Introduction
With 11 Gold and 2 platinum albums， his fans believe that B. J. Thomas is the best voice to be heard in modern American music. His songs include： “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head，” The Eyes of a New York Woman，“”I Just Can't Help Believing，“”Rock'n Roll Lullaby，“ and ”Hooked on a Feeling. “His distinctive voice and career has spanned Gospel， Pop， Country， and Rock and Roll music.
Rogers and Hammerstein form America's most famous composer song writer team . Their excellent Broadway musical “South Pacific，”was based on the book “Tales of the South Pacific，”by James A. Michener. The musical' s setting is on Pacific island paradise during World War Ⅱ. One of the musical's great songs is “Cockeyed Optimist. ”
“When the sky is a bright an merry yellow，
I forget every cloud I've ever seen，
For I'm only a cockeyed optimist，
Immature and incurably green
I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we've done and we might as well be dead
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
And I can't get it into my head.
They say the human race is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go，
But every whiporwhill is selling me a bill
And telling me it just ain't so.
I could say life was just a bowl of jello
And appear more intelligent and smart，
But I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope，
And I can't get it out of my heart，
Not this heart. “
Nellie Forbish， the main character in “South Pacific，”is falling in love. Her song is called “I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy！” Leading into the song， she says， “I expect everyone of my crowd to make fun of my proud protestations of faith in romance. And they'll say I'm native as a babe to believe every fable I hear from a person in pants. Fearlessly， I'll face them and argue their doubts away. Loudly I'll sing about flowers in spring！ Flatly I'll stand on my little flat feet and say.
Love is a grand and a beautiful thing！
I'm not ashamed to reveal， the world famous feeling，
I feel.
I'm as corny as Kansas in August
I'm as normal as blueberry pie
No more a smart little girl with no heart，
I have found me a wonderful guy！
I am in a conventional dither
With a conventional star in my eye.
And you will note， there's a lump in my throat
As I speak of that wonderful guy…
As Nellie goes on singing， let's skip to another Rogers and Hammerstein's song of the same name as their musical， “The Sound Of Music. ”
CHILDREN：
The hills are alive
With the sound of music
With songs they have sung
For a thousand years…
“You'll Never Walk Alone”is another joyful example of talented people working together to produce a song that will be around for a long time.
You'll Never Walk Alone
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Ⅱ
Music by Richard Rogers
Vocal： B. J. Thomas
When you walk through a storm，
hold your head up high
And don't be afraid the dark，
For at the end of the storm is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind，
Walk on through the rain，
Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
Walk on， walk on with hope in your heart，
And you'll never walk alone，
You'll never walk alone…
[参考译文]
你将永远不会单独行走
当你步行穿过风暴时，
昂起你的头，
不要怕黑暗，
因为风暴的尽头便是
一片金色的天空
和云雀甜美银铃般的歌声。
继续向前穿过大风，
继续向前穿过大雨，
尽管你的梦
会被风暴扰乱和吹散，
继续向前走，
心中满怀着希望向前走，
你将永远不会单独行走，
你将永远不会单独行走。
……
[语言点解析]
1．When you walk through a storm.
Walk through： pass through （a place or substance） on foot步行穿过；走过
例如：Walking through the forest one day， they found a strange little hut that no one had ever seen before. 有一天穿过森林时，他们发现一间没有人见过的奇特的简陋小屋。
2．Hold your head up high 昂头
And don't be afraid of the dark.
be afraid （of） = fear. 害怕在口语中，我们更常用be afraid.
例如：Don't be afraid. 不要害怕。
Are you afraid of the dark？ 你怕黑吗？
3．For at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet sliver song of a dark.
这是一个倒装句。正常顺序是 A golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark is at the end of the storm.
主语“a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark” 太长，最好用倒装句。在描述性的句子里常用这类倒装句。
例如：Down came the rain. 下雨了。
Round the corner walked a large policeman. 从角落走过来一个高大的警察。
Under the table was lying a half-conscious young man. 在桌子下面躺着一个半昏迷的年轻人。
4．Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
= The storm of life will toss your dreams and blow them away. 尽管你的梦会被风暴扰乱和吹散。
