再過幾天就要跨入2012年了,在此先祝大家:
Happy New Year!
最近跟六年級小朋友介紹瑞典(Sweden)這個國家時,提到他們的國寶級合唱團 ABBA ,不過實在年代太過久遠,大多數人都沒有聽過他們,只有少數大概爸媽有聽老歌或看過 Mama Mia 這部電影的,才對他們有點印象。
ABBA 有一首1980 年出品,名叫 Happy New Year的經典歌曲,不但好聽,歌詞的意涵也發人省思。
下面這個版本,將這首歌曲搭配了過去幾年世界各地歡慶新年的照片,值得一看喔!
Happy New Year - ABBA
No more champagne 香檳已喝完
And the fireworks are through 煙火已放盡
Here we are, me and you 在這裡,我和你
Feeling lost and feeling blue 失落又憂傷
It's the end of the party 派對已結束
And the morning seems so grey 清晨看來如此灰暗
So unlike yesterday 完全不似昨夜
Now's the time for us to say 現在是時候,我們該說
(Refrain 副歌)
Happy new year 新年快樂
Happy new year 新年快樂
May we all have a vision now and then
願我們能時時懷抱願景
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
期待一個大家都能友愛相處的世界
Happy new year 新年快樂
Happy new year 新年快樂
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
願我們都有夢想及意願去努力
If we don't, we might as well lay down and die
否則我們生不如死
You and I 你我皆然
Sometimes I see how the brave new world arrives
有時我看著高科技的美麗新世界來臨
And I see how it thrives in the ashes of our lives
也看到它在將我們的生命燒成灰盡之後壯大興盛
Oh yes, man is a fool 是的,人類真愚昧
And he thinks he'll be ok dragging on, feet of clay
以為可以拖著致命弱點繼續走下去
Never knowing he's astray 渾然不知自己早已走上歧途
Keeps on going anyway 還是不顧一切繼續前行
(Refrain 副歌)
Seems to me now
That the dreams we had before are all dead
我現在感覺好像舊日的夢想都已消逝
Nothing more than confetti on the floor
如同散落在地上的五彩紙片
It's the end of a decade
一個十年結束
In another ten years time
再過另一個十年
Who can say what we'll find
誰能斷言我們將看到什麼
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine?
誰能知道在1989年將結束時,等待我們的又會是什麼?
(這首歌是1979年底要迎接1980年時做的,
所以它說十年後,誰知道1989年底等待人類的會是什麼?)
(Refrain 副歌)
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下面是這學期介紹的另一個國家英國(UK)2011年在倫敦(London)跨年煙火秀的精彩畫面。影片中出現了兩個倫敦最主要的地標:大笨鐘(Big Ben)及倫敦眼(London Eye)。
Enjoy the firework show!
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現在是2021年 聽這首歌還是一樣好聽 而且歌詞很有意義
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