【神山日光Ninko】評論

Four millennia ago,四千年前 an ancient 古代人Babylonian 巴比倫人wrote down 記載what is possibly the first lullaby. 催眠曲/搖籃曲It is a rather threatening 危險的lullaby, in which the baby is scolded 斥責for disturbing 打擾the house god with its crying and warned of terrifying 可怕的consequences結果. It may have got the baby to sleep, but its message is far from 離~極為遙遠comforting: If he/she does not stop crying, the demon惡魔 will eat him/her. This lullaby may sound more scary 引起驚慌than sleepinducing, yet it is true that many lullabies—including those sung 歌today—have dark undertones...

【已考上107正式英文老師:】評論

undertones 這邊是指沒有說出來、隱含的訊息