩；
轻松一读妙趣生，地道英语学得快。
书中自有欢喜在，开卷有益乐满怀；
老人一翻心态好，少儿奇思妙想开。
天南地北见识广，说东道西显诗才；
一卷在手身心乐，恬然启航下学海。
There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable Man with a nose.
有个老头儿鼻子长，
他说：“要是你们都这样想，
认为我的鼻子长，那可实在太荒唐！”
好个大名鼎鼎的长鼻王。
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his Wife up in a box:
When she said, "Let me out," he exclaimed, "Without doubt
You will pass all your life in that box."
礁石上一老头儿将老婆，
关进了箱子又上了锁；
她叫：“让我出去。”他却说：“别急，
你就在箱中把一生过。”
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the Cat, and said, "Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"
有个姑娘住在士麦那[1]，
奶奶扬言要烧死她；
她抓起一只猫：“奶奶，你有种烧，
士麦那女人说话得算话！”
There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.
兰斯[2]有一个老头，
恶梦缠住他一宿；
为了让他不睡着，人们喂他吃蛋糕，
可逗乐了兰斯的老头。
There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down in his Grandmother's gown,