I see trees of green 看那青枝绿叶
red roses too 看那花红时节
I see them bloom 其绽放
for me and you 是为你我而写
And I think to myself 自叹
What a wonderful world.世间何其美！
I see skies of blue 看蔚蓝天空
and clouds of white 看白云飘曳
The bright blessed day 明媚的白昼
and dark sacred night 神圣的深夜
And I think to myself 我不禁赞叹
What a wonderful world 多么美好的世界
The colors of the rainbow 缤纷彩虹
so pretty in the sky 把蓝天装点
Are also on the faces of people going by同时也落在路人的脸上
I see friends shaking hands 看人们握手
saying "How do you do?" 彼此招呼
They're really saying 他们说的其实是
"I love you" ‘我爱你’
I hear babies crying 昨日啼哭的婴孩/听见婴孩啼哭
I watch them grow 转眼都已长大/看着他们成长
They'll learn much more 他们聪明伶俐/他们要学习的那么多
than I'll ever know 早已将我超越/早已使我力不能及
And I think to myself 不禁感叹
What a wonderful world 这世界多么美好
think to oneself: 心中想，盘算
I remember thinking to myself that this is the beginning of happiness, this is where it starts.我记得自己心想，这就是幸福的开端，幸福会由此而启程了。
think for oneself:独立思考，自己作出决定
Think for yourself. What everyone else is doing may not be the right thing.要独立思考，众人都去做的事并不一定总正确。
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.咱们要独立思考，同时也别剥夺别人的这个权利。
talk to oneself:自言自语
A:"What did you say? " “你说什么呢？”
B:"Oh, nothing, I was just talking to myself. "“哦，没什么，我只是在自言自语。”
(The colors of the rainbow) are also on the faces of people going by彩虹的光辉也落在了路人的脸上
go by:经过, 走过, 依照，顺便走访
Time went by slowly.时间慢慢逝去。
You can't always go by appearances.你不能总是根据外表来判断。
Don't go by that old map.别参照那张旧地图。
She was in when I went by yesterday.我昨天顺便去看她时, 她正好在家。
‘路人’的说法：
passer-by ['p?s?'ba?] n. 过路人；经过的人；复数形式passers-by
A passer-by heard his calls for help.
一个路人听到他的呼救声。
looker-on ['luk?r'?n] n. 旁观者；观看者；复数形式lookers-on
In this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be looker-on.在人生的剧场里，只有上帝和天使才可以做旁观者。----培根。(be reserved for为...而保留)
I see trees of green 看那青枝绿叶
I see skies of blue 看蔚蓝天空
and clouds of white 看白云飘曳
几句歌词里都出现了几个表颜色的单词‘green,blue,white’，一起来看看它们作为名词用法：
green: n 绿色，绿色蔬菜，草坪，绿地
She was dressed all in green.她穿了一身绿。
Eat up your greens.把菜吃光！
blue:n蓝色
out of the blue:出乎意料；晴天霹雳；突然
His resignation came out of the blue.他的辞职来得特别突然。
white:n 白色，白种人，白色的衣物，蛋白，眼白
Don't wash whites and colours together.别把白色的衣物跟带颜色的衣物一起洗。
The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.她的眼白充血了。(bloodshot['bl?d?ɑt] adj. 充血的)
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