我在跟国内的妈妈们交流如何选择英文儿童歌曲的时候，发现妈妈们收听的一些英文歌曲常常发音不太标准。也许某些歌曲演唱者的母语并不是英语的缘故，所以发音不够地道。比如许多版本的英文字母歌，跟美式的英文字母歌就有不少差异，有一些发音很不一样。
所以我想到可以录一些美国本土的英文歌曲视音频给国内的妈妈和宝宝观看收听，使得妈妈和宝宝在国内也能听到地道的美式发音英文儿歌。
优秀的儿歌一般都是根据孩子的心理特点来设计的。比如幼儿都对拟声词特别感兴趣，所以有拟声词的儿歌一定是宝宝们的最爱。我儿子在两岁的时候就特别喜欢一首经典的英文儿歌，叫《Wheels on the Bus》。这首歌的拟声词特别多，重复率很高，版本也很多，只要你脑洞大开，就可以没完没了的唱下去。
在计划编辑这篇文字时，我收听了一些国内的儿歌软件和微信公众号上的《Wheels on the Bus》版本，感觉跟美国当地的风格不一样，因此从Youtube上对比了好几个版本以后，找了一个歌词最多最全，视频最好最有趣的版本录制给国内的妈妈和宝宝们观赏。这个视频根据Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring（夏，秋，冬，春）来分成四个部分，场景很有趣，在视频里宝宝可以学到不少简单的英文单词，也能从视频中感受美国本土生活。
Wheels on the Bus
Let’s go on a ride, and see the four season: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.
The door on the bus goes open and shut,
open and shut, open and shut.
The door on the bus goes open and shut,
all through the town.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish,
swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.
Now the season is changing from summer to Fall
The signals on the bus go blink, blink, blink,
blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.
The signals on the bus go blink, blink, blink,
all through the town.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep,
beep, beep beep, beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep.
all through the town.
The motor on the bus goes vroom, vroom, vroom,
vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
The motor on the bus goes vroom, vroom, vroom,
all through the town.
Now the season is changing from fall to Winter
The money on the bus goes cink, clink, clink,
clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.
The money on the bus goes clink, clink, clink,
all through the town.
The driver on the bus says “Move on back,
move on back, move on back.”
The driver on the bus says “Move on back.”
All through the town.
The bell on the bus goes ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
The bell on the bus goes ding, ding, ding,
all through the town.
Now the season is changing from winter to Spring
The people on the bus go up and down,
up and down, up and down.
The people on the bus go up and down,
all through the town.
The baby on the bus goes wah, wah, wah,
wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.
The baby on the bus goes wah, wah, wah,
all through the town.
The mummy on the bus goes shh, shh, shh,
shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
The mummy on the bus go shh, shh, shh,
all through the town.
The daddy on the bus says, "I love you,
I love you, I love you"
The daddy on the bus says, "I love you."
All through the town.
作者：80后宝妈Apple Liu（美国Seattle）
发展与教育心理学硕士
中国国家二级心理咨询师
曾在国内高校从事多年心理教育工作
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