螢火蟲

by Connie Talbot from Beautiful World

螢火蟲

Fireflies

本篇適合：欣賞、跟唱

by Connie Talbot from Beautiful World

炎炎夏日，當夜幕降臨，鄉間田野總會看到一些“小精靈”閃著光，漫天飛舞，點綴夜空，美得就好像落在凡間的星星，讓人驚嘆。小朋友們知道它們是什么嗎？對啦，它們就是美麗的螢火蟲！

螢火蟲成群結隊給我們帶來美景，但它們的生命卻很短暫，一般只有幾天。因此，大家記得要珍惜它們的美，好好保護它們喲！

by WJ

You would not believe your eyes

If ten million fireflies

Lit up the world as I fell asleep

’Cause they’d fill the open air

And leave teardrops everywhere

You’d think me rude

but I would just stand and stare

’Cause I’d get a thousand hugs

From ten thousand lightning bugs

As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head

A sock hop beneath my bed

A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

* I’d like to make myself believe

That planet earth turns slowly

It’s hard to say

That I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep

’Cause everything is never as it seems

(When I fall asleep) *

Leave my door open just a crack

(Please take me away from here)

’Cause I feel like such an insomniac

(Please take me away from here)

Why do I tire of counting sheep

(Please take me away from here)

When I’m far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies

I’m weird ’cause I hate goodbyes

I got misty eyes as they said farewell

But I’ll know where several are

If my dreams get real bizarre

’Cause I saved a few

And I keep them in a jar (jar, jar)

Repeat *×2

I’d like to make myself believe

That planet earth turns slowly

firefly ['faΙ?flaΙ] n. 螢火蟲（復數：fireflies）

believe [bΙ'li?v] v. 相信，信任

million ['mΙlj?n] num. 百萬，百萬個

light up [laΙt Λp] 點燃（過去式：lit up）

fall asleep [f??l ?'sli?p] 入睡（過去式：fell asleep）

open air ['??p?n e?] 戶外

teardrop [tΙ?dr?p] n. 淚珠（復數：teardrops）

everywhere ['evrΙhwe?] adv. 各處，到處

stare [ste?] v. 凝視，盯著看

lightning bug ['laΙtnΙ? bΛɡ] 螢火蟲（復數：lightning bugs）

foxtrot ['f?kstr?t] n. 狐步舞

sock hop [s?k h?p] 短襪舞

beneath [bΙ'ni?θ] adv. 在……之下

disco ball ['dΙsk?? b??l] 迪斯科舞廳的閃光燈球

thread [θred] n. 線，細絲

planet ['pl?nΙt] n. [天] 行星

awake [?'weΙk] adj. 醒著的

never ['nev?] adv. 決不，從未

crack [kr?k] n. 裂縫

insomniac [Ιn's?mnΙ?k] n. 失眠癥患者

count[ka?nt] v. 數，計算（-ing形式：counting）

weird [wΙ?d] adj. 怪異的，神秘的

misty ['mΙstΙ] adj. 模糊的

farewell ['fe?'wel] n. 再見，再會

several ['sev?r?l] pron. 幾個

bizarre [bΙ'zα?] adj. 奇異的

jar [d?α?] n. 罐，廣口瓶

歌手簡介

康妮·塔波特（Connie Talbot），出生于2000年11月的英國歌手。據稱，康妮18個月大時就開始對唱歌產生濃厚的興趣，甚至在睡夢中也會唱歌。然而，因為家里經濟條件有限，康妮的父母沒有能力供她上聲樂課，唯一能提供給她的就是一臺價值幾十英鎊的唱片機。

六歲時，康妮參加了選秀節目《英國達人》（Britain’s Got Talent），結果歌喉技驚四座，一舉成名。之后，康妮獲得唱片公司高達六位數英鎊的合約，并且小小年紀就推出了自己的專輯，全球矚目。2010年，康妮還參加了央視的六一晚會。

這首《螢火蟲》出自康妮2012年的專輯《美麗世界》（Beautiful World）。盡管已經12歲，但康妮歌聲中的純凈和活潑依然讓人非常陶醉。

聽歌曲，填出下列橫線上所缺單詞。

1. You would not believe your______ .

2. But I would just_______ and stare.

3. I’d like to make______ believe.

4. Why do I tire of counting_______.

5. I’m weird ’cause I hate_______.

中文大意及答案請見第45頁。