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Saved by the Gong: Music Class

Saved by the Gong: Music Class
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IN THIS LESSON
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!
Jenny , John
Saved by the Gong: Music Class
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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 好tóngxué men 同学们qǐng 请bǎ 把kèběn 课本fāndào 翻到dì èrshí sān yè 第23页jīntiān 今天wǒmen 我们yào 要xué 学chàng 唱zhè 这shǒu 首gēqǔ 歌曲
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 唉shì 是Zhōu Jiélún 周杰伦de 的Wōniú 蜗牛
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 你xiā 瞎jiào 叫shénme 什么kān qīngchu 看清楚shì 是Wōniú 蜗牛yǔ 与huánglíniǎo 黄鹂鸟shì 是yī 一shǒu 首xiàoyuán 校园gēqǔ 歌曲
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 哎呀wǒ 我wàng 忘le 了yùxí 预习gēcí 歌词nǐ 你yùxí 预习le 了méiyǒu 没有
Oh man, I forgot to preview the lyrics. Did you do it?
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