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安迪英语歌曲
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ABBA
Chiquitita

 

 

 


Andy:Mimi, you look so sad those days.
Mimi: I feel unhappy cos of so many disasters happened in China this year, besides my boyfriend and I broke up.
Bobo: 我们要学会坚强,那才是幸福的方向。
Andy: To be tough, live like a soldier.
Mimi: 我知道这是你的人生格言,可是我却不行,我努力克服消极的态度,可是实行起来很困难。
Bobo:I think as a lady like you, it's natural to be weak, but I would like to recommend a sitcom called ' Lady, don't cry'.
Mimi: What's that in Chinese?
Bobo: It's called '女人不哭”,the story is about how a strong woman not only manage her hotel but manage her life as well, 好像是田海蓉主演的,五星级推荐给你。
Mimi:I will download later, 都说波波推荐,必属精品。
Andy: I also want to introduce a song for you, Mimi, after learning that song, I hope you could be stronger, and carry on.
Mimi: Is it beautiful?
Andy: Yes, very beautiful indeed. I myself especially love its melody, and this is a famous song from that Swedish band ABBA, a top pop and dance group.
Bobo: I remember the band leaves lots of great songs after their 10 years career and won lots of awards.
Mimi: 费翔的“冬天里的一把火”是不是也来自这个乐队?
Andy: Yes. It covered from one of their great songs ' Gimme, gimme, gimme'
Bobo: Chinese lyrics is quite different from original one. 
Andy: You bet. In fact, many artists have developed their songs, and the band ranked top during late 1970s, I used to have 3 CDs of their songs, but the worst thing is I lent to Bobo, and they never come back again.
Bobo: Come on, 安迪爷爷,我还以为是你送给我的生日礼物呢。
Mimi: I want to learn that song, wish I could feel better and happier. By the way, you guys didn't tell me the name of the song.
Andy: It's called Chiquitita. 记忆中香港歌星叶倩文也演绎过这个歌曲。此歌也献给所有四川地震的灾区受害学生,希望你们现在开始擦去所有眼泪,走出阴影,重拾信心,

重建家园,努力学习,报效祖国。


●课文
英文歌名:Chiquitita
中文歌名:奇琪堤塔
演唱:ABBA (阿巴乐队)

1.
Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong
You're enchained by your own sorrow
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow
How I hate to see you like this
There is no way you can deny it
I can see that you're so sad, so quiet
奇琪堤塔,告诉我你怎么了
为什么忧郁把你缠住
在你眼中看不到明日的希望
我真不想看到你这个样子
你应该承认
我看到你满怀忧郁,一声不吭
* what's wrong: what's matter, 怎么了?
* be enchained by: 被束缚。enchain:en加chain(链条)组成。
* sorrow: grieving, 悲伤。是一个名词。
* hate to see: 不喜欢看到。有时候hate不一定是憎恨。比如: I hate to say good bye to you. (我不想和你说再见。)
* you can deny it: 作定语修饰way。美国人讲话喜欢用way, 比如: I like the way you smile. (我喜欢你微笑的样子。)
Andy: 波波,你会用了不?
Bobo: I don't like way Andy teaches.
Andy: 学得挺快。
* quiet:  calm, peaceful, 安静的。学生拼写的时候经常和quite搞错。这两个词除了字母有点变化,发音,词性和意思都不一样。

 

2.
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
I'm a shoulder you can cry on
Your best friend, I'm the one you must rely on
You were always sure of yourself
Now I see you've broken a feather
I hope we can patch it up together
奇琪堤塔,告诉我真相
你可以靠在我的肩上哭泣
我是你必须信赖的最好朋友
你总是充满自信
现在,你折损了羽翼
但愿我俩再把它们修复一起
* cry on:这里on用得非常好。想象靠着一个人肩膀哭泣。
Mimi:安迪,你让我靠在你的shoulder哭一会。
Andy:亲爱的Mimi,安迪肩膀也很脆脆的。
* rely on: 依靠
* be sure of oneself: 自信。
* have broken: 现在完成时态。break, broke, broken, 每天像唱rap一样唱不规则动词。
* feather: 羽毛。在举重运动中是轻量级,也叫羽量级。
Mimi:那我属于什么级别?
Andy:你属于鸡毛级。
Bobo: 那么安迪老师,feather brain什么意思啊?
Andy:特指看过安迪英语马上忘记的学生。
* patch up: 修补。我们通常把缀在牛仔裤或其他衣服上的一小片东西叫patch。
Andy:How do you like patches on my blue jeans, mimi?
Mimi: Andy, you just look like a beggar.

 


副歌
Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go
And the scars they're leavin'
You'll be dancin' once again
and the pain will end
You will have no time for grievin'
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
奇琪堤塔,你我都明白
心痛来了又会去
留下疤痕在心里
你会再次起舞
痛苦终将消逝
你将没有时间悲哀
奇琪堤塔,我俩虽然哭泣
但太阳依然在天上照耀
让我再次听你歌唱,犹如从前
唱支新歌吧!奇琪堤塔
再唱支新歌吧,犹如从前
唱支新歌吧!奇琪堤塔
* heartache: 心痛。-ache: 表示疼痛, 如:toothache, stomachache.
* scar: 伤疤。
* pain: 痛苦,无论精神活着肉体痛苦,我们都可以用pain这个词。
* grieve: 悲痛, 伤心, 忧伤。 用得比较多的还有 grieve for: grieve over, 哀悼。
* end: 这里做动词,意思“结束”。
* shine above: 在上面照耀


3.
So the walls came tumblin' down
And your love's a blown out candle
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
There is no way you can deny it
I see that you're so sad, so quiet
墙壁轰然倒下
你的爱情是支熄灭的蜡烛
一切都已结束,似乎很难挽回
奇琪堤塔,告诉我实话
你应该承认
我看到你满怀忧郁,一声不吭
* tumble down:倒下,即将倒下
* blow out: 熄灭
* too hard to handle: 太难了,不能对付


●作业(全对同学可以度暑假了)
1. ABBA is an Eurovision winning pop/dance group active between 1972 and 1982.
2. The name 'ABBA' is an acronym formed from the first letters of each of the group member's given name (Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid).
3. On January 9, 1979, the group performed Chiquitita at the Music for UNICEF Concert held at the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate UNICEF's Year

of the Child. ABBA donated the copyright of this worldwide hit to the UNICEF. The single was released the following week, and reached #1 in ten countries.
4. In March 1980, ABBA traveled to Japan where upon their arrival at Narita International Airport, they were besieged by thousands of fans.
5. Both female members of ABBA pursued solo careers on the international scene following the break-up of the band.

