129 oTHE RAINBOW PASSAGE

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129  oTHE RAINBOW PASSAGE

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THE RAINBOW PASSAGE When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end People look, but no one ever finds it When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation To the Hebrews it was a token that there would be no more universal floods The Greeks used to imagine that it was a sign from the gods to foretell war or heavy rain The Norsemen considered the rainbow as a bridge over which the gods passed from earth to their home in the sky Others have tried to explain the phenomenon physically Aristotle thought that the rainbow was caused by reflection of the sun's rays by the rain Since then physicists have found that it is not reflection, but refraction by the raindrops which causes the rainbows Many complicated ideas about the rainbow have been formed The difference in the rainbow depends considerably upon the size of the drops, and the width of the colored band increases as the size of the drops increases The actual primary rainbow observed is said to be the effect of super-imposition of a number of bows If the red of the second bow falls upon the green of the first, the result is to give a bow with an abnormally wide yellow band, since red and green light, when mixed, form yellow This is a very common type of bow, one showing mainly red and yellow, with little or no green or blue The Rainbow Passage, a public domain text, can be found on page 127 of the 2nd edition of Grant Fairbanks' Voice and Articulation Drillbook New York: Harper & Row ðə reɪnbəʊ pæsɪdʒ | wen ðə sʌnlaɪt straɪks reɪndrɒps ɪn ði eə | ðeɪ ækt əz ə prɪzəm ən(d) fɔːm ə reɪnbəʊ | ðə reɪnbə(ʊ) ɪz ə dɪvɪʒ əv waɪt laɪt ɪntə me i bjuːtə ʌləz | ðiːz teɪk ðə ʃeɪp | əv ə lɒŋ raʊnd ɑːtʃ | wɪð ɪts pɑːθ haɪ əbʌv | ənd ɪts tuː e (d)z əpærəntli bɪjɒn(d) ðə həraɪz | ðər ɪz | əkɔːdɪŋ tə ledʒənd | ə bɔɪlɪŋ pɒt əv əʊ d ət wʌ e d | piːp ʊk | bət nəʊ wʌn evə faɪn(d)z ɪt | wen ə mæn lʊks fə sʌmθɪŋ bɪjɒnd ɪz riːtʃ | hɪz fren(d)z seɪ hi ɪz lʊkɪŋ ə ðə pɒt əv əʊ d ət ði e d əv ðə reɪ bəʊ | θruːaʊt ðə sentʃərɪz piːp əv ɪkspleɪnd ðə reɪnbə(ʊ) ɪn veəriəs weɪz | sʌm həv əkseptɪd ɪt əz ə mɪrə wɪðaʊt fɪzɪ e sp əneɪʃ | tə ðə iːbruːz ɪt wəz ə təʊkən ðət ðə wʊd bi nəʊ mɔː juː ɪvɜːs flʌdz | ðə riː s juːs tu ɪmædʒɪ ðət ɪt wəz ə saɪn frəm ðə ɒdz tə ɔːte wɔːr ɔː evi reɪ | ðə nɔːsme ənsɪdəd ðə reɪnbə(ʊ) əz ə brɪdʒ əʊvə wɪtʃ ðə ɒdz pɑːst rəm ɜːθ tə ðeə həʊm ɪn ðə skaɪ | ʌðəz həv traɪd tu ɪkspleɪn ðə fɪnɒmɪnən fɪzɪ i | ærəstɒtəl θɔːt ðət ðə reɪnbəʊ wəz kɔːzd baɪ rɪflekʃ əv ðə sʌnz reɪz baɪ ðə reɪn | sɪns ðen fɪzɪsɪsts həv faʊn(d) ðət ɪt ɪz nɒt rɪflekʃ | bət rɪfrækʃ baɪ ðə reɪndrɒps | wɪtʃ kɔːzɪz ðə reɪnbəʊz | meni kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd aɪdɪəz əbaʊt ðə reɪnbəʊ həv biː ɔːmd | ðə dɪfrəns ɪn ðə reɪnbəʊ dɪpen(d)z kənsɪdərəbli əpɒn ðə saɪz əv ðə drɒps ən(d) ðə wɪtθ əv ðə kʌləd bænd ɪ riːsɪz əz ðə saɪz əv ðə drɒps ɪ riːsɪz | ði æktʃuəl praɪməri reɪnbə(ʊ) əbzɜːvd ɪz sed tə bi ði ɪfekt əv suːpərɪmpəʊz əv ə nʌmbər əv bəʊz | ɪf ðə red əv ðə sekən(d) bəʊ fɔː z əpɒn ðə riː əv ðə ɜːst | ðə rɪzʌlt ɪz tə ɪv ə bəʊ wɪð ə æb ɔːm i waɪd je əʊ bæ d | sɪ s red ənd riː aɪt | we mɪ st fɔːm jeləʊ | ðɪs ɪz ə veri kɒmən taɪp əv bəʊ | wʌn ʃə(ʊ)ɪŋ meɪnli red ənd jeləʊ | wɪð lɪt ɔː əʊ riː ɔː b uː | Compiled Juan C David ðə reɪnbəʊ pæsɪdʒ | ə pʌblɪk dəʊmeɪn tekst | kən bi faʊnd ɒn peɪdʒ wʌn hʌndrəd ə drɪlbʊ | | h pə ə aʊ | əv ðə sekənd ɪdɪʃ əv ə ɪ ə ɪ ɪʃ

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