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Enjoying the song When Karen could beat drums and sing songs at the same time , he became a worker behind the screen for his loved sister . However , what he did for the band could not be ignored . He was a composer as well as a pianist . He once created many beautiful songs like yesterday once more . He loved his sister very much . when his sister died , he sadly wrote down the following words: on February 4, 1983, I lost my sister, a dear friend, and my professional partner. The world lost a beautiful spirit. Karen had not only a voice that was heaven-sent, but a personality that warmed the lives of everyone who had met and known her. She was with us only 32 years. Though my family and I will never get over losing her at such an early age, we can take comfort in the marvelous legacy she left us all. And he wrote the song when time was all we had for his dead sister Yesterday once more was a very popular song in Europe during the last century. It was first song by Carpenters (a small band founded by sister and brother) in 1973. And its so famous that a lot of singers sang it in different versions. A movie named Mr. Holland Opus used this song and this song also became one of the one hundred famous songs in Oscar Awards. The lyrics When I was young Id listen to the radioWaiting for my favorite songsWhen they played Id sing along,It make me smile. 当我还年轻的时候就喜欢收听电台广播等我最喜爱的歌我会随之一同吟唱这真使我高兴异常 Id是I would的缩略形式，当表示过去习惯性的动作时，英语里常用would来表示。 sing along意为“跟着一起唱，随着唱”，along是副词，用来表示伴随动作。 favorite是形容词，‘最喜欢的’ 这句话中they指上句的happy times； a long lost friend意为“久违的朋友”，long是副词，形容时间长，lost指“失去联系的”。 这句话中wonder是动词，意为“感到疑惑(好奇)，想知道”；where theyd gone是where they had gone的缩略形式，是过去完成时，表示在过去那些美好的时光就消逝了。 not so long ago指不久以前，这里的long表示时间的长短。 这句话中的shalala何wo wo都是象声词，指歌手听收音机时里面播放的歌曲。shine是动词，意为”闪光“，这里应该是说，那些曾经使自己感动的歌曲，现在听来依旧使自己心潮澎湃。 Those were such happy times and not so long agoHow I wondered where theyd gone.But theyre back again