Archive for July, 2006
www.shuiziliu.com - Jul 31, 2006
哈哈,花了小小的钱,注册了www.shuiziliu.com,这样我也就好像有个家了。其实解析到http://shuiziliu.171kj.net中去的,现在只能访问域名了,不能去171kj的哪个啦。不过,我还是很高兴,因为域名的注册花不了什么钱。
在捣腾manbo即曼波,但是免费空间还是有点问题,要耐心的等等吧,让管理员帮我开通mysql,以便接入。
Tell Me Why - Jul 28, 2006
一个小男孩的MV,主题是反战、反贫穷,很好听,不单是好听……
下载地址:http://hd2.15150.com/mv/2006_3_31/31811_1274421.wmv
http://www.box.net/public/static/7exkm2yx3v.wmv希望……
希望更多人知道这个世界还有很多人在忍受着巨大的痛苦
希望这个世界有更多的比尔和博诺
希望更多人在生日时许愿世界永远和平
希望……让这些不再只是希望……
呵呵, Gneheix说的真好
Tell Me Why
In my dream,children sing
A song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green:
And laughter is the language of the world
Then i wake and all i see
Is a world full of people in need
Chorus:
Tell me why(why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something i have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos i don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand Tell me why?
Everyday i ask myself
What will i have to do to be a man?
Do i have to stand and fight
To prove to everybody who i am?
Is that what my life is for
To waste in a world full of war?
chorus:
(children)tell me why?(declan)tell me why?
(children)tell me why?(declan)tell me why
(together) just tell me why, why, why?
chorus:
chorus chant:
Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why(why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn)
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?
(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why(why,why)天使之音——Declan Galbraith
declan Galbraith已是英国最畅销的童声歌手之一。他的歌声清彻迷人,高音清亮,极富感染力……
“如果天使会唱歌,那个天使一定是——declan galbraith。” 在我没有听到这个年仅12岁的英国男孩的音乐之前,我并不以为然,但当他那美得残酷的高音震撼着你的heart时,你会明白, 他的声音用心去听得,而不仅仅是你的耳朵。
每天晚上,我都会一个人静静的感受declan galbraith高亢甜美的声音,他的声音更适合在午夜聆听。因而 有人说他的声音是“在黑暗中穿行的高亢而又凄迷的童声”.透明、清澈、高亢、凄迷、 残酷、纯粹、甜美、轻柔、虔诚、荡气回肠、行云流水、催人泪下,当然还有天籁,declan galbraith的声音是个超级混合体,无论是古典还是流行他都能信手拈来,这就是很多人叫他“神童”的原因吧。还有他声音里永远藏匿的童心——这是 12岁年龄天然赋予他的宝贵而稀缺的财富——想躲也躲不掉。declan galbraith通过他在维也纳童声合唱团的领唱而被发现并推广,这幸运的不仅仅是他本人,也让我们幸运地可以张开自己封闭已久的耳朵和心灵,倾听又一 个爱尔兰的音乐传奇。
declan galbraith今年12岁,4岁开始展露歌唱天赋;8岁那年,他开始参加一些音乐比赛,并在14个月中曾经获得16个大奖。他获得了词作家barry mason(写过last waltz-最后的华尔兹的作者)的欣赏,
从此一发不可收。我们听到的这首walking in the air是2001年录制的,那时候他才9岁。据传好几家唱片公司争相与他签约,最后emi(百代)以超过百万英镑之巨,签了他3 年,并承诺发行3张唱片。
大家都相信这个小男孩的音乐天赋和对爱尔兰传统音乐的理解及热爱,来自他的祖父ben。才6个星期左右,就是ben照顾他了。ben常常在酒吧演奏六孔 笛和爱尔兰鼓,并常常带上他。declan从小就耳濡目染;祖父96年去世,可是declan忘不了他,他的第一张专辑(declan)就是献给他祖父 的。
declan的声音,清亮脱俗,演唱歌曲的范畴也是极广。从流行的 angels之类到carrickfergus这样传统的爱尔兰歌曲,他都把握得不错。而这个小小童星的心愿却是有一天能够不再翻唱别人的歌曲,能有几首 属于“declan galbraith”的歌。
