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LearningEnglishthroughEnglishsongs听歌学英语-byEffieTangUnit1YesterdayOnceMoreTimewaitsfornoone.Treasureeverymomentyouhave!Yesterdayishistory.Tomorrowismystery.Todayisagift.Thatiswhyit’scalledthePRESENT!【赏析】这首歌传唱于全球,广受欢迎,在大学校园里更为风靡,几乎成为大学生们英文歌曲演唱比赛的必选曲目。当您外出散步、购物、娱乐时,会常常听到附近从收音机或录音机里飘出这首熟悉的歌声或据此而改编成的轻音乐,可见其流传广。如果有一天您静下心来,伴着这熟悉的旋律,沉浸在对昔日的无限怀念之中,那过去的美好岁月、恩恩怨怨及沧桑变化都会令您无语凝噎、潸泪下,您就会体会到另一种心境,这恰恰正是语言的力量所达不到的。AbouttheCarpenters卡伦·卡彭特(KarenCarpenter,1950-1983)出生于美国的康涅狄克州,在世界歌坛上享有崇高的声誉。她的嗓声优美自然,略带伤感,擅长演唱经典怀旧歌曲,卡彭特也是我国青年最喜爱的外国歌星之一。TheCarpenters(卡朋特兄妹)是由美国人Richard和KarenCarpenter兄妹在60年代成立的,乐团一共推出了20余张专辑,几乎每张专辑的推出都登上美国billboard排行榜首位,期间乐团获得多项葛莱美大奖.至今仍有很多歌手翻唱Carpenter的歌曲,他们最有名的作品大概就是这首YesterdayOnceMore.上帝总是嫉妒赋有才华的人。1983年,Karen因为减肥而患神经性厌食症节食过度引发心脏衰竭离开人世,成为人们深深的遗憾.这一点既是传奇,又是那些批评“卡朋特”的人乐于提起的事。卡伦其实并不胖,她更多是不愿意承认年华老去,当眼角出现皱纹时,她竟然用减肥去消除它,这也不知是属于爱美女性,还是属于超级明星的虚荣心在作祟。在Karen的墓碑上刻着这样简单的文字:astaronearth,astarinheaven.Richard花了许多时间听他爸爸收集的调子美妙的音乐、乐团以及古典音乐。他对音乐产生狂热的爱好自八岁时开始对钢琴产生兴趣就有了.到了十五岁就已经是一位天才钢琴家,什么曲子到了他手上,他都能轻松的演奏出来.当全家搬到洛杉矶后,在美国南加州大学学习音乐。Richard和妹妺Karen和负责贝斯和低音喇叭的WesJacobs,三人组成了“TheRichardCarpenterTrio”。Karen可以同时打鼓和唱歌.他们常在婚礼或舞会上演奏。在他们赢得在1966HollywoodBowl的TheBattleoftheBands“比赛的名声后,他们就录了一些DEMO带并开始走访唱片公司,他们在A&M公司签下了他们的第一张合约,以及第一张唱片:Offering,这张唱片之后被更名为“TicketToRide”,并登上Top100。虽然Richard退居幕后但对于整个乐团的成功功不可没。他写出了不少动听的歌曲,例如YesterdayOnceMore和TopOfTheWorld.成名之后,他整理了一些没被公司发行的歌曲来组成了一张专辑,这些歌曲全进了TOP40.例如We‘veonlyjustbegun、RainydaysandMondays等等.他的直觉带来了令人吃惊的20首TOP40曲子(其中更有12首进入TOP10),像是SuperStar、RainydaysandMondays、We’veonlyjustbegun、Topoftheworld和YesterdayOnceMore.Richard知道要如何巧妙的将乐器和歌声结合在一起。因为这样,他四度被提名为葛莱美奖“最佳制作人。TheCarpenters的作品曾被大学拿来作为教材,1997年Richard曾受邀到史丹福大学演讲。这对兄妹组合无疑是七十年代最成功的流行音乐组合之一,他们在八十年代初结束演艺生涯前创作了无数好歌。虽然最先显现音乐天才的是哥哥Richard,可是妹妹Karen那近乎完美和极富感情的嗓音却更深地印刻在我们的心里。卡朋特最初的道路并不顺畅,他们和好友WebsJacobs的第一盒样带以失败告终,但这并未在他们日后的演艺生涯中带来丝毫阴影。1968年,兄妹俩的首张专辑《offering》得到注意,于是和当时许多成名歌手一样,他们开始走上流行摇滚之路。Pre-listening1.Whenyouseethewordyesterday,whichofthefollowingwillfirstjumpintoyourmind?Giveyourchoices.Myoldfriends.Mytoys.Myschoolyesrs.Someoldsongs.ThemistakesthatImade.ThemostsuccesfuljokeImade.TheshiningmomentwhenIachievedsuccess.2.Whatdoesyesterdayoncemoremean?Somethingthathappenstodayfeelslikesomepastexperience.Somethingthathappenedyesterdaynowhappensagain.Somethinginthepastcomesintomymind.3.Whendoyouhavethefeelingofyesterdayoncemore?listentothemusicwatchatouchingfilmlistentothefallingofrainbythewindowquarrelwithmyfriendsorfamilymemberslieonmybackonthegrasslandreadaninterestingstoryaboutone'schildhoodlookovermyoldphotosgobacktomyschoolsonceIhaveattendedlookatthepresentsothersgavemeinthepast......While-listening1.Thesongwillbeplayedforthefirsttime.Enjoyitandthinkaboutwhichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribethestyleofthesong.rock&rollboringexcitingjazzynostalgicrelaxingcheerfulverysad2.Listentothefirstpartofthesongandcompletethelyrics.