每周一歌
<p>Please listen to this song and express what you think it means.</p><p>同学们知道这首歌的大意吗? 知道的请在下面回帖.</p><p>Hint: This song was re-written upon Diana's death and sang at her funeral by Elton John.</p><p>He originally wrote this song about a famous movie star (Good bye Norma Jean) and then re-wrote the words for Diana, she was England's Rose. There is historical signifigance to this song. Can you understand the symbolism? </p><p>提示: 这首歌是特别为英国王妃戴安娜的葬礼而作.</p><p> re-writen 改写 funeral 葬礼 originally 起初地 </p><p> signifigance 意义 symbolism 象征</p><p></p><p>Goodbye England`s rose;<br/>may you ever grow in our hearts.<br/><br/>You were the grace that placed itself<br/>where lives were torn apart.<br/><br/>You called out to our country,<br/>and you whispered to those in pain.<br/><br/>Now you belong to heaven,<br/>and the stars spell out your name.<br/><br/>And it seems to me you lived your life<br/>like a candle in the wind:<br/>never fading with the sunset<br/>when the rain set in.<br/><br/>And your footsteps will always fall here,<br/>along England`s greenest hills;<br/>your candle`s burned out long before<br/>your legend ever will.<br/><br/>Loveliness we`ve lost;<br/>these empty days without your smile.<br/><br/>This torch we`ll always carry<br/>for our nation`s golden child.<br/><br/>And even though we try,<br/>the truth brings us to tears;<br/>all our words cannot express<br/>the joy you brought us through the years.<br/><br/>Goodbye England`s rose,<br/>from a country lost without your soul,<br/> http://www.tingroom.com/song/11/sound/22.rm[此贴子已经被作者于2006-6-2 18:31:02编辑过]
<a href="http://www.englishvod.net/Article/Class3/Class22/200503/2360.html">http://www.englishvod.net/Article/Class3/Class22/200503/2360.html</a> <p><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">I like Diana so much because she had never lost.</font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">She had a mind of her own and needed to find things out for herself. She was no pushover</font><font face="Arial">. </font></span></p><p><font face="Arial">She did much to public work. She actively supported many charities related to homeless and deprived children, drug abuse, breast cancer, and victims of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS).She was the vice president of the British Red Cross and served as a member of the International Red Cross advisory board. In 1997 Diana visited Angola and Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of a Red Cross campaign to ban Iandmines.</font></p><p><font face="Arial">England does not lose his rose if love is there. </font></p> <p>I want to say that your English is so good.</p> <p>只记得一首 .巴比伦.</p><p></p><p>比较深刻..</p><p></p> 听不到 the song sounds very good ,while i don't know its means.I am so sorry! <p><font size="5">别折磨我了，头都快炸了</font></p> <p></p><p> 恐怖!...</p><p> 根本听不懂额!!</p> <p>每天都有更新吗</p><p></p>
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