This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.
儿子第一次看烟火,有点害怕。声音有点大,耳朵一直捂着。即使这样,疲劳的儿子很快就在在震耳的烟火声中睡着了。后来到家后他醒来,告诉我们,不喜欢烟火,以后永远(forever)不要看了。当然不要当真,孩子还小呢。
周围各个town里也都在放烟花,几侧天际线上断断续续可以看到一些。有个中国朋友问我,是不是各处都有?答案是的。因为各镇用自己的budget放烟火,所以规模有大有小。如果象国内那样把钱集中到一起,烟火自然会放的更有气派。但那样就会出现象国内那样的拥挤不堪,而不会像这儿那样轻松悠闲了。
烟火总共放了不到半个小时,就劈劈啪啪结束了。难得大家都一起从家里走出去,坐在一起,享受这美好又爱国的夜晚。
回来的路上在车里讲起儿子在国歌唱起时手机声音被前面的人不满时,女儿认真地问我们,“你们站起来了吗?”。我说,“当然站起来了。就像在中国,国庆节奏国歌时,估计在中国的外国人也会随周围的人站起来”。 女儿爱国那是真心的,深深的在心里的。有次在家玩过家家游戏,让她演领奖的美国冠军,要奏国歌呀。我就让她唱国歌。她唱美国国歌时,声音都不一样了,显得有点激动,同时手老老实实地认真地放在胸前。想起我们小时候看升旗仪式时唱国歌手举起来的时候,也是很神圣的啊。
This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.