 

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安迪和你交谈

0015

密室逃离

 

点这里开始你的逃命生涯

 

MOTAS is an online graphic adventure game in which the adventurer has to solve riddles and puzzles, find and use objects, escape from locked rooms, find hidden passages and be a detective and examine everything to unlock the doors of the mystery of time and space.

When you are escaping all rooms, meanwhile you might learn some English,  please write down your experiences in this game and share with us.

深切哀悼所有在汶川地震中离开我们的同胞

MOURN FOR ALL VICTIMS IN WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE

 

 

 

 

Tears In Heaven
Eric Clapton


Would you know my name 如果我们在天堂相见
if I saw you in heaven? 你是否还会把我忆起?
Would you feel the same 如果我们在天堂相见
if I saw you in heaven? 你是否会有同样的感觉
I must be strong and carry on 我必须要坚强,生活下去
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven...因为我知道,我还不属于天堂


Would you hold my hand 如果我们在天堂相见
if I saw you in heaven? 你会不会紧握我的手?
Would you help me stand 如果我们在天堂相见
if I saw you in heaven? 你会不会让我坚强不哭
I'll find my way through night and day 我日日夜夜继续我生命的进程
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven... 因为我知道,我还不能在天堂


Time can bring you down, 时间摧毁一切
time can bend your knees,时间让你屈服
Time can break your heart, 时间揉碎你的心
have you begging please...begging please 让我们祈祷,请你祈祷


Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure 相信天堂的大门有安宁
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven... 我知道,天堂里不会再有眼泪

安迪高级英语
0012
盖茨哈佛演讲


 

 

   波波和米米,早上好!以后我叫你俩波希米亚得了。记得我少时,读到一篇日本教材,教材讲什么我忘记了,但是里面有一句话我至今记得:要做就做日本第一。你看日本就是这样训练孩子的。大家都在想着争第一,这个民族就会在各个方面鹤立鸡群。我们中国人如果都像刘翔一样力争在自己的领域成为世界第一,那么我们的国家不久就会在各个方面超过日本。每天我们不仅要做肉体体操,更要做心灵体操。不断反省

自己,不断督促自己进步的速度。你今天不进步,明天就会有很多人超越你。美国有一个思想家,他叫Emerson,他曾经说:Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.(进步是今天的活动、明天的保证.) 波波,米米,为了明天的这个保证,我们一起来努力!
   安迪清清嗓子,开始教盖茨在哈佛大学的最后一部分,你的耳朵竖起来了没?


●课文
   Members of the Harvard Family Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world. For what purpose? There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. But can we do more? Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name?
   今天我们聚在这个院子的哈佛成员们,你们是世界世界的精英群体之一。那么我们可以做些什么呢?毋庸置疑,哈佛的教职员工,校友,学生和资助者已经用他们的能力改善了世界各地人们的生活。但是我们是不是可以做得更多?哈佛是否贡献他的智慧来提高那些甚至从来没有听说过“哈佛”的人们的生活质量?
* Harvard Family: 哈佛大家庭
* collection: 收集, 收藏, 藏品, 集合, 这里指的是群体.
* intellectual: 有智力的, 有智慧的. 作为名词是: 知识分子
* what purpose: 什么目的? 再学一个: on purpose: 故意
* there is no question: 毋庸置疑, 毫无疑问.
* faculty: 大学里的教职员工总称.
* alumni: 毕业生.
* benefactor: 资助者
* dedicate: 献出, 贡献. 名词是dedication. dedicate to后面要加名词或者动名词


   Let me make a request of the deans and the professors - the intellectual leaders here at Harvard. As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves: Should our best minds be more dedicated to solving our biggest problems? Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world's worst inequities? Should Harvard students know about the depth of global poverty, the prevalence of world hunger, the scarcity of clean water, the girls kept out of school, the children who die from diseases we can cure? Should the world's most privileged learn about the lives of the world's least privileged? These are not rhetorical questions - you will answer with your policies.
   请允许我向各位院长和教授提出一个请求,你们是哈佛的智力领袖。当你们雇用新的老师、授予终身教职、评估课程、决定学位要求的时候,请问你们自己如下的问题:我们最优秀的人才是否在致力于解决人类最大的问题? 哈佛是否鼓励她的老师去研究解决世界上的极度不平等?哈佛的学生是否了解全球贫苦的深层含义?是否了解世界性的饥荒,清洁水资源的缺乏,无法上学的女童,死于非恶性疾病的儿童? 那些世界上过着最优越生活的人们,是否了解世界上最贫困的人们的生存状态呢? 这些问题并非语法上的反问句,而是你必须用自己的政策来回答它们。
* request: 请求, 动词和名词都可以.
* dean: 校长, 院长
* intellectual leaders: 智力精英
* hire: 雇用.
* tenure: 占有, 这里指的是终身职位.
* curriculum: 课程, 通常指的是大学里所有的课程.
* degree requirements: 学位要求
* best minds: 最优秀人才
* be dedicated to: 贡献于
* take on: 这里指的是承担,接受挑战,致力于解决...
* global poverty: 世界性的贫困
* prevalence: 流行, 如:prevalence survey:现患调查,流行病调查
* scarcity: shortage, 短缺。波波,我是这么记住这个单词的;一个伤疤(scar)在美丽的城市(city)脸上,美中不足啊!不过这里scarcity的“ar”念成“air”的音。
* clean water: 清洁水。
* keep out of: 排除之外,置身于外
* the most privileged: 最有权力的,最有特权的,最优越的
* the least privileged: 最贫困的,最没有权力的。
波波:I belong to the least privileged.
安迪:So do I.
* rhetorical: 带修辞色彩的。比较难以记住的一个单词,重音在t这里。米米,你记住了没?跟着安迪大声读7下。
米米:安迪,单词越来越多,我觉得好难啊,是不是要买一本快速记忆单词之类的书啊?
安迪:不要了,我主张在句子和阅读中理解单词。当然记住的单词多多益善。


