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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。
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. m3 q* \) s/ o; _" x( G& hDear Friends,
! B0 y- g& }' H I7 @ In every country, society, community, neighborhood, or family, the future 9 J9 X7 h3 S8 M% u
lies in its children. The older generations look to the young with time in 0 M, h; c3 M8 @7 O7 ^
their eyes and hope in their hearts. The young look back at the old with ideas ! i; V# E" T8 h1 O. J
of tomorrow, with energy, and spirit. We, the young people of the global
% i, H6 M# u/ T% V9 @, Lcommunity, are it. And as I graduate from college, I see the endless
7 L4 L9 v* \" Y7 \2 x: Q% Q' npossibilities of my destiny that I must take into my own hands, a future I';ve
$ H. @5 Z1 Y* K# P) _! H4 t8 qnever been so excited to live it out. You, are probably at similar stages in m% K" j; t6 V- O1 |; R/ m
your lives: young and smart, working hard, moving forward. But what if you
+ C a7 P8 j U1 {& e6 ydidn';t have the freedom to determine your own destiny? Think of how you might # A% R- ^5 b$ I6 {' n
feel every day if you were, at this young age of hope, completely denied hope.7 d* t! k/ g# ]0 n) E5 W0 G$ s
What if you were denied the excitement of your natural youth? This is hard for . @* ^* t4 o$ m, A7 P, I9 }/ ]
most of us to imagine, but when we think about the sort of oppression that is " E2 L! O$ G: }% C) [
brought on by negligent parents, juvenile crime, child labor, lack of
8 _7 z5 E G+ K) C& d" Geducation, hunger, war...this is precisely the situation that is at hand. How
* P1 G2 Y: A+ g# `can a child grow up in these environments with hopes in her/his heart? So I';m ; h1 I5 {7 p }$ y, }
coming to you all, my friends on the internet, to get a voice from the youth.
- X: Y( z1 J! ?+ u( k2 `: ?7 DI';m asking you all to write a few words or phrases (in Chinese or English)
. p6 o* ^. f# M9 j# Etelling how you might feel if you were spending your days oppressed in any of 2 p$ t4 H5 V% v) w- T
these situations. Try to keep it as short as possible, but be as creative or , k7 |- ^2 d, ~6 {7 i9 `4 s2 @
direct as you want. I will take your words, organize them, set them to music,
7 r' U# H- M1 |' C: wand record it as a song on my new album which is coming out in August, 1998. I X0 a: f4 v; m4 T d% ~
am so excited to hear your ideas. If this works, it will be a dream come true
) j2 A" t9 C$ o0 M+ {for me. It has always been my goal to serve as a voice for the young. Now I ' u* _8 ?7 |4 `& F
have this chance...to sing your words. So please write back! There are no rules 0 \7 A% Q, K7 X: k" b
to this song, except that by responding, you are giving me your permission to % O% G% `* L0 W
set your words to music and your responses must be in before July 1st! You are
; C* i6 T6 {: G, walso agreeing to let Sony and me determine the various usages of these lyrics
5 W' f1 t- m$ }2 s3 u/ Qand forego the copyrights (both moral and economic rights) of your lyrics 9 ]4 S2 ]3 ]+ d% L: v6 X; K$ Y
(phrases, words), and all the money that might be generated by this song. The 4 R7 |9 @8 v; f* ^3 {
songwriter';s royalties generated by this song will be donated in full to a / \& f/ h- i% P6 T
charitable foundation for children. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that
( ~ M1 h: k' \9 x! h) | your words will be used in their entirety or at all. Don';t be upset if I use
0 s# l" `; E5 Aonly one or two of your words and mix and match them with someone else';s, that
& @0 `; I1 K0 zis the whole idea of the song, MANY voices becoming ONE. Never before has a
( |$ P# T& n4 [9 o) Hsong been written together by so many people and this will be the first time * M8 E0 c# e' N0 R
ever that song lyrics are written collaboratively through the internet, how ( V( a( |7 b" j3 w U: S$ G
exciting! You can e-mail me your phrases by clicking below. For those who do / D. z" n; O+ w1 G
not have access to the internet, but would like to contribute, please mail your
1 A3 d# ?# e H0 K0 o9 g phrases or words to: PO Box 20083, Rochester, NY 14602 United States of
* Z% [2 B$ U" GAmerica or mail it to: "Our song" c/o Sony Music Taiwan 6th F. No. 35, Lane 11, % G6 i- z) ]! [) D$ k
Kwang-Fu North Rd. Taipei, Taiwan. Good luck, fellow composers! Thank you!!!!
/ x. G, L( X. D) I7 g& C ?. Z( ? G. x) zLove.
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