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    2017年年托福口語精選：家庭
    George Moore 曾說過，“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.”但不是所有人都會對“家”有如此深刻的理解，很多人都是待“青絲染白發(fā)”“風(fēng)霜刻皺紋”后，才開始回望家的溫暖。“Ode to My Family”正唱出了那風(fēng)一更、雪一更后，聒碎鄉(xiāng)心的感懷。
    “Ode to My Family”是愛爾蘭卡百利樂隊(The Cranberries)的代表作，發(fā)表于1994年的專輯《無需理論》(No Need to Argue)。其不僅擁有主Dolores O’Riordan那游絲飄移般的吟詠和宛轉(zhuǎn)親切的音樂，更有發(fā)人深省的歌詞。有音評人認(rèn)為，這首歌反映的是主唱Dolores O’Riordan因決定從事演唱事業(yè)而與家人產(chǎn)生的巨大隔閡。而另一種看法則認(rèn)為這首歌恰反映了Dolores O’Riordan走上星途后方識人情冷暖，終理解家的深意。筆者更傾向于后者：若歌者不心懷感恩，又何以在歌中反復(fù)吟唱母親的擁抱、父親的愛憐?更重要的是，卡百利樂隊來自愛爾蘭。那個曾歷經(jīng)艱難的國度，從來都不乏生于悲愴仍不失堅強(qiáng)的精神。所以，筆者更愿意以愛爾蘭式的驕傲來理解這首“Ode to My Family”。
    Ode to My Family
    Understand the things I say.
    Don’t turn away from me.
    ’Cause I spent half my life out there,
    You wouldn’t disagree.
    Do you see me, do you see?
    Do you like me, do you like me
    standing there?
    Do you notice, do you know?
    Do you see me, do you see me?
    Does anyone care?
    Unhappiness, where’s
    when I was young,
    And we didn’t give a damn.
    ’Cause we were raised
    To see life as a fun and
    take it if we can.
    My mother, my mother
    she held me.
    She held me, when I was out there.
    My father, my father
    he liked me.
    Oh he liked me, does anyone care?
    Understand what I’ve become.
    It wasn’t my design.
    And people everywhere think
    Something better than I am.
    But I miss you, I miss.
    ’Cause I liked it, I liked it.
    When I was out there,
    Do you know this, do you know?
    You did not find me, you did not find.
    Does anyone care?
    Unhappiness, where’s
    when I was young,
    And we didn’t give a damn.
    ’Cause we were raised
    To see life as a fun and
    take it if we can.
    My mother, my mother
    she held me.
    She held me, when I was out there.
    My father, my father
    he liked me.
    Oh he liked me, does anyone care?
    Does anyone care …