听歌学英语：这首歌，静静地听 There Were Roses

My song for you this evening

今夜我为你所唱的歌

Is not to make you sad

不是要使你悲伤

Nor for adding to the sorrows 1

也不是要增添忧愁

Of this troubled northern land

关于这片困扰的北方大地

But lately I've been thinking

可最近我常常想起

And it just wont 2 leave my mind

那从未在我脑海中散去的一切

I'll tell you about two friends one time

我想向你讲述我曾经的朋友

Who were both good friends of mine

两个皆是我的挚友

Isaac he was Protestant

艾萨克是新教徒

And Sean was Catholic 3 born

肖恩天主教出身

But it never made a difference

但这从未有任何影响

For the friendship it was strong

因为友谊坚固

And sometimes in the evening

夜晚的某些时刻

When they heard the sound of drums

当他们听见鼓声喧天

They said they wont divide us

他们说那些喧嚣不会使我们分离

We will always be as one

我们始终如一

There were roses roses

那些玫瑰啊，玫瑰

There were roses

那些玫瑰

And the tears of a people ran together

人们泪如雨下

It was on a Sunday morning

在一个礼拜天的上午

When the awful news came round

可怕的消息传来

Another killing 4 had been done

又一场杀戮展开

Just outside Newry Town

就在新城外

We knew that Isaac danced up there

我们知道艾萨克在那儿跳舞

We knew he liked the band

我们知道他喜欢乐队

But when we heard that he was dead

但当我们得知他已死去

We just could not understand

让人根本无法相信

Now fear it filled the countryside

现在恐惧笼罩乡村

There was fear in every home

在每一个家庭中蔓延

When late at night a car came

夜深时一辆汽车开来

Prowling round the Ryan Road

徘徊在莱恩路

A Catholic would be killed tonight

一名天主教徒今晚将被处死

To even up the score

为了报复

Oh Christ 5 it's young MacDonald

噢，救世主啊，是年轻的麦克唐纳

They have taken from the door

他们从门边抓走了他

There were roses roses

那些玫瑰啊，玫瑰

There were roses

那些玫瑰

And the tears of a people ran together

人们泪如雨下

Isaac was my friend he cried

我的朋友艾萨克哭喊着

He begged them with his tears

他流泪乞求他们

But centuries of hatred 6

但是几个世纪的仇恨

Have ears that do not hear

不是泪水可以化解的

An eye for an eye

以牙还牙，以眼还眼

That was all that filled their minds

他们心中只有这些

And another eye for another eye

又一只眼交换又一只眼

Till everyone was blind

直到所有人都失明

Now I don't know where the moral 7 is

现在我不知道德都去了哪儿

Or where the song should end

歌声在何时停止

But I wonder just how many wars

我只是想到有多少战争

Are fought between good friends

是朋友之间的互相残杀

And those who give the orders

但那些发布命令的人

Are not the ones to die

却不是牺牲的人

It's Scott and young MacDonald

牺牲的，是斯科特和年轻的麦克唐纳

And the likes of you and I

还有你我的亲朋

There were roses roses

那些玫瑰啊，玫瑰

There were roses

那些玫瑰

And the tears of a people ran together

人们泪如雨下

 

歌词：My song for you this evening

今夜我为你所唱的歌

Is not to make you sad

不是要使你悲伤

Nor for adding to the sorrows

也不是要增添忧愁

Of this troubled northern land

关于这片困扰的北方大地



讲解：Add表示"加；增加",常与介词to连用,即"add ...to ...","把...加到...中去；往...中加"。

If you add 4 to 5 you get 9.

四加五等于九。

add ...up 表示"把.加起来"；add up to ...则表示"加起来总和为"。例如：

Can you add these ten figures up?你能把这十个数字加起来吗?

All these figures add up to 5,00.所有这些数字加起来总和为5,00





歌词：Isaac he was Protestant

艾萨克是新教徒

And Sean was Catholic born

肖恩天主教出身

But it never made a difference

但这从未有任何影响

For the friendship it was strong

因为友谊坚固



讲解：make a difference 有影响; 起（重要）作用;

You can ask him again if you like, but it won’t make any difference—he’ll still say no.

你如果愿意可以再去问他，但结果还是一样——他还会说不。

Morning or afternoon. It makes no difference to me.

上午或下午都行，我无所谓。

‘Shall we go on Friday or Saturday?’‘It makes no difference (to me).’

“我们星期五还是星期六去？”“（我）无所谓。”



歌词：A Catholic would be killed tonight

一名天主教徒今晚将被处死

To even up the score

为了报复

讲解：Catholic ?adj. 天主教的；(catholic)普遍的；广泛的?n. 天主教徒

even up平均；使（帐目等）平衡；使…成为平局

If you give him an apple you must give his brother one to even things up．



你要是给他一个苹果，就也得给他弟弟一个，这样才公平。

The two teams evened up their score．这两队打成平局。



歌词：An eye for an eye

以牙还牙，以眼还眼

That was all that filled their minds

他们心中只有这些

And another eye for another eye

又一只眼交换又一只眼

Till everyone was blind

直到所有人都失明

讲解：an eye for an eye 以眼还眼，以其人之道还治其人之身

We should learn to forgive people who hurt us badly, not adopt the method of an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

我们要学会宽恕严重伤害过我们的人，不要以眼还眼，以牙还牙。