Let's start at the very beginning

让我们从头开始

A very good place to start

一个很好的开端

When you read you begin with A-B-C

当你学念书你要先学abc

When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

当你唱歌你要先学do re mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

The first three notes just happen to be

正好是前三个音符

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

[Maria:]

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti

[spoken]

Let's see if I can make it easy

让我们看看我能不能让它容易些

Doe, a deer, a female deer

doe，一头鹿，一头小母鹿

Ray, a drop of golden sun

ray，一线金色的阳光

Me, a name I call myself

me是我在叫自己

Far, a long, long way to run

far要跑很远很远的路

Sew, a needle pulling thread

sew是针儿穿着线

La, a note to follow Sew

la是跟着sew来的音符

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

tea，喝茶加面包和果酱

That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

这把我们又带回do

[Maria and Children:]

[Repeat above verse twice]

[Maria:]

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do

So-do!

[Maria: (spoken)]

Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on

现在孩子们，do re mi fa so等等

are only the tools we use to build a song.

我们用来构成歌曲的唯一工具

Once you have these notes in your heads,

一旦你学会这些音符

you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.

你就可以通过把它们组合起来，唱出亿万首不同的歌

Like this.

比如：

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re

[spoken]

Can you do that?

你会吗？

[Children:]

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re

[Maria:]

So Do La Ti Do Re Do

[Children:]

So Do La Ti Do Re Do

[Maria:]

[spoken]

Now, put it all together.

现在，把它们拼起来

[Maria and Children:]

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do

[Maria:]

[spoken]

Good!

棒极了！

[Brigitta:]

[spoken]

But it doesn't mean anything.

但这没有任何意义

[Maria:]

[spoken]

So we put in words. One word for every note.

所以我们就添上歌词，一个音一个字

Like this.

象这样

When you know the notes to sing

当你知道这些歌唱的音符

You can sing most anything

你将可以唱出几乎所有东西

[spoken]

Together!

以起来

[Maria and Children:]

When you know the notes to sing

当你知道这些歌唱的音符

You can sing most anything

你将可以唱出几乎所有东西

Doe, a deer, a female deer

doe，一头鹿，一头小母鹿

Ray, a drop of golden sun

ray，一线金色的阳光

Me, a name I call myself

me是我在叫自己

Far, a long, long way to run

far要跑很远很远的路

Sew, a needle pulling thread

sew是针儿穿着线

La, a note to follow Sew

la是跟着sew来的音符

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

tea，喝茶加面包和果酱

That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

这把我们又带回do

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do

Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re

[Children:]

Do Mi Mi

Mi So So

Re Fa Fa

La Ti Ti

[Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings]

[Maria:]

When you know the notes to sing

当你知道这些歌唱的音符

You can sing most anything

你将可以唱出几乎所有东西

[Maria and Children:]

Doe, a deer, a female deer

doe，一头鹿，一头小母鹿

Ray, a drop of golden sun

ray，一线金色的阳光

Me, a name I call myself

me是我在叫自己

Far, a long, long way to run

far要跑很远很远的路

Sew, a needle pulling thread

sew是针儿穿着线

La, a note to follow Sew

la是跟着sew来的音符

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

tea，喝茶加面包和果酱

That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

这把我们又带回do

[Maria:]

[Children:]

Do . . . So Do

Re . . . La Fa

Mi . . . Mi Do

Fa . . . Re

So . . . So Do

La . . . La Fa

Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re

Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do