M: Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.When you read you begin with? Gretl: ABC.
    瑪：讓我們從頭開(kāi)始學(xué)。有個(gè)好開(kāi)頭。讀書(shū)從什么開(kāi)始？ 格：ABC.
    M: When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi.
    瑪：唱歌就從哆，來(lái)，咪開(kāi)始。
    M: Do Re Mi, the first three notes just happen to be: Do Re Mi.
    瑪：哆，來(lái)，咪。一開(kāi)始三個(gè)音符。哆，來(lái)，咪。
    M: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti. Let's see if I can make it easier.
    瑪：哆，來(lái)，咪，發(fā)，嗖，啦，唏。讓我們看能不能容易些。
    Doe, a deer, a female1 deer.
    “哆" 是一只小母鹿
    Ray, a drop of golden2 sun.
    “來(lái)" 是一束金色的陽(yáng)光
    Me, a name I call myself.
    “咪"是稱呼我自己
    Far, a long, long way to run.
    "發(fā)" 是道路遠(yuǎn)又長(zhǎng)
    Sew, a needle pulling thread.
    "嗖"是穿針又引線
    La, a note to follow Sew.
    "啦"是音符跟著“嗖"
    Tea, a drink with jam and bread.
    "唏" 是飲料與茶點(diǎn)
    That will bring us back to Doe, oh, oh, oh.
    然后我們?cè)俜祷厝コ岸?.
    (repeat.)
    Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do! So, Do!
    M: Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So, and so on are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads you can sing a million different tunes3 by mixing them up. Like this: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re. You do that?
    瑪：現(xiàn)在孩子們，哆！來(lái)！咪！發(fā)！嗖等等只是我們譜一首歌的工具，一旦你們記熟了這音符，你們就可以將它們組合起來(lái)，唱出成千上萬(wàn)的不同的曲調(diào)。就象這樣：嗖, 哆, 啦, 發(fā), 咪, 哆, 來(lái)。你們會(huì)嗎？
    Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re.
    孩子們：嗖, 哆, 啦, 發(fā), 咪, 哆, 來(lái)。
    M: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
    瑪：嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 來(lái)，哆。
    Children: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
    孩子們：嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 來(lái)，哆。
    M: Now, put it all together.
    瑪：現(xiàn)在合起來(lái)唱。
    Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
    孩子們：嗖, 哆, 啦, 發(fā), 咪, 哆, 來(lái)；嗖, 哆, 啦, 唏, 哆, 來(lái)，哆。
    M: Good!
    瑪：很好！
    Frederick: But it doesn't mean anything.
    弗：但是這沒(méi)有什么意思呀。
    M: So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this: When you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything. Together!
    瑪：好，我們來(lái)填詞，一個(gè)詞一個(gè)音符，就象這樣：（唱）當(dāng)你知道這些音符，你會(huì)唱許多的歌。一起來(lái)！
    Children: When you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything.
    孩子們：當(dāng)你知道這些音符，你會(huì)唱許多的歌。