歌名：The Best Day

作者：Taylor Swift

歌词：

I'm five years old it's getting cold I've got my big coat on

今天我五岁了,天开始变凉,我穿上件宽大的外套

I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you I run and run

我听见你的笑声,就仰着头冲着你微笑,我跑啊跑

Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides look now the sky is gold

你开着拖拉机载着我驶过南瓜园,抬起头,我看见金色满天

I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

回家的路上,搂着你的腿,我睡得香甜

I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

我不知道所有树木为何会在秋天落叶

I know that you're not scared of anything at all

可我知道你根本不会畏惧世间的一切

Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away

也不知道白雪公主的那个城堡到底是近还是远

But I know I had the best day with you today

可我知道有你陪伴的今天是最美好的一天

I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean

现在我13岁了,我真搞不懂朋友们为何都那么苛刻

I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys

我哭着跑回家,你抓起车钥匙还紧紧搂着我

And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away

我们开啊开,一直开到离家很远很远的一个镇子

And we talk and window shop till I forgot all their names

在那里我们逛店谈心,直到我忘记那些人的名字

I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school

在学校我不知道该与谁交谈所以成天沉默不语

But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you

可我知道你开车接我回家的路上将充满欢声笑语

Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel ok

也不知道还得熬多久这种伤痛才能有所改变

But I know I had the best day with you today

可我知道有你陪伴的今天是最美好的一天

I have an excellent father

我有个了不起的爸爸

His strength is making me stronger

他的坚强让我也变得更加坚强

God smiles on my little brother

上帝更眷顾我的那个弟弟

Inside and out he's better than I am

从里到外,他都比我要出色得多

I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run

我们家房子虽小,给我留的空间却足以奔跑

and I had the best days with you

有你陪伴的日子全都最美好

There is a video I found from back when I was three

在屋后我找到那一段我三岁时的录像

You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me

你在厨房里架起一个画板然后就开始给我讲

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs

那个时代的公主,海盗船和七个小矮人的传奇

Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

爸爸聪明绝顶,而在所有女人里,你的美丽也无人能及

Now I know why all the trees change in the fall

现在我知道所有树叶为何在秋天飘落

I know you were on my side even when I was wrong

也知道就算我错你也会在我身边支持我

And I love you for giving me your eyes

我爱你,因为你给了我这双眼睛

Staying back and watching me shine and I didn't know if you knew

因为你总在身后望着我闪烁如星，我不知道你是不是知道

So I'm taking this chance to say that I had the best day with you today

所以我想说，和你在一起是我最美好的日子

背景含义：

该课件主题为家庭生活（Life at Home）， 这个课件使用了美国乡村音乐、流行音乐创作女歌手Taylor Swift的 The Best Day这首歌。歌手以树木的季节变更来表示她的成长以及生活的变化，而到歌曲最后表示她现在长大了，也懂得了很多道理，但是有一点没有变化，就是她永远爱她的家人，永远感激他们。这首歌曲调温情又轻快，能有力激发起人的情绪，给人内心的感动，有助于激发学生更加懂得感恩家人，向家人表达自己的爱。

教学建议：

该歌曲的歌词基本符合初中生的英语水平，且可以让学生有一定量的词汇扩充。在教学过程中，教师可以运用科学性与思想性相统一的教学原则，让学生在了解歌曲的基础上，充分地深化主题，引导学生要注重家庭生活，关心家人，学会表达爱与感恩。

家庭生活-The Best Day.pptx