•Fillintheblanks:WhenIwasyoung,_____listentotheradio,Waitingformy__________songs.Whenthey_______I'dsingalong,Itmademesmile.Thoseweresuch________times,Andnotsolongago.HowI___________wherethey'dgone.Butthey're_______again,Justlikealong_______friend.AllthesongsIlovesowell.I'dfavoriteplayedhappywonderedbacklost3.Listentothesecondpartofthesongoncemore.Thereareseveralwrongwordsinthispart.Listencarefullyandcorrectthem.LookingbackonhowitwasInyearscomeby,AndthebadtimesthatIhadMakestodayseemrathermad.Somuchhaschanged.ItwassongsoflovethatIwouldsingtothen.AndI'dmemorizeeachword.ThosegoldmelodiesStillsoundsosadtome,Astheymelttheyearsaway.*Everysha-la-la-la,everywo-wostillshines.Everyshing-a-ling-a-ling,thattheyrestartingtosing,sofine.*Allmyworstmemoriescomebackclearlytome;somecanevenmakemesmile.Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.YesterdayOnceMoreWhenIwasyoung,I'dlistentotheradio,Waitingformyfavoritesongs.WhentheyplayedI'dsingalong,Itmademesmile.Thoseweresuchhappytimes,Andnotsolongago.HowIwonderedwherethey'dgone.Butthey'rebackagain,Justlikealonglostfriend.AllthesongsIlovesowell.4.LyricsAnalysisEverysha-la-la-laEverywo-wostillshines,Everyshinga-linga-ling,Thatthey'restartingtosingsofine.WhentheygettothepartWherehe'sbreakingherheart,Itcanreallymakemecry,Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.LookingbackonhowitwasInyearsgoneby,AndthegoodtimethatIhadMakestodayseemrathersad.Somuchhaschanged.ItwassongsofloveThatIwouldsingtothem,AndI'dmemorizeeachword.ThoseoldmelodiesStillsoundsogoodtome,Astheymelttheyearsaway.Everysha-la-la-laEverywo-wostillshines,Everyshinga-linga-ling,Thatthey'restartingtosingsofine.AllmybestmemoriesComebackclearlytome.Somecanevenmakemecry,Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.…1.WhentheyplayedI'dsingalong:=WhattheysangIwouldsingalong.在这里,played的意思是sang;singalong:跟唱。2.Thoseweresuchhappytimes,andnotsolongago=Thoseweresuchhappytimesofnotsolongago.Those指“随收音机唱”的快乐时光。3.wonder:wanttoknow.注意不要与wander弄混。wander是“徘徊”、“随便走”,而wonder是“不知道”、“想知道”。例如:Iwonderwhyhewentthere.我不明白他为什么去了那儿。Iwanderedlonelyasacloud.我独自漫游,像一朵孤云。4.AllthesongsIlovesowell:=Iloveallthesongssowell.我如此钟爱(深爱)所有这些歌曲sowell:如此深,如此好例如:HespeaksEnglishsowell!他的英语说得这么好!5.whentheygettothepart:当
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