英文儿童歌曲:Do-Re-Mi 多来咪

Do-Re-Mi 多来咪

 

短小而活泼的歌曲《哆来咪》来自经典音乐电影《音乐之声(The Sound of Music)》。

M: Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.When you read you begin with?               Gretl: ABC.
玛：让我们从头开始学。有个好开头。读书从什么开始？ 格：ABC.

M: When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi.
玛：唱歌就从哆，来，咪开始。

M: Do Re Mi, the first three notes just happen to be: Do Re Mi.
玛：哆，来，咪。一开始三个音符。哆，来，咪。

M: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti. Let's see if I can make it easier.
玛：哆，来，咪，发，嗖，啦，唏。让我们看能不能容易些。

Doe, a deer, a female¹ deer.
“哆" 是一只小母鹿

Ray, a drop of golden² sun.
“来" 是一束金色的阳光

Me, a name I call myself.
“咪"是称呼我自己

Far, a long, long way to run.
"发" 是道路远又长

Sew, a needle pulling thread.
"嗖"是穿针又引线

La, a note to follow Sew.
"啦"是音符跟着“嗖"

Tea, a drink with jam and bread.
"唏" 是饮料与茶点

That will bring us back to Doe, oh, oh, oh.
然后我们再返回去唱“哆".
(repeat.)

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do! So, Do!

M: Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So, and so on are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads you can sing a million different tunes³ by mixing them up. Like this: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re. You do that?
玛：现在孩子们，哆！来！咪！发！嗖等等只是我们谱一首歌的工具，一旦你们记熟了这音符，你们就可以将它们组合起来，唱出成千上万的不同的曲调。就象这样：嗖, 哆, 啦, 发, 咪, 哆, 来。你们会吗？

Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re.
孩子们：嗖, 哆, 啦, 发, 咪, 哆, 来。

M: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
玛：嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 来，哆。

Children: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
孩子们：嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 来，哆。

M: Now, put it all together.
玛：现在合起来唱。

Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
孩子们：嗖, 哆, 啦, 发, 咪, 哆, 来；嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 来，哆。

M: Good!
玛：很好！

Frederick: But it doesn't mean anything.
弗：但是这没有什么意思呀。

M: So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this: When you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything. Together!
玛：好，我们来填词，一个词一个音符，就象这样：（唱）当你知道这些音符，你会唱许多的歌。一起来！

Children: When you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything.
孩子们：当你知道这些音符，你会唱许多的歌。

1 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

2 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

3 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》