打动人心的音乐好比岁月的书签,
能带我们穿越时空,
重温彼时彼地、彼情彼景。
只要你曾经被音乐语言感动过,
乐声响起,都会被深深感动……
而且学英文歌对学习英语确实有帮助,在无意识中提升英语口语。同时,如果你有好学之心,并且爱好音乐,想要把这首歌唱好,你就会想要探究这首歌表达的意境,于是就会逐字逐句翻译这首歌。这样学习了以后,你就会发现这首歌里的英文你都学会啦。
小编将分5期和大家分享,
每天学一首,提高英语,
出去k歌又超有面儿!
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1. Someone Like You
很喜欢阿黛尔的《someone like you》,百听不厌!这首歌的创作灵感来自于阿黛尔自身的一段破碎恋情,阿黛尔在听说前男友结婚的消息后写下了这首歌曲,并用木吉他作为乐器完成了歌曲的 初始版本,而歌曲的最终版本是以钢琴作为伴奏。歌曲不仅在向人们诉说着失恋的痛苦,同时也告诉人们要勇敢去追寻爱情,即使最后爱情破碎也要勇敢走下去。
I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah
Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
只要听过英文流行歌的人,都不会不知道《Right Here Waiting》这首音乐史上的超级经典。更不会不知道赋予这首歌无穷感人魅力的歌手Richard Marx。理查德·马克斯(Richard Marx)第一次巡回演出时,爱妻辛西娅·罗德斯去拍片已3个月,由于签证问题,理查德无法前去探望辛西娅,他感到非常郁闷。这时,他的朋友说:“你郁闷的时候会写出最好的歌曲。”于是,理查德坐在钢琴旁,在一种强烈的冲动下,只用了20分钟就写完了《此情可待》创作,这首歌成为广为流传的经典情歌。在海湾战争期间,这首歌在美国成了亲朋分别时相互告慰、互祝平安的歌曲。Richard Marx是标准的美国80年代白人青年文化的代表,音乐走精致浪漫的流行摇滚路线,追求华丽优美的旋律和热情激越的唱腔,再加上他能写擅弹,气宇轩昂,他刚一出道,就被称为是摇滚乐的新希望、最杰出的创作人,并屡获格莱美大奖的提名。
歌词:
Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain
If I see you next to never
How can we say forever
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here
Waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here
Waiting for you
I took for granted all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter
I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now
Oh can't you see it baby
You've got me going crazy
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here
Waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here
Waiting for you
I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance
Oh can't you see it baby
You've got me going crazy
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here
Waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here
Waiting for you
Waiting for you
3. Casablanca
《卡萨布兰卡》是1943年的奥斯卡爱情经典电影,影片讲述的是在二战时期德国纳粹铁蹄下的一段经典的爱情故事。然而,这首《Casablanca》却非该影片的主题曲。它是70年代由著名音乐人Bertie Higgins在看完这部电影后有感而写出的,用的就是电影的名字。讲的是一对青年男女因为看同名电影相恋的故事。歌词里出现多次的“as time goes by”才是《卡萨布兰卡》电影的主题曲《时光流逝》。
歌词:
I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
Back row of the drive in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
Making love on a long hot summers night
I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca
Holding hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies
Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old chevorlet
Oh A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca
You know I've never really been there
So I don't know
I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go
Oh A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
Oh A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
4. Careless Whisper
《Careless Whisper》这首经典的情歌来自Wham乐队。这个从一个中学生组合发展而来的乐队无疑是80年代最成功的英国流行乐队。他们以快节奏的、轻松的、具有灵歌风格的曲风风靡了全世界。
这首讲述的就是乐队主要成员George Michael同时爱上了三个女孩,当他的正式女友知道了这个秘密,结果大家心照不宣,跳最后一个舞结束这段感情。而他不敢说话,却在心里唱着歌,交织着悔恨、伤感和表白,但一切已是无可挽回了,沉默中感情正在趋向破裂的故事。
歌词
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
Should've known better
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste this chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong
That you had to leave me alone
The End
5. Yesterday Once More
《Yesterday Once More》是一首经典英文歌曲。旋律早已深入人心,由The Carpenter为怀念七十年代早期的怀旧风创作了这首歌曲。这首单曲在美国和英国两地都取得亚军的成绩。现在这首歌已成为永恒畅销单曲之一。演唱者Karen Carpenter后来因慢性厌食和神经过敏于1983年2月4日死在深爱她的父母怀中。她死时只有三十二岁,但Karen Carpenter那清新、健康的旋律,略带忧郁的中音,亲切自然的演唱确永远让我们难以忘怀。
歌词:
When I was young I'd listen to the radio
Waiting for my favorite songs
When they played I'd sing along,
It make me smile.
Those were such happy times and not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone.
But they're back again just like a long lost friend
All the songs I love so well.
Every shalala every wo'wo
still shines.
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing
so fine
When they get to the part
where he's breaking her heart
It can really make me cry
just like before.
It's yesterday once more.
(Shoobie do lang lang)
Looking bak on how it was in years gone by
And the good times that had
makes today seem rather sad,
So much has changed.
It was songs of love that I would sing to them
And I'd memorise each word.
Those old melodies still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
Every shalala every wo'wo still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're startingTo sing
so fine
All my best memorise come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
just like before.
It's yesterday once more.
(Shoobie do lang lang)
Every shalala every wo'wo still shines.
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing
so fine
Every shalala every wo'wo still shines.
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing
so fine
6.I Will Always Love You
《I Will Always Love You》最初是由美国著名乡村女歌Dolly Parton在1973年创作的,并在一年后发行。1982年,美国著名黑人女歌手Whitney Houston 与Kevin Costner联袂主演电影《保镖》,使其成为电影《保镖》的主题曲。而Whitney Houston的那个版本在全世界范围内获得了巨大的成功,唱片总共卖出了超过1200万张。这首歌在美国有线电视台VH1评选的25年来最伟大的100首歌曲中排名第八,最伟大的100首情歌中排名第一。
歌词:
If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you every step of the way
And I will always love you
I will always love you
you,my darling you
Bitter sweet memories
That is all I'm taking with me
So goodbye,please don't cry
We both know I'm not what you need
And I will always love you
I will always love you
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all your dreamed off
And I wish you joy and happiness
But above all this I wish your love
And I will always love you
7. Sealed With A Kiss
《Sealed With A Kiss》的演唱者是Bobby Vinton。这是一首很具浪漫色彩的歌曲,叙离别情,但不伤感;道分手苦,但不低沉。夏天来临,主人公要与心爱的人分开一段日子,漫漫长夏,孤独又凄清,但主人公要把空虚填补:他要把每夜之梦写成书信,以吻封缄,寄给自己心爱的人。这大概就是伟大爱情的表现吧。
歌词:
Though we gotta say goodbye
For the summer
Darling, I promise you this
I' ll send you all my love
Every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
Yes, it's gonna be
A cold lonely summer
But I'll fill the emptiness
I'll send you all my dreams
Every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
I'll see you in the sunlight
I'll hear your voice everywhere
I'll run to tenderly hold you
But darling, you won't be there
I don' t wanna say goodbye
For the summer
Knowing the love we'll miss
Oh, let us make it a pledge
To meet in September
And sealed with a kiss
Yes it's gonna be
A cold lonely summer
But I'll fill the emptiness
I'll send you all my love
Every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss