好歌推薦: "Try" by Colbie Caillat

大家上一次聽到好歌是什麼時候的事了呢? 我上一次聽到好歌就在剛剛在 「English Baby 網站」練習「英語聽力」的時候 (也想練習該則英語聽力的朋友們，可以在文章下面點選連結哦)，這首歌是 Colbie Caillat 所演唱的 Try ，推出沒多久就在 Youtube 吸引了 2 千多萬人的瀏覽。

Colbie Caillat 一直以來是我挺欣賞的歌手，從她的 bubbly, mistletoe, realize, the little things 到他與 Jason Mraz 所合唱的 Lucky，都是我很喜歡的作品。而前一陣子她又出了這一首感動許多人的作品。我相信你光是看這個 MV，你就能了解她所要傳達的意思!



不可否認的，大家都喜歡美好的事物，而現實的世界更是強調「外表」光鮮亮麗的重要，所以那麼多「美妝保養商品」、「時尚服飾配件」、「減肥塑身產品」、「微整型產業」及「圖形處理軟體」才會這麼受歡迎。每天當我們照鏡子時，看到鏡子中沒化妝、赤裸裸的自己，你是否也覺得自己帥氣或美麗呢? 每次自拍完要上傳到社群媒體時，是否沒有稍微「美肌修顏」一下就不敢上傳呢?

這首歌的歌詞及 MV很振奮人心，鼓勵大家卸下妝、卸下面具，不要太在乎別人的看法，而要做自己、真實面對自己。現在市場上除了有關「情愛」主題之外，愈來愈少聽到這種有意義、傳達重要訊息的歌曲。然說實在的，如果大家真的都不注重身材及外表，每天愛吃什就吃什麼，毫無節制，在現實生活除會遇到不少挫折，包括求職、交友、約會等等，在健康上也會面臨一些問題。所以，我想這首歌最重要要表達的意思是「誠實地愛自己」，即使是為了要讓自己更瘦、更帥、更美、更有魅力、更時尚，那一切也是因為自己想要朝這個方向前往，仍是呈現「真實的自己，愛自己」，而非只是「單純為了取悅別人或礙於太在乎外界別人的看法」。

你也喜歡這首歌嗎?

聽完歌後，別忘了到我最愛的英語教學網站 English Baby，練習一下 聽力哦!

English Baby 英語聽力練習網址:  "Try" by Colbie Caillat

以下是這首歌的英文歌詞，給大家參考: 

Oooh
Oooh

Put your make-up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don't be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
Yooou don't have to try

Oooh
Oooh

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

Wait a second,
Why, should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
Yooou don't have to try

Oooh
Oooh

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don't you like you?
Cause I like you