小双 惟达 《双子座视角 》

好歌赏析 ---- 听歌过程中练习听、讲英文口语能力。

口语学习必须要有一个能听和讲的环境,才能易于进步;在国内要有这样的语言环境,不是每个人都可以能够做到。所以小双老师建议大家透过听、唱英文歌曲,去提升听力和发音。而且大部分英文歌曲的歌词(特别是一些怀旧歌曲),有故事的内容,用词简而美,文法又正确。是很值得用来作为英语学习参考。有兴趣提升英语水平的朋友们,请继续关注本栏目!

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歌曲是抒发情感最好的工具,尤以情歌类最受欢迎;所以很多年轻朋友,都喜欢听歌、唱歌(唱K)。在上世纪六七十年代,电视机还没有普及前,除了黑胶唱片外,听收音机是主流娱乐。

这首歌 Yesterday Once More 再回到昨日,是木匠乐队(The Carpenters)在1970年灌录的一首歌,表达了当时年轻人,透过收音机收听到自己喜欢的歌曲时,那种喜悦心情,非笔墨所能形容。年轻的你可有同感?

经典英文歌yesterday节选(好歌赏析听歌学英语)(1)

透过收音机收听到自己喜欢的歌曲时,那种喜悦的心情,非笔墨所能形容!

木匠乐队(The Carpenters)是两兄妹 Richard and Karen Carpenter 的组合,, Carpenters 的歌曲,一般都是轻柔、慢节奏的,而且主音咬字清晰,是练习听讲英语最佳之选。现在就一起来欣赏这首歌。


Yesterday Once More 再回到昨日 --- by The Carpenters


温馨提示:中文歌词也可以跟着音乐唱啊!

歌词:Yesterday Once More 再回到昨日

When I was young I'd listen to the radio

当我年轻时我喜欢听收音机

Waiting for my favorite songs

等待着我喜欢的歌

When they played (1) I'd sing along, it made me smile

在播放时,我开心微笑地跟着唱和

Those were such happy times and not so long (2) ago

这是不久以前,我最快乐日子

How I wondered where they'd gone

我奇怪那都往那儿去?

But they're back again just like a long (2) lost friend

但再听到的时候,像久违的朋友

All the songs I loved so well

都是我最喜爱的歌

Every sha-la-la-la

每个 sha-la-la-la

Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines

每个 wo-o-wo-o,闪亮

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're starting to sing, so fine

每个 shing-a-ling-a-ling,他们开始唱,都很动听。

When they get to the part

当唱到那一部分

Where he's breaking her heart

他伤透了她的心

It can really make me cry, just like before

像以前一样,真的会使我哭泣

It's yesterday once more

那是再回到昨日

Looking back on how it was in years gone by

回望那些年就是这样过去

And the good times that I had

曾有过的美好时光

Makes today seem rather sad, so much has changed

今天人事已全非,都满伤感的

It was songs of love that I would sing to then

我一直都有在唱那些情歌

And I'd memorize each word

我能记得每一句

Those old melodies still sound so good to me

那熟识的旋律,听起来就舒服

As they melt the years away

令岁月像水流逝

Every sha-la-la-la

每个 sha-la-la-la

Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines

每个 wo-o-wo-o,闪亮

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're starting to sing, so fine

每个 shing-a-ling-a-ling,他们开始唱,都很动听。

All my best memories come back clearly to me

唤回过去美好回忆,历历在目

Some can even make me cry, just like before

像从前一样,有些会令我流泪

It's yesterday once more

那是再回到昨日

Every sha-la-la-la

每个 sha-la-la-la

Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines

每个 wo-o-wo-o,闪亮

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're starting to sing, so fine

每个 shing-a-ling-a-ling,他们开始唱,都很动听。

Every sha-la-la-la

每个 sha-la-la-la

Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines

每个 wo-o-wo-o,闪亮

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling,

每个 shing-a-ling-a-ling


学习点 Learning Points:

一些字有很多不同意思,与其他字凑在一起或组成片语时,可能与大家习惯、认识的意义不同,以下有两例子:

  1. Play --- (v) 玩耍、假装、扮演戏、演奏、播放;(n) 剧本、话剧。
  2. Long --- (adj) 长的、长久的,长期的、冗长的;(v) 极想,渴望。notso long ago = 不久之前;longlost friend = 久违的朋友


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