   My mother, who was filled with pride the day I was admitted here - never stopped pressing me to do more for others. A few days before I was married, she hosted a bridal event, at which she read aloud a letter about marriage that she had written to Melinda. My mother was very ill with cancer at the time, but she saw one more opportunity to deliver her message, and at the close of the letter she said: From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
   我的母亲在我被哈佛大学录取的那一天,非常引以为豪。她从没有停止督促我帮助他人做更多的事情。在我结婚的前几天,她主持了一个新娘仪式。在这个仪式上,她高声朗读了一封关于婚姻的信,这是她写给梅林达的。那时,我母亲因为癌症,病得不轻,但是她还是认为这是又一个传播她信念的机会。在那封信的结尾,她写道:“对于那些接受了许多帮助的人们,他们还在期待更多的帮助。”
* be filled with pride: 引以为豪,充满自豪
* be admitted: 被录取
* press sb.to do sth: force sb.to do sth, 强迫某人做某事,督促某人做某事
* bridal event: 新娘仪式。相当于我国的迎娶新娘。米米,什么时候安迪给你主持bridal event?
* write to: 写信. 后面一般加人名。在英语里很少说write letter to sb.
* be ill with + disease: 因为生...而病得不轻
* deliver: 传达,传播,送货。再学一个:deliver a speech (发表演说)。
* at the close of the letter: 在信的结尾


   When you consider what those of us here in this Yard have been given - in talent, privilege, and opportunity - there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us.
   想一想吧,我们在这个院子里的这些人,被给予过什么——天赋、特权、机遇——那么可以这样说,全世界的人们几乎有无限的权利,期待我们做出贡献。
* consider: to think carefully about,仔细考虑
* no limit: 无限制
* expect from sb.: 从某人处期待

 

   In line with the promise of this age, I want to exhort each of the graduates here to take on an issue - a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it. If you make it the focus of your career, that would be phenomenal. But you don't have to do that to make an impact. For a few hours every week, you can use the growing power of the Internet to get

informed, find others with the same interests, see the barriers, and find ways to cut through them.
   同这个时代的期望一样,我也要向今天各位毕业的同学提出一个忠告:你们要选择一个问题,一个复杂的问题,一个关于人类极度不平等的问题,然后你们要变成这个问题的专家。如果你们能够使得这个问题成为你们职业的核心,那么你们就会非常杰出。但是,你们不必一定要去做那些大事。每个星期只用几个小时,你就可以通过互联网得到信息,找到志同道合的朋友,发现困难所在,找到解决它们的途径。
* in line with: 符合,配合
* exhort: 力劝
* take on: 接纳
* specialist: an expert in one field. 专家
* focus: 焦点, 盖茨这里意思是成为事业的核心。
* phenomenal: 现象的, 这里是杰出的,显著的意思。
* make an impact: 作出影响
* to get informed: to get information, 得到信息
* with the same interests: 有同样爱好
* barrier: 障碍,困难
* cut through: 原意抄近路,这里指的是解决


   Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on big inequities. I feel sure it will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
  不要让这个世界的复杂性阻碍你前进。要成为一个行动主义者。将解决人类的不平等视为己任。它将成为你生命中最重要的经历之一。
* complexity: 复杂性。再学几个:complex:复杂的。 complicated:复杂的
* activist: 积极分子。形容词:active, 名词:action
* experience: 经验。许多学生经常拼错这个单词,你拼对了吗?来,闭眼三秒钟,在自己的大脑里拼写一下。


   You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time. As you leave Harvard, you have technology that members of my class never had. You have awareness of global inequity, which we did not have. And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will torment you if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with modest effort. You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
   Knowing what you know, how could you not?
   在座的各位毕业的同学,你们所处的时代是一个伟大的时代。当你们离开哈佛的时候,你们拥有的技术,是我们那一届学生所没有的。你们已经了解到了世界上的不平等,我们那时还不知道这些。有了这样的了解之后,要是你再弃那些你可以帮助的人们于不顾,就将受到良心的谴责,只需一点小小的努力,你就可以改变那些人们的生活。你们比我们拥有更大的能力;你们必须尽早开始,尽可能长时期坚持下去。
   知道了你们所知道的一切,你们怎么可能不采取行动呢?
* amazing time: 伟大时代
* awareness of: 意识到
* informed conscience: 良心谴责
* torment: physical pain or mental anguish,折磨
* abandon: 抛弃,遗弃。 米米,你怎么abandon安迪了?
* modest effort: 少许的努力
* carry on: 坚持下去

   And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you have done with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities ... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.
   Good luck.
   我希望,30年后你们还会再回到哈佛,想起你们用自己的天赋和能力所做出的一切。我希望,在那个时候,你们用来评价自己的标准,不仅仅是你们的专业成就,而包括你们为改变这个世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力,以及你们如何善待那些远隔千山万水、与你们毫不涉及的人们,你们与他们唯一的共同点就是同为人类。
   祝各位好运。
* reflect on: 思考,反省
* professional accomplishments: 专业成就
* address: 地址,演讲, 这里指的是:To direct the efforts or attention of,致力于
* a world away: 相隔千山万水。
* humanity: 人类。下面这些单词也马上记住:human:人类的。human being:人类。 humankind:人类。humanize:赋予人性。 humanism:人道主义。humanitarian:人道主义者。波波,你今天有没有背200个单词?

