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发表于 2005-6-22 02:24:13
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[分享]全英文的信,能看懂多少?——等待你的翻译。
看了有点头大,不过不难啊
/ H6 o# K, f/ z" F' `# w) mDear Friends,) ~) X- Q" D [
In every country, society, community, neighborhood, or family, the future
$ r7 s; l7 v' T) M( w& z7 Qlies in its children. The older generations look to the young with time in 6 D! Y; V+ I; A9 N
their eyes and hope in their hearts. The young look back at the old with ideas
3 M( e7 Q7 P" O+ oof tomorrow, with energy, and spirit. We, the young people of the global
' U% P9 N" a# ~' X7 tcommunity, are it. And as I graduate from college, I see the endless - i2 J; N" d) E$ m% G8 t% `( |& p$ j% X
possibilities of my destiny that I must take into my own hands, a future I';ve 7 t/ ]; D5 E/ }) }% z5 C
never been so excited to live it out. You, are probably at similar stages in $ r7 Y* C- O: O' y$ m
your lives: young and smart, working hard, moving forward. But what if you % a8 y6 _$ ]( R, G
didn';t have the freedom to determine your own destiny? Think of how you might 5 ?; F$ X# g; H( _; W& ~
feel every day if you were, at this young age of hope, completely denied hope.' {! j- u9 z/ ?% g& @1 P
What if you were denied the excitement of your natural youth? This is hard for
. p* ~# z( T7 h1 R/ \' ~( Z( _6 `most of us to imagine, but when we think about the sort of oppression that is
9 W, Q- y+ W- D/ B: ~brought on by negligent parents, juvenile crime, child labor, lack of + P5 \- D2 |$ V" |8 z! f
education, hunger, war...this is precisely the situation that is at hand. How : X b1 {) ^/ P1 f
can a child grow up in these environments with hopes in her/his heart? So I';m
0 L. T6 m( R+ N4 _0 Acoming to you all, my friends on the internet, to get a voice from the youth. - Z+ b* f. @4 g) F" `5 }+ \
I';m asking you all to write a few words or phrases (in Chinese or English) ) g3 q1 j6 N+ d8 G2 C0 I; B7 I; h4 y0 q
telling how you might feel if you were spending your days oppressed in any of 1 |5 `+ d4 J2 ~1 y% {( Z# b
these situations. Try to keep it as short as possible, but be as creative or 2 U$ b$ ?" s$ b4 c1 q* ^2 F
direct as you want. I will take your words, organize them, set them to music, 8 j- a5 R+ M0 Z' J+ ~" g4 [$ l$ q
and record it as a song on my new album which is coming out in August, 1998. I: ?. C" A4 L- D7 d
am so excited to hear your ideas. If this works, it will be a dream come true
, U' m V8 D+ O* `for me. It has always been my goal to serve as a voice for the young. Now I
M9 B! n' {& uhave this chance...to sing your words. So please write back! There are no rules
0 l6 v) A4 q4 A8 H6 b0 r$ d$ Oto this song, except that by responding, you are giving me your permission to # l: b N* V, F6 Z8 \7 y
set your words to music and your responses must be in before July 1st! You are
7 D( s! u9 p" x6 R- s0 C5 |also agreeing to let Sony and me determine the various usages of these lyrics
; y) ^% C0 y0 b6 q+ }' e( Z% l# cand forego the copyrights (both moral and economic rights) of your lyrics : N8 }) {" ?; h0 [
(phrases, words), and all the money that might be generated by this song. The
0 y D3 W, I7 H$ y, }3 l# o: asongwriter';s royalties generated by this song will be donated in full to a : l/ F5 p) G1 g o1 v+ S
charitable foundation for children. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that( p i3 v7 {: G- W& _7 c- [, K
your words will be used in their entirety or at all. Don';t be upset if I use
) h( K- W# z( u/ ?) p9 T8 Y9 @) ]. Lonly one or two of your words and mix and match them with someone else';s, that 2 i0 j+ N/ T7 Z* ^4 O
is the whole idea of the song, MANY voices becoming ONE. Never before has a : U( G/ L+ Y d4 s7 S S4 f9 J
song been written together by so many people and this will be the first time N, w" r% K' l Z
ever that song lyrics are written collaboratively through the internet, how
) S. m8 d7 r0 H& {( G, y. C% Qexciting! You can e-mail me your phrases by clicking below. For those who do + p" O* t7 V7 i% O6 b+ o, m7 N
not have access to the internet, but would like to contribute, please mail your0 T5 ^4 {: m* U3 q
phrases or words to: PO Box 20083, Rochester, NY 14602 United States of
* l/ i1 |2 P, T* o2 eAmerica or mail it to: "Our song" c/o Sony Music Taiwan 6th F. No. 35, Lane 11,
1 O" R8 M( K! j& g5 J j9 XKwang-Fu North Rd. Taipei, Taiwan. Good luck, fellow composers! Thank you!!!!
. b. M" K2 C" |& ]+ RLove.$ x) o4 \6 w$ ]3 I
% \3 L: D8 [: Y# n. ? }/ Q' E) C) S# u
Lee-hom Wang
! d9 W& Q1 h: D/ p+ I/ Y) @/ R亲爱的朋友:$ d5 n+ \0 a& n/ m
在任何一个国家,社会,团体,邻里之间,或者在家庭中,希望都在孩子们身上。老的一代看着年轻一代一点一点长大,心里对他们充满希望。年轻的一代用未来的想法来看老的一代,充满着力量和生气。这就是我们全球的年轻人。当我从大学毕业以后,我看到了我绵绵无尽的命运中的各种可能。我必须把命运紧紧抓在手中,我从未对我的未来如此兴奋。你,也许和你以后的日子在同一个舞台上:年轻而聪明,努力而继续前进。但是如果你没有自由控制自己命运的权利呢?想想看你每天的日子将会变成怎样的,在这个年轻充满梦想的时节,却要彻底的拒绝梦想。如果你在你的花样季节却拒绝兴奋呢?对于我们大多数来说,这简直难以想象。但当我们真真切切的想想这种生活是怎么来的时候,就会发现有这么多原因;粗心大意的父母,青少年的犯罪,童工,缺少教育,饥饿,战争……这也正好是在我们手边的未来。在这样的环境中,孩子们又怎么可能心怀梦想的成长?所以我来到了你们身边,我的网友,来听到你们的呼声,我请你们都写下几个词或是一个短语,告诉我如果你在这样的情景下被压迫着生活,会怎么想?越简洁越好,我会把你们的话填到词里去,谱成曲,做成我即将在1998年8月发行的一张专辑中。听到你们的想法,我会十分激动的。如果着走小的话,对于我来说,这就是我梦圆的时刻。替年轻一代反映他们的想法,一直是我的目标。现在我有了这种机会,来唱出你们作的词~所以快快回信~唱这首歌,不需要任何条条框框,除了你必须在六月一号之前给我回信。 |4 |! T1 i2 h/ P/ G; [% I( s9 M
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