除了天使般的声音,declan小小年纪,已经表现星探们热衷的所谓“明星气 质”–一头松软的深色头发,浓密的睫毛,明亮清澈的蓝眼睛,充满童真颇富感染力的笑容,还有满满的自信。更重要的是,他从不怯场,每次上台都异常兴奋; 应该说,也有过一次紧张,那是在圣保罗大教堂女王特赦的演出上。为robbie williams和phil collins制作mtv的john carver十分有信心的说,“declan注定要成为一个超级巨星的,不仅是因为他超群的声音,更重要的是他极好的个性,他非常聪明。”
除了他的音乐天赋,以及身后的百万合同,declan和12岁的其它小男孩没有什么分别。喜欢足球,电脑游戏和游泳,房间里贴满海报,足球, robbie williams,westlife,还有哈里波特。他也曾为签名不够快而苦恼,直到听从父亲的建议,用“dec”签名才算解决;他也会在采访中忍不住想 要从凳子上逃走,当然会事先礼貌的问“我可以很快去踢球吗?”他喜欢的歌手包括carole king,the fureys,christy moore, led zeppelin,robbie williams 和westlife。
declan一边上学一边参与 专辑的推广。他有专门的家教,确保他不会因为缺课而影响学业;他有专门的造型设计师,帮他打点 armani的定购,带他去toni and guy"s做头发,也有专门的声乐导师和经纪人,还有他的歌友会。这对于一个床头还摆着恐龙惦记着遥控车的小男孩,似乎的确有 些兴师动众了。
英国媒体对于过早享有声名的儿童,通常不是太客气的。当2002年declan发行第一张专辑的时候,就有媒体预言在他16 岁之前,不会吸毒就会酗酒,而父母多半等不到那时候就已经离婚了。declan的父母,颇有信心的表示他们不会做急进的父母,他们只需要支持declan 做他喜欢做的事情。当然,他们也表示了自己的担心,这么小的一个孩子,就已经获得了经济上的保障,而不必像普通人那样为分期付款担心,的确不是太好的事。
事实上,declan已经是这个4口之家(父母和7岁的妹妹)唯一的经济来源。妈妈自小孩出生后就离职了,做电工的爸爸也已经辞工全程陪同 declan。对于很多成人歌星也羡慕的百万合同,declan说,“其实我拿不到这么多,100万是公司承诺投入在我身上的全部资金。不过我不在意,我 只是喜欢唱歌而已。”在一段自白中,declan也说道,他最希望的是能够照顾好家人,父母再也不用去工作;如果他有了钱,会给爸爸买一辆新车;如果还有 剩余,就给自己买些足球球星卡;如果还有多,就存进银行。很可爱很单纯的小孩。
declan翻唱的大名鼎鼎的歌曲:john lennon的imagin,robbie williams的angels,allure的mama said。。。那首《tell me why》我不知道是不是为他独身打造的,因为我在网上找不到相关说明,但是我觉得这首歌就是应该为他而写的。因为觉得这首歌想表达的就是对世人们总总作为 的困惑,包括人与自然,人与人之间冷漠的关系。歌曲前奏仔细听你会发现是夹杂有鸟鸣的潮水的声音,营造的就是一种自然的气氛,然而人们却对这样的环境作了 什么?高潮部分的高亢旋律,是一个孩童对世人的责问。一步一步地tell me why 并不是要寻获答案,而是唤醒沉睡的世人。所以我觉得用一个高亢而又凄迷的童声才是最有震撼的。
Declan Galbraith官方网站:http://www.declan-galbraith.co.uk/
Remarks: Copy from Gneheixand http://music.xaonline.com/createHtml/album/853.htm
BLOOD IS ON THE SQUARE - Jul 27, 2006
BLOOD IS ON THE SQUARE
words and music by Philip MorganA song was heard in China
in the city of Beijing.
In the spring of 1989
you could hear the people sing.
And it was the song of freedom
that was ringing in the square,
the world could feel the passion of
the people gathered there.Oh children, blood is on the square.
For many nights and many days,
waiting in the square.
"To build a better nation"
was the song that echoed there.
"For we are China's children,
we love our native land,
for brotherhood and freedom
we are joining hand in hand."Oh children, blood is on the square.
Then came the People's army
with trucks and tanks and guns.
The government was frightened
of their daughters and their sons.
But in the square was courage and
a vision true and fair,
the Army of the People would not harm
the young ones there.Oh children, blood is on the square.
On June the 3rd in China,
in the spring of '89,
an order came from high above
and passed on down the line.