 

●作业(翻译下列句子,全对同学, 封你为人道主义战士)
1. In formal education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university.
2. We should always ask ourselves: What have I accomplished so far? What do I still want to accomplish?
3. In the coming decades, we'll have astonishing new abilities: better software, better diagnosis for illness, better cures, better education, better opportunities and more brilliant minds coming up with ideas that solve tough problems. 
4. The great advances in the world have often aggravated the inequities in the world. The least needy see the most improvement, and the most needy get the least -- in particular the billion people who live on less than a dollar a day.
5. If we can spend the early decades of the 21st century finding approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits and recognition for business, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce poverty in the world.

 

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安迪高级英语
0011
盖茨哈佛演讲
04

 

 

 

 

   波波和米米,我们又见面了!最近读了什么英语名著啊?好多名著呆在你的书架上,仿佛在说:我已经在这里好多年,快来读我啊!也许好多书籍在你的书架里已经落满了尘灰,也许你买了以后它一直就没有被你亲吻过,那么我建议你现在擦净你的书籍,每天进行计时阅读,所谓计时,就是记下起读时间到止读时间,在阅读时间,不接电话和手机,充分享受阅读带来的乐趣。人们常说:书中自有黄金屋。你今天有没有挖掘黄金了?
   今天,安迪和你继续阅读盖茨的哈佛演讲。

 

●课文
   I remember going to the World Economic Forum [in Davos] some years back and sitting on a global health panel that was discussing ways to save millions of lives. Millions! Think of the thrill if you can save just one person's life - then multiply that by millions. ... Yet this was the most boring panel I've ever been on - ever. So boring that even I couldn't stand it.
   几年前,我去瑞士达沃斯参加世界经济论坛,坐在全球健康问题讨论小组里,座谈讨论怎么拯救人类几百万条生命问题!几百万!想想吧,你救一个人的生命已经非常激动了,而现在要乘以几百万...是的,这是我参加过所有座谈中最乏味的一次,如此乏味,我简直受不了。
* World Economic Forum: 世界经济论坛。它的网址是:(http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm)。每年在瑞士达沃斯举行。
* some years back: 几年以前。
* panel: 1. 面板。如QQ panel(QQ 面板)。2. 座谈小组.
* thrill: 恐怖, 这里翻成'激动'.
* multiply: by, time, 乘以.
* stand: 这里意思'承受'.

 

   What made that experience especially striking was that I had just come from an event where we were introducing version 13 of some piece of software, and we had people jumping and shouting with excitement. I love getting people excited about software - but why can't we generate even more excitement for saving lives? You can't get people excited unless you can help them see and feel the impact. The way to do that - is a complex question.
   那次经历让我特别难忘, 因为我们刚刚介绍了我们开发的一个软件的第13个版本, 我们让观众激动得又跳又喊的. 我喜欢人们因为软件而感到激动, 那么我们为什么不能够让人们因为能够拯救生命而感到更加激动呢?除非你能够让人们看到或者感受到行动的影响力,否则你无法让人们激动。如何做到这一点,并不是一件简单的事。 

* strike: 打, 敲, 罢工, 这里的意思' 难以忘怀的'.
* event: 重大事件, 活动.
* jumping and shouting: 又跳又叫
* generate: make, 产生
* complex question: 复杂的问题

 

   Still, I'm optimistic. Yes, inequity has been with us forever, but the new tools we have to cut through complexity have not been with us forever. They are new - they can help us make the most of our caring - and that's why the future can be different from the past. The defining and ongoing innovations of this age - biotechnology, the personal computer, and the Internet - give us a chance we've never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease.
   我依然是乐观的。不错,人类的不平等有史以来一直存在,但是那些能够化繁为简的新工具,却是最近才出现的。这些新工具可以帮助我们,将人类的同情心发挥最大的作用,这就是为什么将来同过去是不一样的。这个时代日新月异的革新——生物技术,计算机,互联网——它们给了我们一个从未有过的机会,去终结那些极端的贫穷和可预防的疾病所带来的死亡。
* cut through complexity: 化繁为简
* defining and ongoing innovations: 日新月异的创新
* biotechnology: 生物技术. bio-: 和生物有关
* extreme poverty: 极端贫苦
* preventable disease: 可预防的疾病

 

   Sixty years ago, George Marshall came to this commencement and he announced a plan to assist the nations of postwar Europe. He said: 'I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. It is virtually impossible at this distance to grasp at all the real significance of the situation.' Thirty years after Marshall made his address, as my class graduated without me, technology was emerging that would make the world smaller, more open, more visible, less distant.
   六十年前,乔治·马歇尔也是在这个地方的毕业典礼上,宣布了一个计划,帮助那些欧洲国家的战后建设。他说:“我认为,困难的一点是这个问题太复杂,报纸和电台向公众源源不断地提供各种事实,使得大街上的普通人极端难于清晰地判断形势。事实上,经过层层传播,想要真正地把握形势,是根本不可能的。” 马歇尔发表这个演讲之后的三十年,我那一届学生毕业,当然我不在其中。那时,新技术刚刚开始萌芽,它们将使得这个世界变得更小、更开放、更可见、距离更近。
* George Marshall: 乔治·马歇尔.(1880年12月31日—1959年10月16日), 美国军事家、政治家、外交家, 陆军五星上将。
* commencement: 毕业典礼.
* announce a plan: 宣布一个计划
* assist: help, 帮助
* postwar Europe: 战后的欧洲
* enormous complexity: 非常复杂
* the very mass of facts: 众多的咨询
* exceedingly difficult: 极度苦难
* appraisement: 评估, 判断.
* virtually: in fact,事实上.
* grasp at all the real significance...: 抓住...真正要点
* emerge: 出现. 它的名词是emergence.
* visible: 可见的. 它的反义词是invisible.

