yesterday-once-more-歌曲赏析分析

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YesterdayOnceMoreTimewaitsfornoone.Treasureeverymomentyouhave!Yesterdayishistory.Tomorrowismystery.Todayisagift.Thatiswhyit’scalledthePRESENT!【赏析】这首歌传唱于全球，广受欢迎，在高校校内里更为风靡，几乎成为高校生们英文歌曲演唱竞赛的必选曲目。当您外出闲逛、购物、消遣时，会常常听到旁边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。假如有一天您静下心来，伴着这熟悉的旋律，沉浸在对从前的无限怀念之中，那过去的奇异岁月、恩恩怨怨及沧桑变更都会令您无语凝噎、潸泪下，您就会体会到另一种心境，这恰恰正是语言的力气所达不到的。AbouttheCarpenters卡伦·卡彭特（KarenCarpenter，1950-1983）诞生于美国的康涅狄克州，在世界歌坛上享有崇高的声誉。她的嗓声美丽自然，略带伤感，擅长演唱经典怀旧歌曲，卡彭特也是我国青年最宠爱的外国歌星之一。The

Carpenters(卡朋特兄妹)是由美国人Richard和Karen

Carpenter兄妹在60年头成立的,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,他们最出名的作品或许就是这首<Yesterday

Once

More>.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,成为人们深深的缺憾.这一点既是传奇，又是那些指责“卡朋特”的人乐于提起的事。卡伦其实并不胖，她更多是不情愿承认年华老去，当眼角出现皱纹时，她竟然用减肥去消退它，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Karen的墓碑上刻着这样简洁的文字：astaronearth，astarinheaven.Richard花了很多时间听他爸爸收集的调子奇异的音乐、乐团以及古典音乐。他对音乐产生狂热的爱好自八岁时起先对钢琴产生爱好就有了.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,在美国南加州高校学习音乐。Richard和妹妺Karen和负责贝斯和低音喇叭的WesJacobs，三人组成了“TheRichardCarpenterTrio”。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1966HollywoodBowl的TheBattleoftheBands“竞赛的名声后，他们就录了一些DEMO带并起先走访唱片公司，他们在A&M公司签下了他们的第一张合约，以及第一张唱片：Offering，这张唱片之后被更名为“TicketToRide”，并登上Top100。虽然Richard退居幕后但对于整个乐团的成功功不行没。他写出了不少好听的歌曲,例如YesterdayOnceMore和TopOfTheWorld.成名之后，他整理了一些没被公司发行的歌曲来组成了一张专辑,这些歌曲全进了TOP40.例如We‘veonlyjustbegun、RainydaysandMondays等等.他的直觉带来了令人惊异的20首TOP40曲子(其中更有12首进入TOP10),像是SuperStar、RainydaysandMondays、We’veonlyjustbegun、Topoftheworld和YesterdayOnceMore.Richard知道要如何奇异的将乐器和歌声结合在一起。因为这样,他四度被提名为葛莱美奖“最佳制作人。TheCarpenters的作品曾被高校拿来作为教材,1997年Richard曾受邀到史丹福高校演讲。这对兄妹组合无疑是七十年头最成功的流行音乐组合之一，他们在八十年头初结束演艺生涯前创作了多数好歌。虽然最先显现音乐天才的是哥哥Richard，可是妹妹Karen那近乎完备和极富感情的嗓音却更深地印刻在我们的心里。卡朋特最初的道路并不顺畅，他们和好友WebsJacobs的第一盒样带以失败告终，但这并未在他们日后的演艺生涯中带来丝毫阴影。1968年,兄妹俩的首张专辑《offering》得到注意，于是和当时很多成名歌手一样，他们起先走上流行摇滚之路。Pre-listening1.Whenyouseetheword"yesterday",whichofthefollowingwillfirstjumpintoyourmind?Giveyourchoices.Myoldfriends.Mytoys.Myschoolyesrs.Someoldsongs.ThemistakesthatImade.ThemostsuccesfuljokeImade.TheshiningmomentwhenIachievedsuccess.2.Whatdoes"yesterdayoncemore"mean?Somethingthathappenstodayfeelslikesomepastexperience.Somethingthathappenedyesterdaynowhappensagain.Somethinginthepastcomesintomymind.3.Whendoyouhavethefeelingof"yesterdayoncemore"?listentothemusicwatchatouchingfilmlistentothefallingofrainbythewindowquarrelwithmyfriendsorfamilymemberslieonmybackonthegrasslandreadaninterestingstoryaboutone'schildhoodlookovermyoldphotosgobacktomyschoolsonceIhaveattendedlookatthepresentsothersgavemeinthepast......While-listening1.Thesongwillbeplayedforthefirsttime.Enjoyitandthinkaboutwhichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribethestyleofthesong.rock&rollboringexcitingjazzynostalgicrelaxingcheerfulverysad2.Listentothefirstpartofthesongandcompletethelyrics.Fillintheblanks:WhenIwasyoung,_____listentotheradio,Waitingformy__________songs.Whenthey_______I'dsingalong,Itmademesmile.Thoseweresuch________times,Andnotsolongago.HowI___________wherethey'dgone.Butthey're_______again,Justlikealong_______friend.AllthesongsIlovesowell.

