Don McLean - Vincent (Starry Starry Night)

當初喜歡上 Don McLean，主要是因為 Vincent (Starry Starry Night)。Don McLean 旣是音樂人，也是詩人。他寫的Vincent，歌中有詩，詩中有畫。這首歌已面世差不多40年，是雋永經典之選。聽歌學英文，當然它會是我的首選。我家孩子並不是第一次聽這首歌，對 Vincent van Gogh 亦不感陌生，但從來沒有仔細留意過歌詞內容。昨晚考了他的聽力，做個 cloze test。空白地方需填上1至3個字。他填對了約3分2，做得還不錯啊！掌聲鼓勵，鼓勵！！



Starry, starry night
Paint your _____ blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the _____ in my _____
_____ on the hills
_____ the trees and the _____
Catch the _____ and the winter _____
In colors on the snowy _____ land

Now I understand what you tried to say to me
How you _____ your _____
How you tried to _____
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
_____ flowers that brightly _____
_____ clouds in violet _____
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of _____
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of _____ grain
_____ faces lined in pain
Are _____ the artist's loving hand

Now I understand what you tried to say to me
How you _____ your _____
How you tried to _____
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left _____
On that starry, starry night
You _____ your life as lovers often do
But I _____ you, Vincent
This world was never _____ for one
As beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
_____ hung in empty _____
_____ heads on _____ walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The _____ men in _____ clothes
The silver _____ of _____ rose
Lie _____ and broken on the _____ snow

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me
How you _____ your _____
How you tried to _____
They would not listen, they're not listening _____
Perhaps they never will

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