歌名:
Sleigh Ride
演唱者:
Billy Gilman
歌曲背景信息:
《驾雪橇》是作曲家Leroy Anderson在二十世纪五十年代创作的一首轻快型的流行管弦乐曲。最初,它只是一首器乐曲;但米切尔教区在1950年的时候给这首曲子填了词,描绘了一个人邀请他的朋友加入他们、一起乘坐雪橇的故事。随后,许多乐队和歌手都改编和翻唱了这首歌。虽然歌词中只是涉及冬日雪景的美丽与朋友一起滑雪橇的邀请,并没有提到圣诞假期,但《驾雪橇》仍与圣诞节相关联并出现在许多圣诞节专辑中,以其轻快的曲调、充满童趣的歌词,成了许多人心中圣诞的经典曲目。
歌词原文:
Sleigh Ride
《驾雪橇》
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
刚听到那些雪橇叮铃铃的铃声
Ring ting tingling too
门铃也叮铃铃的响了起来
Come on, it's lovely weather
快来吧,如此惬意的好天气
For a sleigh ride together with you
跟你一起滑雪橇
Outside the snow is falling
外面雪花纷纷飘落
And friends are calling "yoo hoo"
朋友们高呼:哟呵
Come on, it's lovely weather
快来吧,如此惬意的好天气
For a sleigh ride together with you
跟你一起滑雪橇
Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap
驾,驾,驾
Let's go
出发吧
Let's look at the show
让我们一起欣赏这表演
We're riding in a wonderland of snow
我们正滑行在一个冰雪的奇妙世界里
Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap
驾,驾,驾
It's grand
它广阔无垠
Just holding your hand
我紧握着你的手
We're gliding along with a song
我们唱着歌儿
Of a wintry fairy land
滑行在这个银装素裹的冬日童话世界里
Our cheeks are nice and rosy
我们的脸颊美丽又粉嫩
And comfy cozy are we
我们轻松又舒适
We're snuggled up together
我们相互依偎
Like two birds of a feather would be
如一片羽翼下的两只小鸟
Let's take that road before us
让我们选择前方的路
And sing a chorus or two
唱着一两首欢快的歌儿
Come on, it's lovely weather
快来吧,如此惬意的好天气
For a sleigh ride together with you
跟你一起滑雪橇
There's a birthday party
一个生日派对
At the home of Farmer Gray
正在农场主格雷的家里进行
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day
这将是完美一天的绝妙收尾
We'll be singing the songs
我们会唱着我们爱唱的歌
We love to sing without a single stop
一刻也不停歇
At the fireplace while we watch
大家围坐在壁炉边
The chestnuts pop
看着栗子烤熟
Pop! Pop! Pop!
发出嘭嘭的声响
There's a happy feeling
这种快乐的感觉
Nothing in the world can buy
是世上的无价之宝
When they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie
人们互相传递着咖啡和南瓜派
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives
这像极了柯里尔和艾夫斯画里的场景
These wonderful things are the things
这些奇妙的经历
We remember all through our lives
是我们永生难忘的记忆
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
刚听到那些雪橇叮铃铃的铃声
Ring ting tingling too
门铃也叮铃铃的响了起来
Come on, it's lovely weather
快来吧,如此惬意的好天气
For a sleigh ride together with you
跟你一起滑雪橇
Outside the snow is falling
外面雪花纷纷飘落
And friends are calling "yoo hoo"
朋友们高呼:哟呵
Come on, it's lovely weather
快来吧,如此惬意的好天气
For a sleigh ride together with you
跟你一起滑雪橇
教学建议:
这首歌可以作为一节英语课的热身环节,用于呈现一定的主题或者词汇知识。在主题方面,可以契合歌曲背景,联系圣诞、西方文化、节日等主题,让学生通过歌曲了解圣诞节的特点。在词汇知识方面,歌曲中的“together with”多次复现,可以让学生通过观看歌曲对together with的意义和用法产生一定的了解,并通过呈现的歌词和图片推断together with的意思,由此导入到与with有关的其他短语的教学。