纽约堂叔
堂叔按:我们老中先是哭着喊着要留在美国,山姆大叔心一软就把大伙儿收留了。回过头来,立刻发现美国不但没有为新来的人铺红地毯,居然连鲜花和掌声也不给一点,失望之余,就此种下了美国对咱黄皮肤的老中搞“种族歧视”的情结。另一方面,我们老中总是下意识地排斥美国文化,就像本文的题头所说,美国就是美金好。做了美国人,心里还老是惦记着天朝: 北京烤鸭小笼包,飞来飞去两头跑。堂叔以为,想要让人家不歧视,就要一点一滴地融入美国社会,学习和接受美国文化。
今天,我想试试带着大家一起来学唱英文歌。为此我选了几首流行的英文歌曲,其特点是:流行度广,旋律和歌词都极优美,易懂易学易唱易记,没有声部的问题;和中国的红歌不一样,完全没有高八度英雄般的光明结尾。不懂英文,从未学过歌唱的老头老太都可以很快朗朗上口。
《what a wonderfull world》是一首jazz风格的老歌,他的原唱是号称 king of
jazz 的Louis Armstrong。下面是它的歌词:
《What A Wonderful World》
I see trees
of green,
red roses too.
I see them bloom,
for me and you.
And I
think to myself,
what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you".
I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more,
Than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
视屏:堂叔唱《What a wonderful world》。希望大家喜欢。