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大家可以选择一句话来翻译,呵呵,考你的英语水平。: p3 f( u! h. i0 i( T" F8 G
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7 x* l8 F0 \2 w `Dear Friends,
, u) \- l8 ^/ ?5 z' b In every country, society, community, neighborhood, or family, the future 1 K$ ^$ T- k1 L5 R1 V
lies in its children. The older generations look to the young with time in / \1 a! Z5 k3 _ c( P
their eyes and hope in their hearts. The young look back at the old with ideas 3 t! I! @" z7 u/ s! i
of tomorrow, with energy, and spirit. We, the young people of the global
0 H9 U( F5 A4 Q, y4 S' tcommunity, are it. And as I graduate from college, I see the endless ; V# |* R4 k! {- f! _
possibilities of my destiny that I must take into my own hands, a future I';ve
_# y8 r; p1 M2 i% ~6 R7 R$ ynever been so excited to live it out. You, are probably at similar stages in % g/ a0 Y# o+ a4 g
your lives: young and smart, working hard, moving forward. But what if you 0 ]0 b+ h* T, S5 c7 y0 S
didn';t have the freedom to determine your own destiny? Think of how you might
7 F' N& p0 G( {, U7 L3 Afeel every day if you were, at this young age of hope, completely denied hope.3 w0 _+ S$ B( X- V( g
What if you were denied the excitement of your natural youth? This is hard for / W/ | {: |5 E; ^- t3 R
most of us to imagine, but when we think about the sort of oppression that is - H; o) F$ Z* T$ @/ \4 Z
brought on by negligent parents, juvenile crime, child labor, lack of * _; i* K' m6 y
education, hunger, war...this is precisely the situation that is at hand. How
: X2 @. A0 [( J$ v0 q2 ~4 ecan a child grow up in these environments with hopes in her/his heart? So I';m
4 R6 j& M1 \9 M# W) N' ncoming to you all, my friends on the internet, to get a voice from the youth. 2 F% |9 Y; g0 Y# ?3 a( N) t' |# E" W
I';m asking you all to write a few words or phrases (in Chinese or English) / {% }. w! n& k* L- q' [
telling how you might feel if you were spending your days oppressed in any of
3 l: C1 R4 a, T4 ?" f9 [1 ?these situations. Try to keep it as short as possible, but be as creative or $ i$ U: ^. d4 e8 ]
direct as you want. I will take your words, organize them, set them to music,
) P' v7 U/ t6 j, [- b5 ^) z8 sand record it as a song on my new album which is coming out in August, 1998. I
) c9 n% g5 }/ R; j* k am so excited to hear your ideas. If this works, it will be a dream come true 1 P1 n7 D' @ O$ `
for me. It has always been my goal to serve as a voice for the young. Now I ; F( y1 C2 e4 L
have this chance...to sing your words. So please write back! There are no rules # ?' n' |( Z" G0 K
to this song, except that by responding, you are giving me your permission to
- C% U8 U$ f0 W$ y& \4 A+ n+ j! M* Fset your words to music and your responses must be in before July 1st! You are & a9 } w2 ^0 [# a- ]8 o( k
also agreeing to let Sony and me determine the various usages of these lyrics " z) f) ~/ o, @. M
and forego the copyrights (both moral and economic rights) of your lyrics
- d' X. W1 \* ^; ?(phrases, words), and all the money that might be generated by this song. The
* I0 ?& S. q8 [# w9 A- ]) `songwriter';s royalties generated by this song will be donated in full to a
9 i$ D- \4 n/ ^6 B2 [, P5 n( _! Dcharitable foundation for children. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that
. t: J1 n. ^. ~8 y7 Q) C- o% q5 U your words will be used in their entirety or at all. Don';t be upset if I use
# P& {; A! g0 k8 a: m! Honly one or two of your words and mix and match them with someone else';s, that
# ~) p) ]: ?: T) bis the whole idea of the song, MANY voices becoming ONE. Never before has a
) y/ r1 E/ i- y; `2 L$ p2 }song been written together by so many people and this will be the first time ; u* j4 |: ^5 ~# y7 ^
ever that song lyrics are written collaboratively through the internet, how & c: L* i( I7 I
exciting! You can e-mail me your phrases by clicking below. For those who do
* A+ ?: K7 | E- i' k2 O8 nnot have access to the internet, but would like to contribute, please mail your$ }; a) y' a. K6 \* y) ^& a
phrases or words to: PO Box 20083, Rochester, NY 14602 United States of # b: \: m: P7 s, X
America or mail it to: "Our song" c/o Sony Music Taiwan 6th F. No. 35, Lane 11, ) G0 t( H8 J. E$ t6 y
Kwang-Fu North Rd. Taipei, Taiwan. Good luck, fellow composers! Thank you!!!!
$ \9 Y; ~# F1 }6 ~+ s1 CLove.
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