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AFTER WATCHING THE INSPIRING MOVIE “I HEAR

THE SONG AND SING AGAIN", I COULDN'T HELP BUT

AM EAGER TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU:

TO DESCRIBE THIS MOVIE IN ONE SENTENCE, I

WOULD SAY THAT EACH OF US NEEDS TO "FIND

OUR OWN VOICE."

WHEN A GROUP OF CHILDREN SANG THE MOST

POPULAR BAND’S MOST POPULAR SONG ON THE

BIG SCREEN, NO ONE SHOULD DISLIKE IT!

HOWEVER, EVEN IF THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN SONG,

DOES IT MEAN THAT THEY MUST SING IT?

WHEN THEY FIRST JOINED THE COMPETITION, WHAT THEY SAW IS

ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ARE WELL-TRAINED SCHOOLS. THIS

GROUP OF KIDS FROM THIS SCHOOL BEGAN TO DISPLAY STAGE

FRIGHT, AND TEACHERS PANICKED. BUT THEY STILL BRAVELY

STEPPED ONTO THE STAGE AND FINISHED THE CHORUS WITH

BEAUTIFUL SINGING. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT GET AFFIRMATION

BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK. NOT TO MENTION WINNING THE

CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY CANNOT EVEN THE TOP THREE.

IN FACT, WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SUCH A SCENE. WHETHER OR

NOT IT IS ABOUT STUDY OR, EVEN IF YOU TRY YOUR BEST, WILL

YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT? OF COURSE, NOT NECESSARILY. TO

MAKE IT WORSE, SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER YOU TRIED YOUR BEST

TO IMPROVE AND FACE YOUR FAILURE, OTHERS WILL JUST

CONCLUDE IN ONE SENTENCE, “NOT EXERTING ENOUGH EFFORT."

OFTENTIMES WE WILL FIND THAT OUR ABILITY IS FAR FROM THE

LEADER IN MANY ASPECTS, AND HARD WORK ALONE CANNOT

MAKE UP FOR THAT GAP.

AFTER WATCHING THIS MOVIE, I FOUND MYSELF A

LUCKY PERSON, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE

WHO LACK RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS,

AND THEY FALL INTO A KIND OF STRUCTURAL

POVERTY. MANY OF US CAN CHANGE OUR DESTINY BY

WORKING HARD, BUT TO THESE KIDS, EVEN

MANDATORY EDUCATION SEEMS A LUXURY FOR THEM.

THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO

MAKE A LIVING. DO THEY REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO

REVERSE THEIR DESTINY? I'M AFRAID IT IS A

THOUSAND TIMES HARDER THAN WE DO!

HOWEVER, THESE KIDS DID NOT GIVE UP.

THEY LATER DISCOVERED THAT IF ONE

WERE TO IMITATE THE SINGING METHODS

AND VOICES OF FLAT CHILDREN, THEY

CERTAINLY COULD NOT SURPASS OTHER

SCHOOLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

HOWEVER, THE BUNUN PEOPLE ARE

ALREADY GOOD AT SINGING. WHY

SHOULD THEY IMITATE THE SINGING

STYLE AND VOICE OF OTHERS?

AFTER BEING DEFEATED IN THE COMPETITION, THE

CHILDREN SAT DOWN WITH THE TWO TEACHERS AND

LISTENED CAREFULLY TO THE WORDS OF THE TRIBAL

ELDERS: "THERE IS NO BAD SOUND, ONLY SUITABLE

POSITIONS. THE BUNUN PITCH AND NOTES MIGHT NOT

BE ACCURATE, BUT THE BEAUTY COMES WHEN

GROUP INACCURATE VOICES SING TOGETHER. IT

SOUNDS GOOD.” THEN, THEY FINALLY FOUND THEIR

OWN DIRECTION, GAVE PLAY TO THEIR OWN

CHARACTERISTICS, AND PROMOTED THEIR VOICE

FROM A PURE CHORUS TO A PERFORMANCE CLOSE

TO THE SOUND OF NATURE, WHICH MADE THE

AUDIENCE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.