By Anna Yang

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1. What are your personal goals for this semester? Why have you chosen these goals? How can you measure your progress towards these goals?

My personal goal for this semester is to complete math homework accurately and quickly. I feel that my math scores are not satisfactory. Complete by the date.

Here we have something for you folks, we hope

You enjoy it as we enter our social section, thank you

Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Where did all the blue skies go?

Poison is the wind that blows

From the north and south and east

Woah mercy, mercy me, yeah

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas

Fish full of mercury

Oh Jesus, yeah, mercy, mercy me, ah

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Radiation underground and in the sky

Animals and birds who live nearby are dying

Hey, mercy, mercy me, oh

Hey, things ain't what they used to be

What about this overcrowded land?

How much more abuse from man can she stand?

Oh, na, na, na

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Hey, ooh, woo

1. What do the lyrics mean?

I think the composer hopes we will be kind to earth.

2. What feelings or opinions do your parents have about the song or the lyrics?

If we want to make the earth better, we must rely on our own efforts to achieve.

3. What are your feelings about the lyrics?

Is serious lyrics.

4. What are your feelings about the music?

Is happy music.

5. Does the music help to express the meaning of the lyrics? Why or why not? How?

I think music can help express the lyrics, but not here, because music gives me a sense of happiness, but the lyrics give me a very serious feeling.

6. Did this song change how you feel about the environment? Why or why not?

I don’t think it’s because I knew these things before, but this song might make others understand the environment.

If it wasn't for the teacher asking us to listen to this song, I probably would never have listened to it for the rest of my life, I think the composer wants us to be kind to the planet. I think he uses the lyrics to want us to protect the earth and cherish the earth, then we must rely on our own efforts to achieve, I think the lyrics are serious but the music is very cheerful, I think the music can help express the lyrics, but the music here does not Express it because the music gives me a happy feeling, but the lyrics give me a serious feeling. I don't think music has changed my mind, because I have always advocated protecting the earth before, so my mind has not changed, I think just listening to the music may make other people not clear what the lyrics want to express.

1. 你這個學期的個人目標是什麼？你為什麼選擇這些目標？您如何衡量實現這些目標的進度？ 我本學期的目標是準確快速地完成數學作業。 我覺得我的數學成績並令人不滿意。 按照日期完成。

在這裡，我們為你們準備了一些東西，我們希望

跟我們一樣享受社會的一部份，謝謝

哇，啊，憐憫，憐憫我

啊，事情已經不是以前的樣子了（不是以前的樣子）

所有的藍天都去哪兒了？

毒是吹來的風

從北、南和東

哇，憐憫，憐憫我，是的

啊，事情已經不是以前的樣子了（不是以前的樣子）

海洋和我們的海洋上浪費的石油

充滿水銀的魚

哦耶穌，是的，憐憫，憐憫我，啊

啊，事情已經不是以前的樣子了（不是以前的樣子）

地下和天空的輻射

住在附近的動物和鳥類正在死亡

嘿，憐憫，憐憫我，哦

嘿，事情已經不像以前那樣了

這片人滿為患的土地呢？

地球還能忍受多少人的破壞？

哦吶吶吶

哦哦哦哦哦

嘿，嗚，嗚

1.歌詞是什麼意思？

我認為作曲家希望我們善待地球。

2. 你的父母對這首歌或歌詞有什麼感受或意見？

我們如果想讓地球變得更好，就必須靠我們自己的努力來實現

3. 你對歌詞有什麼感受？

嚴肅的歌詞。

4. 你對音樂有什麼感受？

快樂的音樂。

5. 音樂有助於表達歌詞的意思嗎？為什麼或者為什麼不？如何？

我覺得音樂可以幫助表達歌詞，但不是在這裡，因為音樂給了我快樂的感覺，但歌詞給了我很嚴肅的感覺。

6. 這首歌是否改變了你對環境的看法？為什麼或者為什麼不？

我不認為是，因為我以前就知道這些事情，但這首歌可能會讓其他人了解環境。

如果不是老師要我們聽這首歌，我可能一輩子也不會聽，我認為作曲家希望我們善待地球。我覺得他運用歌詞想讓我們守護地球，珍惜地球，那就必須靠我們自己的努力來實現，我覺得歌詞很嚴肅但是音樂是很歡快的，我覺得音樂可以幫助表達歌詞，但是這裡音樂並沒有表達出來，因為音樂給了我快樂的感覺，但歌詞給了我很嚴肅的感覺。我並不認為音樂有改變我的想法，因為我以前大家就一直倡導要愛護地球，所以我的想法並沒有改變，我覺得光聽音樂這首歌可能會讓其他人不清楚歌詞想表達的內容。

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