The soldiers opened fire,
young people bled and died,
the blood of thousands on the square
that lies can never hide.Oh children, blood is on the square.
For four more days of fury
the people faced the guns.
How many thousands slaughtered
when their grisly work was done?
they quickly burned the bodies
to hide their coward's shame,
but blood is thick upon their hands and
darkness on their names.Oh children, blood is on the square.
There are tears that flow in China
for her children that are gone.
There is fear and there is hiding,
for the killing still goes on.
And the iron hand of terror can
buy silence for today,
but the blood that lies upon the square
cannot be washed away.Oh children, blood is on the square.
Remarks: This song copy from Gneheix, you can download the music by visit Blood is on the square(song)or the movie (may be)
Blood is on the square(movie)I'm not sure what'd happen on the day of Jun 4th, 1989. I try to learn more underground. Of course, I love my country.
See you later.
Politics this week - Jul 20th 2006
这是上个月尝试着翻译经济学人上 的文章,相当于编者语的类型。
本周政局
二零零六年七月二十日
来自《经济学人》印刷版
From The Economist print edition Israel continued to batter Lebanon in response to an attack on July 12th by the militant group Hizbullah, which still holds two Israeli soldiers captive. Israel hit targets across the country, causing some 300 deaths in the past week for the loss of at least 25 Israeli soldiers and civilians, many killed by Hizbullah rockets reaching as far south as Haifa, Israel's third city. Israel also continued to attack Hamas militants in Gaza in an effort to get them to free another recently captured Israeli soldier.
以色列继续攻击黎巴嫩以回应军事组织真主党在7月12日的袭击,真主党仍然监禁两名被俘虏的以色列士兵。以色列袭击了全国范围各个目标,在过去一周导致超过300人死亡,而至少25名以色列士兵和居民的死亡,大部分是由真主党发射到以色列第三大城市海法南郊的火箭造成的。以色列也继续攻击加沙的哈马斯武装,以此希望能够让他们释放另外一名最近被绑架的以色列士兵。
Sectarian mayhem continued apace in Iraq, with two suicide-bombings alone (one in the holy city of Kufa) killing more than 120 people, mostly Shia Arabs. An Iraqi group swearing loyalty to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Kufa attack.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, several people were shot dead at an election rally in Rutshuru, in the eastern province of Kivu. Separately, the UN-backed committee overseeing the elections called for the army to be confined to barracks until the poll on July 30th.
The Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army started talks in the southern Sudanese town of Juba. They had yet to agree the terms for a ceasefire. See article At a conference in Brussels, Western governments agreed to increase aid to the African Union peacekeeping force in the region of Darfur, in Sudan. The force will now have to stay there until at least the end of the year, when the UN may take over.
Protest vote
Several hundred thousand supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the defeated candidate in Mexico's presidential election, took part in a rally in Mexico City to support his demand for a vote-byvote recount. Mr López Obrador has called for a campaign of civil resistance. See article Panama's government announced that a referendum on a $5.3 billion project to widen the Panama Canal will be held on October 22nd. Opinion polls suggest that the scheme will be approved.
Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, whose four-month old government has been rocked by protests over education policy, sacked three of her ministers.
Return of the killer waves
A tsunami struck southern Java, in Indonesia, killing more than 500 people. An early-warning system, proposed after the 2004 catastrophe, is not yet operational, but might not have helped much. See article American-led coalition forces said they and Afghan troops retook two Talibanheld towns in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.
North Korea halted family reunions with the South, following the latter's cancellation of food aid last week. That, in turn, had followed North Korea's testing of seven missiles.
Authorities in India blocked access to several websites, including some of those that host the country's 40,000 blog sites, apparently as a security measure in the wake of the bombings in Mumbai. Free-speech advocates in India criticised the decision.
Australia started to withdraw its troops from Timor-Leste as the security situation there began to improve.
