例如,我们熟悉的歌曲《玛丽有一只羔羊》就可以达到上述的“重复性”。让我们来看看:Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. (玛丽有一只小羊羔,小羊羔,小羊羔。)Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. (玛丽有一只小羊羔,它白皙的头发。)……And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went. (不管玛丽去哪儿,去哪儿,去哪儿。)
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. (羔羊总是跟着他,总是跟着她。)不难看出,这首儿歌有很多重复的词,比如:“lamb”、“Mary等一下,歌词也比较压韵,特别适合用来做英语启蒙。