Oh, hello, everyone! Do you like to sing? Do you sing in a group at school? That group is a choir. Taiwan has many great choirs! 你喜歡唱歌嗎？你知道台灣有很多很棒的合唱團嗎？ The Bao Lai Junior High School Choir is from Kaohsiung. The choir has many indigenous Bunun children. It has students from Jianshan and Laonong Elementary Schools and the Nibun Chorus. There are one hundred twenty students in the choir! 高雄的寶來國中合唱團有120個團員，有尼布恩合唱團的團員，還有建山國小跟荖濃國小的小朋友，他們很多都來自布農族。 This year, the singers sang one song again and again. They danced that one song again and again. They sang and danced on Saturdays and Sundays. They sang and danced on holidays and hot days. 週末和假日他們都沒有休息，一直練習。 They sang Pasibutbut. It's a very important Bunun song. It's beautiful. But it's not easy. It's a long song with eight parts. Why did the choir want this song? 布農族的八部合音很優美但不好唱。 They wanted the world to see a beautiful part of Taiwan! 他們想讓世界看到台灣美麗的一面。 The choir got on a plane. They went to the World Choir Games. Choirs from forty-six countries came. The Bao Lai Choir sang and danced Pasibutbut there. 他們坐上飛機參加世界合唱大會，準備表演八部合音。 The world saw Taiwan. And the choir won a gold medal! 他們獲得金牌! Great job, Bao Lai Choir! **************************************************************************************************** Vocabulary 寶來國中合唱團把悅耳的原住民歌聲，帶到世界各地。 1. again and again. 一遍又一遍 Why are you singing the song again and again? 為什麼你一再地唱那首歌? Oh, was I too loud? 歐，我太大聲嗎? 2. song 歌曲 No, I just wondered why you love the song so much. 不會，我只是想知道為什麼你那麼愛那首歌。 Because I'll be joining a singing contest on Sunday. 因為我星期日要參加歌唱比賽。 3. sing 唱歌 So you'll sing in front of people? 所以你在大家面前唱? Yes, a LOT of people! 對，很多人。 Wow, I can't do that. I'll be so nervous. 哇，我沒辦法，我會很緊張。 4. win 贏得 I believe you will win. 我相信你會贏。 You sing beautifully! 你唱得真美! Thank you! I hope so. 謝謝，我也希望。 我們來讀單字。 again再一次 song歌曲 sing唱歌 win贏得 **************************************************************************************************** Quiz 1. Where is the Bao Lai Junior High School Choir from? a. Keelung b. Taichung c. Kaohsiung 2. What did the choir do on Saturdays? a. saw Taiwan b. sang Pasibutbut c. went to the World Choir Games 3. How many countries' choirs were at the World Choir Games? a. 8 b. 46 c. 120 Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn