听歌学英语:纪念细小的曾经 Littlest Things

充满着回忆气息的歌曲"Littlest Things"来自于外国版赵薇Lily Allen。



Sometimes I find myself sittin' back and reminiscing

有的时候我靠着墙会不自禁的回想起那些过往

Especially when I have to watch other people kissin'

尤其是当我看到那些拥吻在一起的情侣们

And I remember when you started calling me your miss's

我想起你开始叫我你的女人

All the play fighting, all the flirtatious 1 disses

那些嬉笑打闹，那些眼波流转

I'd tell you sad stories about my childhood

我跟你倾诉我童年的那些悲惨往事

I don't know why I trusted you but I knew that I could

我觉得可以信任你虽然不知道这信任的来源

We'd spend the whole weekend lying in our own dirt

我们可以整个周末呆在乱乱的房间里

I was just so happy in your boxers 2 and your t-shirt

被你衣物气味笼罩着的我是如此的幸福

(Chorus)

Dreams, Dreams

回想着 回想着啊

Of when we had just started things

回想着那些我们刚开始的时光

Dreams of you and me

回想着你和我的点滴

It seems, It seems

看起来，看起来啊

That I can't shake those memories

看起来我是挣脱不了那些回忆了

I wonder if you have the same dreams too

我会想你是不是也沉浸在相同的世界里

The littlest things that take me there

那些（我们之间的）点点滴滴把我困在这里

I know it sounds lame 3 but its so true

我知道这看上去荒唐但是是真的

I know its not right, but it seems unfair

我知道这不好，但是看上去是多不公平啊

That the things are reminding me of you

那些让我忆起你的一切

Sometimes I wish we could just pretend 4

有的时候我多希望我们可以假装还在一起

Even if only for one weekend

哪怕只是一个周末也好

So come on, Tell me

事已至此，跟我说吧

Is this the end?

我们就这么结束了么

Drinkin' tea in bed

躺在床上喝着茶

Watching DVD's

看着DVD

When I discovered all your dirty grotty magazines

当我发现你的那些色情杂志

You take me out shopping and all we'd buy is trainers

你带我出去购物，我们买的都是情趣用品

As if we ever needed anything to entertain 5 us

我们尽情挥霍着我们的幸福时光

the first time that you introduced me to your friends

你第一次把我介绍给你的朋友们

and you could tell I was nervous, so you held my hand

你发现我很紧张，于是就紧紧抓着我的手

when I was feeling down, you made that face you do

当我情绪低落的时候，你就扮鬼脸来逗我笑

there's no one in the world that could replace you

那个瞬间,让我觉得在这个世上,你是无可替代的



Sometimes I find myself sittin' back and reminiscing.

有的时候我靠着墙会不自禁的回想起那些过往。

1. Reminisce意思是“追忆，缅怀”。

She likes to reminisce about her childhood.

她喜欢回忆她的童年时代。

It was really fun to reminisce with everyone.

和大家一起回忆往事确实很有趣。

2. 我们给reminisce变变形。词尾加-nt是形容词“怀旧的，引人联想的”-reminiscent。

I don't know why I am in such a reminiscent mood.

不知为何我这般怀旧。

3. 我们再将reminiscent词尾的t改为ce则成为了名词“回想，回忆”-reminiscence。

The scene awakened 6 reminiscence of my youth.

这景象唤起了我对青年时代许多往事的追想。



歌词：All the play fightin', all the flirtatious disses.

那些嬉笑打闹，那些眼波流转

Flirtatious是形容词，什么意思呢？我们不妨先来说说动词flirt，“调情”的意思，在美剧里出现的频率还蛮高的，搭配介词with表示与某人调情。比如：

He enjoys flirting 7 (with the girls in the office).

他爱(与办公室的女职员)调情。

这样可不好，那么这样的人用一个词来形容就是歌词中的flirtatious-adj.调情的，轻佻的。

He was dashing 8, self-confident and flirtatious.

他风度翩翩，自信满满，而且很会挑逗女人。

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歌词：It seems, It seems that I can't shake those memories.

看起来，看起来我是挣脱不了那些回忆了。

Shake是“摇动”的意思，在这里搭配名词memories记忆，表示挣脱记忆。

It seems是一个常见句型，表示“似乎”“看起来”。

后面的歌词I know its not right, but it seems unfair意思是：

我知道这不好，但是这似乎也不公平。



歌词：When I was feeling down, you made that face you do. I know it sounds lame but its so true.

当我情绪低落的时候，你就扮鬼脸来逗我笑。我知道这看上去荒唐但是是真的。

1. Feel down字面意思是感觉在下面，其实也就是说觉得低沉、情绪低落。

I'm feeling down today. I lost my favorite book.

我今天不开心，我弄丢了最喜爱的书。

2. 接下来这个短语叫做make face——做鬼脸，对某人做鬼脸要做介词at，比如：

The boy made faces at his sister.

这男孩向他妹妹做了个鬼脸。

She likes to make faces at the teacher.

她喜欢向老师扮鬼脸。

3.Lame- adj.无说服力的，跛足的。短语lame excuse表示理由不足的辩解，漏洞百出的借口。

The accident made him lame in the left leg.

出事後他的左腿瘸了。

Oversleeping is a lame excuse for being late.

睡过头不是迟到的充足理由。