The bully pulpit
George Bush used the first veto of his presidency to overturn a decision by Congress to lift restrictions on federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells. Mr Bush ordered the ban in 2001 on ethical grounds, but scientists and public opinion are against him. Democrats think the issue will resonate in November's mid-term elections. See article
伊拉克的宗教冲突仍在进行,单单两个自杀式炸弹(其中一个在圣城之称的Kufa)就杀害了120多人,大部分是什叶派阿拉伯人。一个声称对基地组织效忠的团体宣布对Kufa的袭击负责。
在刚果人民共和国,一些人在东部的省份Kivu的Rutshuru的选举集会被枪杀。另外,有联合国背景的观察选举的委员会呼吁军队因限制在军营中直到7月30日的选举日。
乌干达政府和反叛军组织“上帝对抗军队”在Juba的南部苏丹城镇开始谈判。他们已经同意停火协定。
在布鲁塞尔的一个会议上,西方政府同意增加对在苏丹的Darfur地区的非洲维和部队援助。该部队至少要到年底联合国接手时才撤离。
选举风波
成千上万的Andrés Manuel López Obrador-落选的墨西哥总统候选人-支持者,在墨西哥城举行集会支持他要求对选票的重新计算。López Obrador先生呼吁得到市民的支持。
巴拿马政府宣布将在10月22日关于扩宽巴拿马运河的53亿美元项目进行举行全民投票。民意调查显示该计划会获得通过。
智利总统,Michelle Bachelet,她那成立了四个月的政府受到教育政策的冲击,解雇了3名部长。
致命海啸回归
海啸袭击了印度尼西亚的南部爪哇,至少500人死亡。在2004年大灾难后提出的预警系统还没有运行,但也许不会帮助甚大。
美国主导的多国部队说他们和阿富汗军队收回位于阿富汗南部的Helmand省份的两座曾被塔利班占领的城市。
由于北韩试射了7枚导弹,上个星期取消了对北韩的食物援助,北韩就中止了与南韩的南北家庭团聚。
印度官方关闭了一些网站的地址,其中包括那些拥有4万个博客网页寄存网站,显然是由于Mumbai冲击波下的安全措施。而印度的自由言论家批评了这个决定。
澳大利亚开始撤退它在东帝汶的军队,那里的安全环境正在改善。
强权
乔治·布什使用他任期内的第一个否决权推翻一项由国会做出的决议,是关于限制使用联邦资金来研究干细胞胚胎。布什总统居于伦理在2001年宣布了这项决议,但是科学家和公众意见相反。民主党认为这个决定会影响十一月的中期选举。
Jul 15th, 2006
Analysis of Your Life Score Results
Your Life Analysis:
Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based on your answers. Your life score is on the low end. Making key changes to different aspects of your life will bring you greater fulfillment. Do not be discouraged. Seek help outside yourself if need be. There is always time to change, and change will bring many rewards. (Read more on improving your life )
Mind: Your mind rating is a score of your mind's clarity, ability, and health. Higher scores indicate an advancement in knowledge, clear and capable thinking, high mental health, and pure thought free of interference. Your mind score is rather low, which means that your mental state is not in tune. Learn to filter out the noise of everyday life. Unplug, relax, read a good book. Take up a new area of study. Simplify and focus your mental energy and your mind function will improve. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the mind .
Body: Your body rating measures your body's health, fitness, and general wellness. A healthy body contributes to a happy life, however many of us are lacking in this area. Your body score is fairly average, which means there is room for improvement. Keep a focus on your physical health. Protect your body as it is your most valuable physical asset. Nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise are key. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the body .
Spirit: Your spirit rating seeks to capture in a number that elusive quality which is found in your faith, your attitude, and your philosophy on life. A higher score indicates a greater sense of inner peace and balance. Your spirit score leaves room for improvement. Consider making a concerted effort to redefine your attitudes and focus your beliefs. Boosting your spirit will lead to greater life satisfaction. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the spirit .
Friends/Family: Your friends and family rating measures your relationships with those around you, and is based on how large, healthy, and dependable your social network is. Your friends and family score suffers, yet it does not need to be this way. Strengthen your social network by reaffirming old bonds. Seek out new friendships, and they will provide you the reward you need. Try using MeetUp.com to find people near you who share your interests. life
Love: Your love rating is a measure of your current romantic situation. Sharing your heart with another person is one of life's most glorious, terrifying, rewarding experiences. You have a rather low love score. While some are lucky, for most of us love doesn't fall in our laps. You must actively work on improving this area. Do not despair, there is someone out there for you. Read advice from other quiz-takers on finding and maintaining love .
Finance: Your finance rating is a score that rates your current financial health and stability. Your finances are somewhat in the middle, neither bad or exceptional. Keep doing what works for you, and improve what doesn't. Focus on long-term financial stability as your goal. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving your finances .