歌名：Home on the range

作者：Lisa Loeb

歌词：

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
Flows leisurely down to the stream
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
Like a star in a heavenly dream
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
And the skies are not cloudy all day

中文翻译：

我的家在牧场 那儿有水牛游荡 还有快乐的小鹿和羚羊 那儿多么欢畅，那儿没有悲伤 辽阔天空多么晴朗 家 牧场我的家 那儿有快乐小鹿和羚羊 那儿多么欢畅，那儿没有悲伤 辽阔天空多么晴朗 当黄昏过去 夜幕笼罩大地 天上星星闪烁光芒 星空多么壮丽 令人无限神往 但是比不上我的牧场 家 牧场我的家 那儿有快乐的小鹿和羚羊 那儿多么欢畅，那儿没有悲伤

歌词大意：

这首歌主要描述了一个在牧场上的家，充满欢声笑语以及人们与大自然近距离接触。这里的家有大草原、水牛、小鹿、羚羊，人与自然构成一幅和谐的画面。

背景介绍：

这首歌是美国西部十分流行的一首民谣，在1947年成为美国堪萨斯州的州歌，一度是最受欢迎的西方乐曲之一。1871年作者Higley搬到堪萨斯州后喜欢上这里，为了表达自己对堪萨斯州的喜爱写下了这首歌。

“Home on the Range” is a classic western folk song sometimes called the “unofficial anthem” of the American West. The lyrics were originally written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Smith County, Kansas, in a poem entitled "My Western Home" in 1872. In 1947, it became the state song of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time. In 1871, Higley moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas, under the Homestead Act. He lived in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek. He was so inspired by his new bucolic surroundings that he decided to create a poem in praise of the prairie.

教学建议：

在讲述房屋与住所这一话题时，通过这个课件，同学们可以了解到牧场上的家的样子。由此，教师可以从牧场的家引入到其他类型的房屋与住所，激发学生学习关于房屋与住所的内容。

房屋与住所-Home on the range.mp4.pptx