영어 쉬어가기_Tongue twister
한국의 간장공장공장장이 있다면, 영어에는 Tongue twister 라는 글이 있습니다. 큰 맥락상으로는 말은 안되지만 혀를 푸는 용도로 연습하는 것은 한국의 간장공장공장장과 동일한 것 같습니다. 정말 저도 연습을 해보았지만, 중간중간 혀도 꼬이고, 발음도 헷갈려서 많이 연습을 해봐야 겠습니다.
(1)
She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.
For if she sells sea-shells by the sea-shore
Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.
(2)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
(3)
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better
(4)
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck
if a woodchuck would chuck wood.
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