yesterday_once_more 歌曲赏析

1、learning english through english songs,听歌学英语 -by effie tang,unit 1yesterday once more,time waits for no one. treasure every moment you have! yesterday is history. tomorrow is mystery. today is a gift. that is why its called the present!,【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

2、、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。,about the carpenters,卡伦卡彭特（karen carpenter，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r

3、ichard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.,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

4、karen的墓碑上刻着这样简单的文字： a star on earth，a star in heaven.,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wes jacobs，三人组成了 “the richard carpenter trio”。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 1966 hollywo

5、od bowl的the battle of the bands“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 some can even make me smile. just like before, its yesterday once more.,yesterday once more when i was young, id listen to the radio, waiting for my favorite songs. when they played id sing along, it made me smile. those were such hap

6、py times, and not so long ago. how i wondered where theyd gone. but theyre back again, just like a long lost friend. all the songs i love so well.,4. lyrics analysis,every sha-la-la-la every wo-wo still shines, every shinga-linga-ling, that theyre starting to sing so fine. when they get to the part

7、where hes breaking her heart, it can really make me cry, just like before, its yesterday once more.,looking back on how it was in years gone by, and the good time that i had makes today seem rather sad. so much has changed. it was songs of love that i would sing to them, and id memorize each word. t

8、hose old melodies still sound so good to me, as they melt the years away.,every sha-la-la-la every wo-wo still shines, every shinga-linga-ling, that theyre starting to sing so fine. all my best memories come back clearly to me. some can even make me cry, just like before, its yesterday once more. ,1

9、when they played id sing along: =what they sang i would sing along. 在这里，played的意思是sang； sing along:跟唱。,2those were such happy times, and not so long ago =those were such happy times of not so long ago. those指“随收音机唱”的快乐时光。,3wonder: want to know. 注意不要与wander弄混。 wander是“徘徊”、“随便走”， 而wonder是“不知道”、“想知道”。

10、例如：i wonder why he went there. 我不明白他为什么去了那儿。 i wandered lonely as a cloud. 我独自漫游，像一朵孤云。,4all the songs i love so well : =i love all the songs so well. 我如此钟爱（深爱）所有这些歌曲 so well:如此深，如此好 例如：he speaks english so well! 他的英语说得这么好！,5when they get to the part: 当他们唱到那一部分。 get to是“唱到”的意思。,6breaking her heart:使

11、她伤心 break ones heart: 令伤心断肠 例如：the news broke her heart. 那条消息使她肝肠寸断。,7make me cry:使我哭 make sb. do sth. 令某人做某事 例如：the story made us laugh. 那个故事使我们大笑。 he made her sing a japanese song. 他逼她唱一支日本歌曲。,8just like before:就像从前一样。 like是个介词，意为“像一样”。 例如：my love is like a red, red rose. 我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰。,9look back

12、on:回顾。 例如：when i look back on my years there, i think i was lucky to be one member of that place. 当我回顾在那儿度过的岁月时，我认为，能成为那个地方的一员，我还是很幸运的。,10rather sad:颇为伤感 rather表示“颇”“很” 例如：the weather is rather cold. 天气很冷。,11sound so good: 听起来动听。 sound是个系动词， 后接形容词，构成系表结构。 例如：your story sounds untrue. 你的故事听起来不真实。,12c

13、ome back clearly to me. 又清清楚楚地回到我身旁。,5. listen to the song again. choose from the following statements that can best describe the song. a. the song is about an old story that happened yesterday. b. the song is the one that the singer usually sang when she was still a little girl. c. the song is abou

14、t the worriers that the singer has about the future. d. the song is about the singers yearning for the past. e. the song shows the singers fear and hatred of the present life. f. the song tells us a love story about the singer.,6. listen to the song again. choose from follow the teacher and read the

15、se sentences aloud. pay attention to the pronunciation skills such as liaison and incomplete plosion.,when i was young id listen to the radio waiting for my favorite songs. when they play id sing along. but they are back again just like a long-lost friend. looking back on how it was in years gone by

16、 and the good time that i had makes today seem rather sad. it was songs of love that i would sing to them and id memorize each word. some can even make me cry. those old melodies still sound so good to me.,7. sing the song with the tape. while singing, try to imitate the singers pronunciation and me

17、morize the words.,after-listening 1. some songs are very old, but people still love them, because they can make us think of something in the past. share your favourite old songs with each other. you may talk about: the name of the song the time and the place when first listened to it feeling of hearing the song for the first time the reasons of loving the song