本期撰稿人：吳小蓉

華南師范大學外文學院英語系04級學生。喜歡英文，喜歡聽英文歌曲，一首好的英文歌曲不僅讓我學到課文里學不到的知識，更讓我體味到歌者的人生。令我陶醉的不僅僅是動人的旋律，找到每首歌的觸動點，理解每首歌背后的故事才是我最大的享受。除了聽歌還喜歡看看書，聽歌讓我覺得享受，看書讓我覺得充實。

 歌手簡介：他是四屆格萊美獎得主，是R&B音樂教父級人物；他擁有超過兩千萬張的唱片銷售記錄，被他魔力嗓音征服的聽眾數以億計；他就是Luther Vandross，美國最偉大的黑人男歌手之一。

 我聽之我見：隨著前奏緩緩響起，一些很原始的情感也會開始慢慢地涌動。返璞歸真的歌詞極盡平凡，輕盈彌漫的節奏帶走所有沉重。一時之間，腦海只剩下那把完美的男聲在輕聲吟唱。淡淡的感動在涌動,卻是來自內心最深處的。

Dance with my father     byLuther Vandross

Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
And dance with my mother me then
Spin me around till I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me

And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance
Another walk
Another dance with him.
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I love, love, love
To dance with my father again

When I and my mother would disagree
Toget my wayI would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet

Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance
One final step
One final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
Cause I love, love, love
To dance with my father again

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me

I know I'm praying so much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know u don't do it usually
But dear lord she's dying
To dance with my father again

Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dream

  Words and phrases

1. innocence：在這里表示“天真純潔”，主要是指小孩子，比如說，Children lose their innocence as they grow older. （童稚的天真隨著年齡的增長而消逝。）

2. get one's way：這個詞組表示“不顧反對意見為所欲為”，如：She always gets her own way in the end.（她最后總是想怎樣就怎樣。）

3. be gone：可以表示“離開”，也可以委婉的表示“去世”。

4. cry for sb/sth：因為某人某事物而哭泣，比如說，She cried for joy. （她喜極而泣。）

5. be dying to dance：表示“非常向往跳舞”。