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Unit2单元时事拓展阅读

阅读提示：去年在各大短视频平台上走红的《一百万个可能》（OneMillionpossibilities），是大家耳熟能详的年度神曲。但你一定不知道这首歌的作词和原唱竟是一位外国姑娘。

ChristineWelch’sOneMillionPossibilities,whichwasinitiallyrecordedin2013,blewuponChinesevideosharingplatformDouyinsometimein2018.Evokingimageryofwinterandtheendlesspossibilitiesbuiltintoeverylivingmoment,thebeautifulballadstruckadeepchordwithChinesenetizens,andmanybeganusingitasabackingtrackfortheirDouyinvideos.

AmericanChristineWelchsanganewversionoftheChinesepopsongAMillionPossibilities,withlyricsinspiredbyworksofChineseancientphilosopherZhuangzi,onthelatesteditionof“EverlastingClassics”,avarietyshowonChinaCentralTelevision(CCTV).

TheadaptedversionusedmoresymbolsrelatingtoZhuangziincludingbutterflies,dreams,Penglaifairyland,etc.Italsokepttheoriginaltermslike“tearsoftheclouds”,“snowflakes”and“winternight”,reflectingaChineseclassicalbeauty.

Allofthesymbolscreatedagraceful,restrainedandpoeticsettingtothesong.Whenthewordsflowedoutofherclearandsteadyvoice,shestirredempathyfromthecrowdoflisteners.Inonepart,therhythmspeup,creatingarap-likemodernfeelingtotheancientclassic-basedsong.

“Ibelievethenumberofyoungpeoplewholikeherisnotmerelyoneortwo,”aprofessorsaid,butlarge.Allthethinkingyoungpeopleacrosstheworldwillrealize,insidetheChineseancientphilosophyandpoetry,thereiswisdom,poeticbeautyandadrivingforcethatcaninvigoratetheirdesireforlife.”②

WhenshewenttoNorthwesternUniversityinherhometowntofurtherherstudies,shetookupChineseliterature.Aftergraduatingin2010WelchwentontostudyforfourmonthsattheBeijingForeignStudiesUniversityinChina.

“Chinesecharactersareverybeautifulandthelanguagesoundsverytuneful.ItfeelslikeI’msinging.Asasongwriter,IlovewritinglyricsinChines