【聽歌練聽力】Race to the End

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I was racking my brain trying to come up with a song for this week's edition of "Learn English with Music" when I saw on TV Tokyo Olympics competition has started.  I knew then what song I wanted to pick. 

"Race to the End" is based on the theme music of one of my all time favorite movies, "Chariots of Fire". 

"Chariots of Fire" is about two athletes who are outsiders to the British class system, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.  

It is based on the true story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams who took part in the 1924 Olympics.   Eric Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favored 100 meter race because they were held on a Sunday.  (He was born in China to Scottish Missionary parents.  He returned to China after the Olympics and remained there until his death in a Japanese internment camp in 1945.)  Instead he competed in the 400 meter event held on a weekday, a race he won.  Harold Abrahams won the 100 meter sprint.

The movie portrays both athletes as using running as a means of asserting their dignity.  While it has many running scenes, the movie takes its subjects as occasions for statements about human nature.  It documents a time when men still believed you could win a race if only you wanted to badly enough, a time when “lying-flat-ism” gaining popularity would have been unimaginable. 

There is but one freedom

Man running (along)

Each step that he's taking

A step to his soul

The passion and (courage)

It takes to be there

The spirit of freedom

(Alive) in the air

Whenever the running man (awakes)

To challenge, to glory

He knows he can turn the key once more

To (unlock) the soul

The way becomes clearer, the way is complete

The need, that of winning

(Admit) no defeat

The circles together

Hold hands to the sky

The freedom of running

The freedom to fly

Let no man surround himself with (pain)

But (use) it to free him

The game is to learn, to live (again)

To try to the end

A race to the end

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By the way, there is an easy way to become an Olympian, an Olympian in one's own mind anyway: Go visit Olympia in Greece and run in that ancient stadium where the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years for more than a thousand years, from 776 BCE to 393 CE.  The first picture below shows the stadium as it is today.  That line of white block on one end of the track was the starting line:  athletes would line up to place their feet on it and get ready to start the race.   The second visualizes racing runners in ancient Olympic Games.  The third one shows a modern day Olympian, yours truly, running in the stadium. :)

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謝謝我信你大師主持聽歌練聽力!歡迎大家來玩這個聽力遊戲!培養對歐美歌曲的感覺英文歌詞的感覺!專門點名花花和大S!我晚上寫作業 -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 07:24:52

Everybody had better answer this call, or our -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (91 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 09:37:49

板凳。好久沒有聽歌了。坐在小板凳上,慢慢聽~ -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 08:05:36

搶板凳先 -忒忒綠- 給 忒忒綠 發送悄悄話 忒忒綠 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 08:32:00

坐你旁邊馬紮兒! -何仙姑- 給 何仙姑 發送悄悄話 何仙姑 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 11:55:18

仙姑,請坐板凳:) -忒忒綠- 給 忒忒綠 發送悄悄話 忒忒綠 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 20:04:00

謝謝伊比好主持,選歌很有特色,好聽,讚 -忒忒綠- 給 忒忒綠 發送悄悄話 忒忒綠 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 20:05:00

交作業, -忒忒綠- 給 忒忒綠 發送悄悄話 忒忒綠 的博客首頁 (1072 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 20:05:00

Congrats! Perfect. Well done. I must admit I -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (187 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 20:12:08

By guess, hahaha:) -忒忒綠- 給 忒忒綠 發送悄悄話 忒忒綠 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 21:02:00

現占個位,晚上做 -天玉之- 給 天玉之 發送悄悄話 天玉之 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 08:56:48

哇,好應景!The lyrics are resonate with me. I like the history and th -天玉之- 給 天玉之 發送悄悄話 天玉之 的博客首頁 (1965 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 12:19:08

Such a good job! Truth be told, I probably would -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (259 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 13:15:01

A very nice pick! Thanks for sharing the song and the stories! -甜蟲蟲- 給 甜蟲蟲 發送悄悄話 甜蟲蟲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 09:29:29

交作業:) -甜蟲蟲- 給 甜蟲蟲 發送悄悄話 甜蟲蟲 的博客首頁 (4482 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 10:17:31

An excellent effort! The singer's articulation -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (307 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 11:29:28

Preconceived notions can be very misleading. :) -甜蟲蟲- 給 甜蟲蟲 發送悄悄話 甜蟲蟲 的博客首頁 (333 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 14:15:04

Taking a break from running due to a bum knee. Hope to -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (671 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 16:44:07

Sorry to hear that. It's good to rest and give time for the knee -甜蟲蟲- 給 甜蟲蟲 發送悄悄話 甜蟲蟲 的博客首頁 (547 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 14:16:49

Thank you. I’ll try fish oil. :) -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 14:49:18

今天太累了,允許我逃一次聽歌吧 -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/21/2021 postreply 21:10:36

No problem. Take care. -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 19:14:17

nice song and introduction. Thank you. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (4720 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 07:06:42

Beautifully done. I am very glad you like the song. -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (303 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 08:03:28

awesome song! -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 12:34:44

Thank you! -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 13:16:26

恭喜Ibelieu。首頁進來,謝謝網管,聽歌練聽力 Race to the End 推薦成功 -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/22/2021 postreply 21:54:09

Thank you! -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/23/2021 postreply 10:45:35

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