 

   The emergence of low-cost personal computers gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating. The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyone your neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can bring in to work together on the same problem - and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.
   低成本的个人电脑的出现,使得一个强大的互联网有机会诞生,它为学习和交流提供了巨大的机会。网络的神奇之处,不仅仅是它缩短了距离,使得天涯若比邻。它还极大地增加了怀有共同想法的人们聚集在一起的机会,我们可以为了解决同一个问题,一起共同工作。这就大大加快了革新的进程,发展速度简直快得让人震惊。
* low-cost: 低成本
* give rise to: 升起
* transform opportunity: 改变机会
* learning and communicating: 学习和交流.
* collapse distance: 使...没有距离
* dramatically: 戏剧性地, 极大地
* brillian mind: 人才
* bring in: 带进来
* work together on: 一起工作着手解决...
* scale up: 按..比例上升, 几何级增加
* to a staggering degree: 令人惊讶的程度.

 

   At the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five people don't. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion -- smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who don't have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world. We need as many people as possible to gain access to this technology, because these advances are triggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, small organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to address the hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.
   与此同时,世界上有条件上网的人,只是全部人口的六分之一。这意味着,还有许多具有创造性的人们,没有加入到我们的讨论中来。那些有着实际的操作经验和相关经历的聪明人,却没有技术来帮助他们,将他们的天赋或者想法与全世界分享。我们需要尽可能地让更多的人有机会使用新技术,因为这些新技术正在引发一场革命,人类将因此可以互相帮助。新技术正在创造一种可能,不仅是政府,还包括大学、公司、小机构、甚至个人,能够发现问题所在、能够找到解决办法、能够评估他们努力的效果,去改变那些马歇尔六十年前就说到过的问题——饥饿、贫穷和绝望。
* at the same time: 同时
* access: 进入
* creative mind: 有创意的人
* be left out of: 没有加入
* practical intelligence: 有实际经验的人
* relevant experience: 相关经历
* hone one's talents: 提高才能. hone: To improve or perfect, usually regarding a skill.
* contribute ideas to the world: 把想法和世界分享.
* trigger a revolution: 触发一场革命
* individual: 个体
* approach: method, way, 方法
* to address: to handle, 处理
* desperation: 绝望.

 

●作业(全对同学, 封你为creative mind.)
1. He felt a thrill when he got into the theater.
2. Investment generates higher incomes.
3. The bus drivers' strike stopped all traffic. 
4. He has a brilliant mind.
5. I should hone my English and I plan to speak a beautiful English this year.

 

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安迪歌曲英语
0037
I Could Be The One

 

 

Andy:How's your Spring Festival going?
Bobo: Not bad, I played too many fireworks and firecrackers, maybe I scared all ghosts away.
Mimi: 你放鞭炮,我拿压岁钱,拿了好多Lucky Money.
Andy: Nobody gave me Fortune Money. 55
Bobo: 你老这么大年纪还要压岁钱?
Andy: 我已经“倾我所有”都给了,枕头底下二毛钱都被他们抢走了。
Mimi: 说起“倾我所有”,我这几天一直在听Donna Lewis的I Could Be The One, this is really a sweet song.
Andy: I got a  'Crazy Dance'(劲舞团) flash for that lovely song.
Bobo: Lewis is a great songwriter, you know what, I used to listen to her 'I love you always forever' when I was still in college.
Mimi: I think she is from Wales.
Andy: Yes, actually from Cardiff, and she is born to be a composer, she began playing the piano at 6, you know her father is a jazz pianist,she started to write songs while still a teen girl.
Mimi: She is not singing but seems like talking to you with her mild and soft voice.
Bobo: As I know, she is not only good at singing and writing songs, but playing piano and even flute. She also set up her own studio  and began recording her own songs, but it is  American music major-label Atlantic made her success around the world.
Mimi: 今天谁给我们上课啊?
Bobo:安迪老师还在九寨沟疗养,今天波波我来上课。I could be the one, 呵呵。
Mimi:哈哈,我不由自主地鼓起我的鹅掌!现在我们用热烈的巴掌欢迎年轻有为的波波教授上课!

 

●课文
I Could Be The One
演唱:Donna Lewis

倾我所有

 

I could be your sea of sand 我可以是你沙漠中的海洋
I could be your warmth of desire 我可以是你温暖的欲望
I could be your prayer of hope 我可以为你的希望祷告
I could be your gift of everyday 我可以是你每天的礼物
* sand: 沙子,这里波波斗胆翻译成沙漠了,这里我想沙漠应该是当代人情感的沙漠。在人与人越来越自私的当代世界,这首歌曲有一定的意义。
* warmth: 是warm的名词形式。
Bobo: Am I your warmth of desire?
Mimi: You only bring me coldness.
* prayer: 祷告。动词是pray。 Mimi:我每天为你pray,你听到了没?上帝都在感动中啊!
* gift: 除了“礼物”的意思,还可以有“天才”,“天赋”的意思,请比较:
Andy has a gift for poetry.
安迪有诗歌的天才。
Bobo is a man of many gifts.
波波是一个多才多艺的人。
Andy is a man of genius.
安迪是一个有天赋的人。
Mimi has a genius for music.
米米有音乐才能。
Bobo has a positive genius for putting his foot in his mouth.
波波确实有说错话的才能。

