A Childhood Song
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小編： 203A Childhood Song
Describe a song that you remember from your childhood.
You should say:
when and where you learned it
how you learned this song
what the song is about
and explain how you felt when you used to sing this song.
要描述好這個話題卡，考生需要注意以下幾個點：
1. 歌曲的名字不需要太過執(zhí)著。如果你真的聽過，可以描述一個真實的外文兒歌，比如《音樂之聲》里的《DO-RE-MI》，必然能和考官產(chǎn)生共鳴。如果你沒有聽過，隨便編一個名字就可以了，因為名字并不是考官考察的點。這里我建議大家隨意編個名字，畢竟描述考官知道的那些膾炙人口的兒歌，局限性太大，不利于我們自由發(fā)揮想象力。
2. 歌曲的內(nèi)容可以是任何關(guān)于題材的，冒險、風(fēng)景、游戲、家庭。大家可以自由發(fā)揮。
3. 要給考官重點描述一下這首歌當(dāng)時或現(xiàn)在給你帶來什么感覺。這里有很多可說的，比如： 使我高興cheered me up，使我振作lift me up，重現(xiàn)童年美好時光brings back the good times，甚至至今都使我激動不已still thrills me today.
素材庫 when and where you learned it?
1. The song that brings back memories for me is 《……》 from smash mouth.
2. When i was about 4 up to 8 maybe, when i was over my grandmothers house, every morning we would take my grandmother to dialysis, and on our way back home, the song《……》would come on every time.
3. 《……》comes to mind. It used to be played often, during a special, favorite time of my life.
4. 《……》by Eric Clapton my mom used play it while she tucked me in bed.
5. 《……》！Heard it playing in Disney Land in our hotel lobby when I was like 5 or 6. Every time I hear it now it just reminds me of happy times.
6. Too many to count! 《……》 《……》 《……》... But the best one I would say: 《……》
7. My parents were always arguing. I remember sitting up in my room a few times listening to this song and crying....
素材庫 what the song is about ?
1. "Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the notes of the major musical scale to the children who learn to sing for the first time.
2. The song is about the meeting of spirits. It's a very intimate lyric, very, very intimate.
3. It is a more hopeful song. The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.
4. The song is talking about a boy getting out to another country and hoping something better is waiting for him there.
5. It's one of xxx's earlier songs and it's not a harder song at all. It may or may not fit your personal taste, but give it a listen and see.
6. The sounds in this song are made by animals. I enjoyed this song in Kindergarten. I would really get into the sounds that animals made.
素材庫 how you felt when you used to sing this song?
1. When I was feeling a little blue, or a little confused, or just downright sad, this song could lift me up.
2. The song cheered me up and made me happy every time I sang it.
3. That song is really cheerful and always put me in good mood. I use to get my dance on off that song.
4. I used to love that song, and everytime I hear it, it brings back the good times!
5. 《……》 makes me cry, i've just introduced it to my 9 yr old daughter and she loves it too. It means a lot
more to me now as an adult.
6. The song still thrills me today. I recorded it on this computer, acapella.
7. I remember hearing "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. It's a precious song and I remember after hearing I
would always sing it to my mom. For some reason it always made me get the warm fuzzies and I felt really special.
8. 《……》played by xxx. He had a very warm, friendly voice, and made being in love sound wonderful, and
inevitable, and every time the song was played, which could not be often enough for me, the world fell away and I experienced, at age 9, what it must be to be loved.
Part3:
What's your favourite kind of music? （音樂的種類，記得推陳出新，跳出慣有思維模式。課上講過，不贅述）
How do you feel when you listen to this music? （其實就是談?wù)撊藗兟犚魳返囊嫣?，課上也講過：如調(diào)節(jié)心情……）
Is music an important subject at school in China? （音樂的對孩子們有多重要？課上講過，不贅述）
What are some differences between the music you listened to as a child and the music you listen to now? （比較你現(xiàn)在聽的音樂和小時候聽的音樂。我們現(xiàn)在聽各種類型的，有深度的with depth，和有內(nèi)涵的connotational，小時候我們聽兒歌，旋律好就可以了melody。）
How does music affect (or influence) people? （音樂的對人們的影響？課上講過，不贅述，參見虛無縹緲問題的回答技巧。）
Compare the music that young people like and the music that old(er) people like. （課上沒講，講義上有，老年人喜歡慢節(jié)奏的slow-paced，以及比較柔和的，年輕人喜歡fast-paced。如：……）
Does western music have any influence on Chinese music? （創(chuàng)作形式，伴奏樂器、演唱方法……）
