好听的英文歌曲：Talk of the Town - Jack Johnson

很会冲浪，很会歌唱，也很会想像，这就是来自美国夏威夷的民谣歌手Jack¹ Johnson（杰克·约翰逊）。说杰克是个多面手一点也不夸张，17岁之前他是一名优秀的职业冲浪运动员，17岁之后他转行开始涉足电影、音乐和艺术——跑去当导演排了一部“嘻哈”歌手的纪录片，后来又和民谣歌手合作走入唱片界。

I want to be where the talk of the town
Is about last night when the sun went down
Yeah
And the trees are dancing and the warm wind blows

And the same old time
And the water below³ gives a gift to the sky
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath⁵ my toes
And if the sun pops⁷ out
I'll paint a picture all about
The colours I've been dreaming⁹ of
The hours just don't seem¹⁰ enough
To put it all together
Maybe it's as² strange¹¹ as it seems¹² mmm mmm

And the trouble¹³ I find is that the trouble finds me
It's a part¹⁴ of my mind¹⁵ it begins with a dream⁸
And the feeling¹⁶ I get when I look in a sea
That this world is a puzzle
Find all the pieces
And put it all together
Then I rearrange it

I follow it forever¹⁷
Always as strange as it seems mmm mm

Nobody¹⁸ ever⁴ told me not to try
Not to try
Always try
Always try

And the water below gives a gift to the sky
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath my toes
And if the sun comes out
I'll paint a picture all about
The colours I've been dreaming of
The hours just don't seem enough
Put it all together
Always be as strange as it seems

I said¹⁹
Hooo hoo hohohoohhohooooo

1. pop⁶ out：当用一只小猴子的眼光来打量初升的朝阳时，“pop out”用在这里很精彩，充满动感和童趣

pop原指“短促、尖利的爆裂声”，可引申为to move quickly or unexpectedly²⁰; appear²¹ abruptly（突然出现，出其不意闯入眼帘），歌词中的pop out正表达此意。请看例句：

The rabbit pop out as soon as we open the hutch.（我们一打开兔笼， 兔子就一下子蹦了出来。）

2. put together：拼凑，整理，组合

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

3 below   

prep./adv.在……的下面；低于……

参考例句：

• I looked down at the hall below.我瞧了瞧下面的大厅。
• The temperature is below zero.温度在零度以下。

4 ever   

adv.曾经；永远；不断地；在任何时候；究竟

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗？
• I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮，永远漂亮。

5 beneath   

prep.在…下面；adv.在下面，在下方

参考例句：

• Let's have a rest beneath the tree.让我们在树下休息。
• What is beneath your feet?你们脚底下是什么？

6 pop   

n.取出，砰然声，流行乐曲；adj.流行的，热门的，通俗的；v.取出，发出爆裂声，突然伸出

参考例句：

• She is a lead singer in a pop group.她是流行歌曲演唱团体的最重要的歌手。
• I know nothing about pop music.我对流行音乐一无所知。

7 pops   

abbr.popular concerts 流行音乐会；popular tunes 流行曲调n.流行音乐( pop的名词复数 )；汽水；（尤用作称呼）爸；（迅速打上的）记号v.（意外地、突然地）出现( pop的第三人称单数 )；突然出现；发出爆裂声；（突然地）行动

参考例句：

• Right-clicking on an underlined word pops open a menu of possible alternatives to choose from. 右击带下划线的单词，打开备选单词表，可以从中选出正确的单词。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• He pops in to my office for a short visit once in a while. 他偶尔也跑进我的办公室来看看我。 来自辞典例句

8 dream   

n.梦；梦想；v.做梦；向往

参考例句：

• I remembered my grandfather in my dream last night.昨晚我梦见了我的外祖父。
• It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.我的理想是获得诺贝尔奖。

9 dreaming   

v.做梦，向往( dream的现在分词 )；想到，料到；[常用于疑问句或否定句]考虑到，想到，料到；虚度（光阴），（在空想中）度过（时间），迷迷糊糊地度过（与 away,out 连用）

参考例句：

• I found him in the garden, dreaming away as usual. 我发现他像平日一样在花园里做着好梦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He says he works hard, but he's day-dreaming half the time. 他说他工作努力，可他却长时间地胡思乱想。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 seem   

vi.好像，似乎，看来好像

参考例句：

• You seem very much alive today.你今天好像非常活跃。
• The children seem very happy.孩子们似乎很快活。

11 strange   

adj.奇怪的；古怪的

参考例句：

• She's a strange policewoman.她是个作风奇特的女警。
• I heard a strange sound.我听到一种奇怪的声音。

12 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

13 trouble   

n.苦恼，麻烦；故障；动乱；vt.麻烦 vi.费神

参考例句：

• I hate to trouble you.我真不愿麻烦你。
• The trouble is that he doesn't have enough money.麻烦在于他缺钱。

14 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

15 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？

16 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。

17 forever   

adv.(=for ever)永远；总是

参考例句：

• Teacher is powerful in a child's eyes forever.老师在孩子们的心中永远是强者。
• You can't depend on your parents forever.你不能永远依赖你父母。

18 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

19 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

20 unexpectedly   

adv.未料到地，意外地；竟；居然；骤然

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning. 火山一早突然爆发了。
• I had just put the dinner on when Jim walked in unexpectedly. 我刚把晚饭摆上桌，吉姆突然走进来。

21 appear   

vi.出现，出场，出席，露面；似乎，好像，显得

参考例句：

• The students appear very nervous.学生们看起来很紧张。
• When night falls,stars appear.夜晚来到时星星出现。