 

I could be your tide of heaven 我可以是你天堂的潮水
I could be a hint of what's to come 我可以是你未来的暗示
I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一
* tide: 潮水,潮汐,潮流
* heaven: paradise, 天堂。美国吉他大师Clapton曾经唱过一首非常动听的歌曲叫:Tears In Heaven
* hint: 暗示,提示
* to come: 即将来临
* ordinary: 普通的,平常的。 再学一个:out of the ordinary(超乎寻常)

 

I could be your blue eyed angel 我可以是你蓝眼小天使
I could be the storm before the calm 我可以是你平静前的暴风
I could be your secret pleasure 我可以是你秘密的快乐
I could be your well wishing well 我可以是你的许愿池
I could be your breath of life 我可以是你生命的呼吸
I could be your European dream 我可以是你欧罗巴的梦想
I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一
* blue eyed: 蓝眼睛的
-Bobo:Are you a blue eyed angel?
-Mimi:我有红眼病。
* storm: 风暴
* calm: 平静,安静
* secret pleasure: 秘密的快乐。
Bobo:同学们,什么是秘密的快乐呢?
Mimi:就是那种听波波老师上课电流通过的感觉。
Bobo:晕菜。
* well wish: 祝愿,心愿。 第二个well:井。
* breath of life: 生命的呼吸
* European: 欧洲的。 它的名词是Europe。

 

Now I would lie here in the darkness 现在我愿意躺在黑暗中
Now I would lie here for all time 现在我愿意就这样一直躺着
Now I would lie here watching over you 现在我愿意躺着看着你
Comfort you 安慰着你
Sing to you 唱歌给你
* lie:躺。它的变化有:lay, lain, lying
* in the darkness: 在黑暗中
* all time: 总是
Bobo: Do you love me all the time?
Mimi: I only love you one minute every day.

* comfort: 安慰。 Who would like to comfort me? 谁来安慰我?

 
I could be your worry partner 我可以是你制造麻烦的搭档
I could be your socialite 我可以是你公关小姐
I could be your green eyed monster 我可以是你的绿眼怪物
I could be your force of light 我可以是光的力量
I could be your temple garden 我可以是你寺庙的花园
I could be your tender hearted child 我可以是你脆弱的孩子
I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一
* worry: 担心,麻烦
* partner: 拍拖,搭档
* socialite: 社交名流。
* green eyed monster: 绿眼怪物
Bobo: Are you my green eyed monster, mimi?
Mimi: 我才没有这样可怕。I am your sweet hello-kitty.
* force: 力量。
Mimi:难道光也有力量?
Bobo:嗯那,它能穿过你的心。
* temple garden: 寺庙花园。
* tender: weak, mild, 稚嫩的,脆弱的,温柔的
 
Now I would lie here in the darkness 现在我愿意躺在黑暗中
Now I would lie here for all time 现在我愿意就这样一直躺着
Now I would lie here watching over you 现在我愿意躺着看着你
Comfort you 安慰着你
Sing to you 唱歌给你
 
Will I ever change the journey 我会改变我的旅程吗?
Will the hushed tones disappear 这安静的调子会消失吗?
Oh little Rita 噢,我的小丽嗒
Let me hold you 让我抱紧你
Oh little Rita  噢,我的小丽嗒
Let me love you 让我爱着你
* journey: 旅程。here it means the journey of life.
* hushed tones: 安静的调子。hush-hush: top secret, 高度秘密的。
Bobo: Do you have boyfriend, Mimi?
Mimi: It's my top secret, hush-hush.
* disappear: 消失, 消亡。
 

I could be your leafy island 我可以是你郁郁葱葱的岛屿
I could be your thunder in the clouds 我可以是你云中的惊雷
I could be your dark enclosure 我可以是你慢慢包围的黑夜
I could be your romantic soul 我可以是你罗曼蒂克的灵魂
I could be your small begining 我可以是你卑微的开始
I could be your soothing universe 我可以是你安抚的宇宙
I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一
* leafy: 多叶的,绿色的
* thunder: 打雷
* enclosure: 包围,围住
* romantic: 浪漫的。 名词是romance。
* sooth: 安抚的,抚慰的。

 

I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一

 

I could be ordinary 我可以是你普通的一个
I could be the one  我可以是你的唯一

 

●作业(全对同学, 我可以是你安迪英语的陪学者)
1. Donna Lewis,born 6 August 1973, in Cardiff,is a Welsh singer-songwriter and record producer best known for the 1996 single 'I Love You Always Forever'.
2. 'I Love You Always Forever' got 1996's Smash-number-two hit for several weeks on US charts and also reached number five on UK charts。
3. The popularity of the song shot Lewis's debut album, Now in a Minute (1996), to platinum status in America. The subsequent singles — 'Without Love', 'Mother' and 'Fools Paradise' — were less successful.
4. Her second LP, Blue Planet (1998), won critical acclaim, but it was largely overlooked by the public.
5. Her new album ' In The Pink' will be released on April 1, 2008.

 

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安迪歌曲英语
0036
Happy Xmas
 
 

Andy:It's another Christmas Day, how time flies!
Bobo: Merry Christmas to you all, I hope I can speak English more beautiful next year.
Andy: What's your wish, mimi?
Mimi: Wish Andy teaches us more English songs.
Andy: Okay, today we are going to learn a song called ' Happy Xmas' by John Lennon.
Mimi: Who is John Lennon?
Bobo: I think he is a leading man of 'Beatles'.
Andy: Yes. The band 'Beatles' impacted so much on western pop music, especially rock'n'roll.
Bobo: I think Lennon is a peace lover. He is always my favorite though it's been 28 years passed since he was killed.
Andy: You bet. In fact, Lennon created some songs expressing his ideas to have a better world, a peaceful world that there is no war, no

killing. You know there is a subtitle in this song called 'the war is over'.
Mimi: I hate wars too, how I wish we could have a happy, joyful world, but in my opinion, Lennon's ideas still works in the world today.
Andy: Exactly, let's do our best to come together as one and make a brighter day.


