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Saved by the Gong: Music Class

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ID: 1135 Upper Intermediate
Chinese is a major world language, but music is the international language. In today's lesson, naughty Lin Feng and his friends are learning about music. Hum along, sing the song, beat the gong!
Thu Apr 09 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
蜗牛 wōniú snail
黄鹂鸟 huánglíniǎo oriole
预习 yùxí to preview, study in advance
歌词 gēcí lyrics
好，同学们，请把课本翻到第23页，今天我们要学唱这首歌曲。
hǎo ，tóngxué men ，qǐng bǎ kèběn fāndào dì èrshí sān yè ，jīntiān wǒmen yào xué chàng zhè shǒu gēqǔ 。
OK, everyone. Please turn to page 23 in your textbook. Today, we're going to learn how to sing this song.
唉！是周杰伦的 《 蜗牛 》！
ài ！shì Zhōu Jiélún de 《 Wōniú 》！
Oh! It's ''Snail," by Jay Chow!
你瞎叫什么，看清楚，是 《 蜗牛与黄鹂鸟 》，是一首校园歌曲。
nǐ xiā jiào shénme ，kān qīngchu ，shì 《 Wōniú yǔ huánglíniǎo 》，shì yī shǒu xiàoyuán gēqǔ 。
What are you babbling about? Look closely-- it's ''The Snail and the Oriole," a classic schoolyard song.
哎呀，我忘了预习歌词，你预习了没有？
āiyā ，wǒ wàng le yùxí gēcí ，nǐ yùxí le méiyǒu ？
Oh man, I forgot to preview the lyrics. Did you do it?
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