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Maybe Someday (easiest Chinese pop song I know)

"I want to learn a Chinese pop song. Which one should I learn?"If that's your question, I usually recommend this one (requires Adobe Reader).[download id="1"](For the MP3, do a Baidu search.)It's one of the easiest songs I know for the following reasons:

1. Short (few vocabulary words to learn)

2. Repetitive (the few words get used a lot)

3. Useful vocabulary (most of the vocab can get used in everyday life)

Fairy Tale is easy too, and a little better known, but it can't compete with the simplicity of this nice little tune.Oh and, here's a translation (grammar) question for anyone who's interested. I found this sentence particularly difficult:

rúguǒ yíqiè dōu huì guòqù, bùrú liú diǎn huíyì[hanzi]如果一切都会过去, 不如留点回忆[/hanzi]

I translated it as:

If everything can pass away, we might as well make some little memories

Is that an acceptable translation for the "rúguǒ 如果...bùrú 不如..." construction? I was also consdidering "As long as...we might as well..." rather than "If...we might as well..." In the end I went with the one with fewer words. Any guidance would be welcome.