●课文
Happy Xmas
演唱:John Lennon
请在我的播客欣赏

 

So this is Xmas 现在又到了圣诞
And what have you done 今年你做了什么
Another year over 一年又过去了
And a new one just begun 新的一年刚刚开始

And so this is Xmas 现在又到了圣诞
I hope you have fun 希望大家都快快乐乐
The near and the dear one 祝福亲朋好友
The old and the young 祝福年老年幼
 

A very Merry Xmas  圣诞快乐
And a happy New Year 新年快乐
Let's hope it's a good one 希望来年幸福
Without any fear 再也没有恐惧


And so this is Xmas 现在又到了圣诞
For weak and for strong 祝福弱者强者
For rich and the poor ones 祝福富人穷人
The world is so wrong 这世界有太多不公


And so happy Xmas  大家圣诞快乐啊
For black and for white 祝福黑皮肤白皮肤
For yellow and red ones 祝福黄皮肤红皮肤
Let's stop all the fight 让我们停止战争
 

A very Merry Xmas  圣诞快乐
And a happy New Year 新年快乐
Let's hope it's a good one 希望来年幸福
Without any fear 再也没有恐惧
 

So this is Xmas 现在又到了圣诞
And what have you done 今年你做了什么
Another year over 一年又过去了
And a new one just begun 新的一年刚刚开始

And so happy Xmas 大家圣诞快乐啊
We hope you have fun 希望大家都快快乐乐
The near and the dear one 祝福亲朋好友
The old and the young 祝福年老年幼


A very Merry Xmas  圣诞快乐
And a happy New Year 新年快乐
Let's hope it's a good one 希望来年幸福
Without any fear 再也没有恐惧

War is over, if you want it 如果你愿意,战争马上可以结束
War is over now 战争终于结束了
Happy Xmas 圣诞快乐
 
●作业(全对同学,圣诞老人给你礼物)
1. John Lennon was an English rock musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles.
2. In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as 'Give Peace a Chance' and 'Imagine'.
3. In 2002, respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted Lennon into eighth place.
4. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lennon number 38 on their list of 'The Immortals', the Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time and

ranked The Beatles at number 1.
5. John Lennon was born on 9 October 1940 in Liverpool,England, he was murdered in New York City on 8 December 1980.

 

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安迪歌曲英语
0035
Going Home

 

Mimi:安迪,最近有什么好的歌曲推荐?
Andy: A song from my ringtone called 'Going Home' by Sophie Zelmani.
Mimi: Yes, I have heard of that song, simple lyrics but a beautiful song, isn't it?
Bobo: This is the best song I have ever listened.
Mimi: I'd love sing this song when I go back home this Spring Festival, I really miss my parents. 55
Andy: Hey, Don't cry please. I know how you feel.
Mimi: You don't know how I feel, cos you always stay with your parents.
Andy: Well, I try to understand.
Bobo: 我有时候也想家,但是好男儿志在四方。
Mimi:I think in this song, 'Home' means a place that the singer is dreaming to go, it could mean a sweet arm that she can rely on, a cozy

family that she wants to have, or a paradise she needs to visit, or even a piece of music that may comfort you just like this song, lol.
Andy: lol, you are always the smartest student.
Bobo: 好像王妃,对不起, 打错了, 是王菲了,翻唱过这个歌曲,歌词里有什么高架桥之类的, 忘记了。
Andy:I think you're talking about Faye Wong's ' Cheng Ke', she sings it in Mandarin.
Bobo: 对, 是“乘客”
Andy:Okay,let's learn this beautiful and sentimental song.

 

●课文
Going Home
演唱:Sophie Zelmani
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Sophie Zelmani Offcial Website: http://www.sophie-zelmani.com/zelmani.htm

 

 

Not very often have we met 我们不常常见面
But the music's been too bad 也许音乐一直太糟糕
Can only sense happiness 我能感觉快乐
if the music is sad 如果音乐伤感
* Not very often have we met: 倒装句,在歌词里经常用到
* but: 这里安迪把它翻译成“也许”。
* sense: feel, 感到
                                                                               
So, I'm going home 那么,我要回家了
I must hurry home 我必须赶紧回家
Where a life goes on 那里我的生活会继续
* where a life goes on: 作定语修饰home
                                                                               
We're too old to make a mess 我们太老了,不能再乱七八糟
Dreams will keep me young 梦想让我年轻
Old enough to stress 我们太老了,不能再承受压力
Only mirrors tell the time 只有镜子告诉时间在流逝
* make a mess: 把...搞得乱七八糟, 这里指的是把生活搞得乱七八糟.
* stress: 这里该是take stress的意思, 承受压力
* mirror: 镜子, 这里是现实和虚幻的象征.
                                                                               
So, I'm going home 所以,我要回家了
I must hurry home 我必须赶紧回家
So will my life go on 我的生活才会继续

Yes, I'm going home 是的,我要回家了
Going home alone 我独自回家
And your life goes on 你的生活才会继续

 

●作业(全对同学,我们一起唱Going Home)
1. This song is sung by Sophie Zelmani, a great Swedish singer.
2. As the first snowflakes of the year fell on the Swedish midlands, Sophie Zelmani put the final touches on her new album, entitled, 'Love

Affair'.
3. It all started when Sophie was 14 and her stepfather taught her some chords and she discovered her ability to write songs.
4. In her early years, she mostly played soccer and ran track with the boys. Sophie later recorded a few songs at a local studio and mailed

the demos to three record companies with no special expectations. Sophie soon received a call from Sony Sweden which offered her a record

deal.So the shy woman from Stockholm who never really had performed in front of an audience started recording the album.
5. Sophie has also contributed music to episodes of popular TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek.

