Let's start at the very beginning
让我们从头开始
A very good place to start
一个很好的开端
When you read you begin with A-B-C
当你学念书你要先学abc
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
当你唱歌你要先学do re mi Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
正好是前三个音符
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi [Maria:]
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
[spoken]
Let's see if I can make it easy
让我们看看我能不能让它容易些 Doe, a deer, a female deer
doe，一头鹿，一头小母鹿
Ray, a drop of golden sun
ray，一线金色的阳光
Me, a name I call myself
me是我在叫自己
Far, a long, long way to run
far要跑很远很远的路
Sew, a needle pulling thread
sew是针儿穿着线
La, a note to follow Sew
la是跟着sew来的音符
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
tea，喝茶加面包和果酱
That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)
这把我们又带回do [Maria and Children:]
[Repeat above verse twice] [Maria:]
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
So-do! [Maria: (spoken)]
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on
现在孩子们，do re mi fa so等等
are only the tools we use to build a song.
我们用来构成歌曲的唯一工具
Once you have these notes in your heads,
一旦你学会这些音符
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
你就可以通过把它们组合起来，唱出亿万首不同的歌
Like this.
比如： So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[spoken]
Can you do that?
你会吗？
[Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[Maria:]
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Children:]
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:]
[spoken]
Now, put it all together.
现在，把它们拼起来 [Maria and Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:]
[spoken]
Good!
棒极了！
[Brigitta:]
[spoken]
But it doesn't mean anything.
但这没有任何意义
[Maria:]
[spoken]
So we put in words. One word for every note.
所以我们就添上歌词，一个音一个字
Like this.
象这样 When you know the notes to sing <
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