情景会话口袋书人际篇260:唱歌(2)

 　　5. I am listening to someone singing.

　　我在听人唱歌。

　　还能这样说：

　　Listen, there is someone singing.

　　I hear someone singing.

　　谚语：

　　When the owl¹ sings, the nightingale will hold her peace.

　　枭鸟唱歌，夜莺屏息。

　　6. The singer was singing to the guitar.

　　那个歌手正和着吉他唱歌。

　　还能这样说：

　　The singer sang while playing the guitar.

　　The singer was singing with guitar accompaniment.

　　谚语：

　　The swan sings when death comes.

　　死期来到，天鹅歌声美妙。

　　7. If there is time I will sing all the songs that I learned.

　　如果还有时间的话我会把我所有会的歌都唱一遍。

　　还能这样说：

　　If time permits, I wish I could sing all the songs that I learned.

　　With enough time, I will sing all my learned songs.

　　应用解析：

　　ahead of the times 跑在时代前头；

　　ahead of time 提前；

　　at a time 一次；同时；

　　at times 有时，偶尔；

　　behind time 误时

　　8. My singing is out of tune².

　　我唱歌跑调儿了。

　　还能这样说：

　　I sing out of tune.

　　I sing off key.

　　谚语：

　　There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle³.

　　老当益壮。

1 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。