I'dfavoriteplayedhappywonderedbacklost3.Listentothesecondpartofthesongoncemore.Thereareseveralwrongwordsinthispart.Listencarefullyandcorrectthem.LookingbackonhowitwasInyearscomeby,AndthebadtimesthatIhadMakestodayseemrathermad.Somuchhaschanged.ItwassongsoflovethatIwouldsingtothen.AndI'dmemorizeeachword.ThosegoldmelodiesStillsoundsosadtome,Astheymelttheyearsaway.*Everysha-la-la-la,everywo-wostillshines.Everyshing-a-ling-a-ling,thattheyrestartingtosing,sofine.*Allmyworstmemoriescomebackclearlytome;somecanevenmakemesmile.Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.YesterdayOnceMoreWhenIwasyoung,I'dlistentotheradio,Waitingformyfavoritesongs.WhentheyplayedI'dsingalong,Itmademesmile.Thoseweresuchhappytimes,Andnotsolongago.HowIwonderedwherethey'dgone.Butthey'rebackagain,Justlikealonglostfriend.AllthesongsIlovesowell.

4.LyricsAnalysisEverysha-la-la-laEverywo-wostillshines,Everyshinga-linga-ling,Thatthey'restartingtosingsofine.WhentheygettothepartWherehe'sbreakingherheart,Itcanreallymakemecry,Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.LookingbackonhowitwasInyearsgoneby,AndthegoodtimethatIhadMakestodayseemrathersad.Somuchhaschanged.ItwassongsofloveThatIwouldsingtothem,AndI'dmemorizeeachword.ThoseoldmelodiesStillsoundsogoodtome,Astheymelttheyearsaway.Everysha-la-la-laEverywo-wostillshines,Everyshinga-linga-ling,Thatthey'restartingtosingsofine.AllmybestmemoriesComebackclearlytome.Somecanevenmakemecry,Justlikebefore,It'syesterdayoncemore.…1．WhentheyplayedI'dsingalong:=WhattheysangIwouldsingalong.

在这里，played的意思是sang；

singalong:跟唱。

2．Thoseweresuchhappytimes,andnotsolongago=Thoseweresuchhappytimesofnotsolongago.Those指“随收音机唱”的快乐时间。3．wonder:wanttoknow.留意不要与wander弄混。wander是“徘徊”、“随意走”，而wonder是“不知道”、“想知道”。例如：Iwonderwhyhewentthere.我不明白他为什么去了那儿。Iwanderedlonelyasacloud.我独自漫游，像一朵孤云。4．AllthesongsIlovesowell:=Iloveallthesongssowell.我如此钟爱（深爱）全部这些歌曲sowell:如此深，如此好例如：HespeaksEnglishsowell!他的英语说得这么好！5．whentheygettothepart:

当他们唱到那一部分。

getto是“唱到”的意思。6．breakingherheart:使她难过breakone‘sheart:令……难过断肠例如：Thenewsbrokeherheart.那条消息使她肝肠寸断。7．makemecry:使我哭

makesb.dosth.令某人做某事例如：Thestorymadeuslaugh.

那个故事使我们大笑。HemadehersingaJapanesesong.他逼她唱一支日本歌曲。

8．Justlikebefore:就像从前一样。

like是个介词，意为“像……一样”。例如：Myloveislikeared,redrose.

我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰。9．lookbackon:回顾。例如：WhenIlookbackonmyyearsthere,IthinkIwasluckytobeonememberofthatplace.

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。

10．rathersad:颇为伤感

rather表示“颇……”“很……”例如：Theweatherisrathercold.

天气很冷。11．soundsogood:听起来好听。sound是个系动词，后接形容词，构成系表结构。例如：Yourstorysoundsuntrue.你的故事听起来不真实。12．comebackclearlytome.又清清晰楚地回到我身旁。5.Listentothesongagain.Choosefromthefollowingstatementsthatcanbestdescribethesong.A.thesongisaboutanoldstorythathappenedyesterday.B.thesongistheonethatthesingerusuallysangwhenshewasstillalittlegirl.C.thesongisabouttheworriersthatthesingerhasaboutthefuture.D.thesongisaboutthesinger’syearningforthepast.E.thesongshowsthesinger’sfearandhatredofthepresentlife.F.thesongtellsusalovestoryaboutthesinger.6.Listentothesongagain.ChoosefromFollowtheteacherandreadthesesentencesaloud.Payattentiontothepronunciationskillssuchasliaisonandincompleteplosion.When͜IwasyoungI’dlistentotheradiowaitingformyfavoritesongs.WhentheyplayI’dsing͜along.Buttheyareback͜againjustlike͜along-lostfriend.Lookingback͜onhowitwasinyearsgonebyandthegoodtimethat͜Ihadmakestodayseemrather