霉霉歌曲千千万,英语学习永不停(三)
作者
Otis
泰勒·斯威夫特
美国乐坛巨星
《You Belong With Me》是泰勒·斯威夫特首支拿下美国公告牌百强单曲榜亚军的歌曲,也是泰勒的成名曲目。下面就让我们边唱边学,感受英语的魅力吧!
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she’s upset.
on the phone在打电话
girlfriend n.女朋友
upset adj.难过,失望&v.使烦恼, &n.困扰,麻烦;意外的结果,爆冷门;肠胃病,腹泻
eg) Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset(n.).保罗昨晚肚子不舒服。
She’s going off about something that you said
go off对…不再喜欢,失去对…的兴趣;爆炸,开火;变质,坏掉
eg) Why have they gone off him now?为什么他们现在不喜欢他了?
that you said做something的后置定语,表示“你说的东西”
'Cuz she doesn't, get your humor like I do...
'Cuz表示“因为”,不建议在高中英语中使用
get v.明白,理解
humor n.幽默
like I do像我那样,like在这里引导方式状语从句,不建议在高中英语中使用
且do代指前面的动作get your humor
图|《You Belong With Me》MV
I'm in the room.It's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
listen to sth./sb.听…
she doesn’t like是music的定语从句,因为music在定语从句中做宾语,所以可以省略引导词that/which
and she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts
Skirt n.短裙
I wear T-shirts
T-shirt T恤
She's cheer captain
captain n.队长&v.担任…的队长
And I'm on the bleachers
bleacher n.漂白剂;漂白业者;露天看台,露天座位
And I’m on the bleachers而我只是在看台上(的观众)。
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find what you're looking for has been here the whole time
dream about梦想着
这里dreaming about做上半句的状语,表示“我”在看台上的状态
when you wake up…做the day的定语,解释那天发生的内容
wake up醒来
find后连接一(that)引导的宾语从句,
what you’re looking for做find宾语从句的主语
the whole time一直,可以直接做时间状语而不添加介词
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
that引导宾语从句
who understands you做the one的定语
这个句子并不完整,听者领略大意即可
(I’ve) been here all along, so why can't you see
all along一直,不建议使用
You belong with me
You belong with me
belong to属于,表示所有权
belong with应该和…在一起,表示伴随
在高中阶段belong to更加常见,不建议使用belong with
图|《You Belong With Me》MV
Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
wear out(使)磨损,(使)用坏;使精疲力竭
wear-wore-worn
worn-out adj.破烂不堪的,废旧的,疲惫不堪的
jeans n.牛仔裤
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
can’t help doing情不自禁做某事
ought to do/be应该
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
on a park bench坐在公园的长凳上
think to oneself暗自思忖,心里想到
Hey isn't this easy?
Isn’t this easy?这难道不容易吗?
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
light up点亮
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
have done sth. since sb. did since引导的时间状语从句使用一般过去时,而主句使用现在完成时
in a while一段时间
bring sb. down击倒
You say you're fine
I know you better then that
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that
She wears high heels
high heels高跟鞋
I wear sneakers
sneakers运动鞋
She's cheer captain and
I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
stand by站在一旁,袖手旁观
at your back door站在你家后门
all this time how could you not know
all this time这段时间
how could you not know是反诘语气,用来表示求证、责问口气,译为“其实你有没有想过”,高中阶段不建议使用
Baby....
You belong with me
You belong with me
I remember you driving to my house
you做driving的逻辑主语,高中阶段不建议使用
in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry
be about to do将要做某事
And I know your favorite songs
favo(u)rite adj.最喜欢的
And you tell me about your dreams
tell sb. about sth.告诉某人某事
Think I know where you belong
belong本身不及物,所以接宾语时需要介词,但是在从句/疑问句中直接使用where表示状语而不需要介词
Think I know it's with me...
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
can’t you see表示反问语气
Been here all along
So why can't you see
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time
How could you not know
Baby you belong with me
You belong with me
You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe you belong with me
You belong with me...
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