 

●联系
My QQ: 524665658
My UC: 74382188
My skype: andyboyz99
My msn: andyboyz99@hotmail.com
My mail: andyboyz@126.com

 
安迪英语歌曲
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Live For Love United
 

Andy: Lately I have been listening to a very good song featured by all super soccer stars.
Bobo: I guess you are talking about the song 'Live For Love United.'
Andy: Exactly! This is not only a theme song of World Cup 1998, but could be an eternal love song.
Mimi: I think the song tells us that we should care all people who're suffering a lot from poverty, pains and diseases.
Bobo: I love the song not only because of all good lines, but superb melody.
Mimi: On this MTV, I think Zidane is hot and sexy, especially when he smiles, he would be hotter if he grows more hair.
Bobo: You mean professor Andy should got more hair too?
Andy: Andy would be shining over you like a light bulb if without any hair on.
Mimi: Gee...I wish Andy could sing this song for us.
Bobo: Andy only got Karaoke level, once I heard Andy singing a rock song, feel like he is howling like a hog.
Andy: Believe or not, I'm still a top singer in my family, next year I will take 'China Idols' audition.

 

●课文
Live For Love United
演唱:足球明星
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Have you ever dreamed of playing for 你是否梦想效力于
The biggest team there is on earth 世上最大的一个球队
Have you ever played at dreaming large 你是否让你梦想再宏伟点
The time is now and you are the star 现在正是时候,你就是明星
* dream of: 梦想
* play for: 效力于...
* on earth: 世界上, 地球上
* play at: 参加, 参与
 
The ball is travelling in your direction  球已经向你飞来
Give it all of your attention 是为了吸引你的关注
Pick it up and pass it on 接递过来传下去
That's what's gonna make us strong 只有这样,我们才能坚强
* ball: 足球, 比喻爱心的传递.
* travel: 旅游, 这里指的是向...过来
* in one's direction: 朝...方向
* attention: 注意
* pick...up: 把...捡起来
* pass on: 传递
* make...strong: 让...坚强

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
We will give for love united 我们为了爱而付出
For moments like this 为了现在这样的时刻
For all those we missed 为了我们错失的一切
* live for: 为...而活
* give for: 为...而给
* moments: 时刻
* miss: 这里指的是错过.

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
Come together undivided 我们团结一致,永不分开
We will stand up 我们将站立起来
For all the people of the world 为世上所有的人而努力
* undivided: 不分开
* stand up: 站立起来

 

Have you ever dreamed of flying high 你是否让梦想高高飞扬
Looking down from heaven with god's eyes 以上帝的眼俯瞰世界
You know we could use some intervention 你知道你可以加入我们
Children needing your protection 孩子们需要你的保护
It's not enough to sing this song 我们不仅仅唱这支歌
Lift the cup and pass it on 举起你的奖杯,请传递下去
* fly high: 飞扬
* look down from: 从...俯瞰
* intervention: 插入, 介入, 这里意思比较接近participation
* protection: 保护
* lift the cup: 这里cup指的是足球世界杯, 比喻爱心事业精神上获得的奖励.

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
We will give for love united 我们为了爱而付出
For moments like this 为了现在这样的时刻
For all those we missed 为了我们错失的一切

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
Come together undivided 我们团结一致,永不分开
We will stand up 我们将站立起来
For all the people of the world 为世上所有的人而努力

 

I play for love united 我为了爱而比赛
Juego para love united 我为了爱而比赛
Jag spelar for love united 我为了爱而比赛
Ne ngioka love united 我为了爱而比赛
Je joue pour love united 我为了爱而比赛
* 以上是各国语言

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
We will give for love united 我们为了爱而付出
For moments like this 为了现在这样的时刻
For all those we missed 为了我们错失的一切

 

We will live for love united 我们为了爱而活下去
Come together undivided 我们团结一致,永不分开
We will stand up 我们将站立起来
For all the people of the world 为世上所有的人而努力

 

Eu jogo para love united 我为了爱而比赛
Je joue pour love united 我为了爱而比赛
Ich spiele fur love united 我为了爱而比赛
Anka joue pou love united 我为了爱而比赛
Anch'io, io gioco per love united 我为了爱而比赛
Eu jogo para love united 我为了爱而比赛
Se hana a love united bewana 我为了爱而比赛
* 以上是各国语言


●作业(全对同学,我们一起组织一场爱心足球友谊赛)
1. This is a great song dedicating for all people who got AIDS.
2. I would love to recommend this song for everybody.
3. It's a pity that England super star David Beckham is not in this song.
4. I hope theme song in coming Beijing Olympics will be better. 
5. This song is almost 10 years old, but still sounds great.

 

●联系
My QQ: 524665658
My UC: 74382188
My skype: andyboyz99
My msn: andyboyz99@hotmail.com
My mail: andyboyz@126.com

安迪和你交谈
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奥运畅想

 

 

   2008 is waving her hands, and of course what we most expected for 2008 is the coming Olympic games, this is the Olympic year not only for China but for the whole world as well. What is 'Olympic Spirit' in your mind? What do you think of a 'Green Olympics'?  How many Olympiads have you watched? Which athlete impressed you most? Do you have any story of 'You and Olympics?' What kind of opening ceremony and closing ceremony are you expecting? What will you do for the coming Beijing Olympics? Have you ever participated some sports meeting? Which sport are you good at? Can you guess how many gold medals China team will grab? And how well do you know about Olympics? Please say something about Olympic games right here.

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