听歌学英语:A Perfect Indian-Sinead O'Connor

听歌学英语:A Perfect Indian-Sinead O'Connor



A Perfect Indian
Sinead O'Connor

Sinead O'Connor出生在都柏林一个传统的天主教家庭，她小时候曾是唱诗班成员，十九岁就开始了歌手生涯。1987年出道时，唱片公司想要把她包装成娇俏可爱的小女生，可Sinead一气之下剃了个大光头。这个形象在多年后被与她有诸多相似之处的亚洲天后王菲炮制。1990年推出的单曲《Nothing Compares 2 U》是O'Connor 事业上的转折点，这是一首全球热门歌曲，几乎在世界各地的排行榜上都名列榜首。2002年，Sinead推出了一张纯粹的凯尔特传统民歌专辑。2003年9月，Sinead正式宣布退出歌坛。今天我们要学习O'Connor的“A Perfect Indian”是一首不可多得的好歌，加上O'Connor细腻忧伤的吟唱，使得这首歌如泣如诉，有着淡淡的不经意的忧郁。。


[00:05.88]Listen and Share
[00:24.18]Sinead O'Connor
[00:39.06]Sinead
[00:49.50]Nothing Compares 2 U
[00:51.64]O'Connor
[01:00.65]Sinead
[01:10.54]O'Connor
[01:11.51]A Perfect Indian
[01:15.61]O'Connor
[01:40.55]A Perfect Indian is he
[01:48.79]Remembering him life is sweet
[01:57.13]Like a weeping willow¹
[02:01.00]His face on my pillow
[02:05.59]Comes to me still in my dreams
[02:13.84]And there I saw a young baby
[02:22.13]A beautiful daughter was she
[02:30.39]A face from a painting
[02:34.16]Red cheeks and teeth aching
[02:38.43]Her eyes like a wild Irish sea
[02:46.73]On a table in her yellow dress
[02:55.01]For a photograph feigned³ happiness
[03:03.53]Why in my life is that the only time
[03:10.56]That any of you will smile at me
[03:19.69]I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
[03:27.82]I've come for my self to retrieve⁴
[03:36.00]Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
[03:44.08]And there's only one way to be free
[04:26.23]He's shy and he speaks quietly
[04:34.57]He's gentle and he seems to me
[04:43.36]Like the elf-arrow
[04:46.86]His face worn and harrowed
[04:51.31]Is he a daydreamer⁵ like me
[05:01.30]歌词大意
[05:05.53]原声播放 -- 请用心收听、理解
[05:41.99]A Perfect Indian is he
[05:44.62]Remembering him life is sweet
[05:47.50]Like a weeping willow
[05:49.85]His face on my pillow
[05:53.04]Comes to me still in my dreams
[05:57.07]歌词大意
[06:08.84]weep  流泪，哭泣 / 枝叶下垂，低垂
[06:15.47]weeping
[06:18.43]a weeping willow  垂柳
[06:23.35]原声播放 -- 请用心收听、理解
[07:00.36]And there I saw a young baby
[07:03.44]A beautiful daughter was she
[07:06.29]A face from a painting
[07:09.11]Red cheeks and teeth aching
[07:12.15]Her eyes like a wild Irish sea
[07:16.58]歌词大意
[07:29.92]A face from a painting
[07:38.18]aching  作痛的，疼痛的
[07:40.92]teeth aching
[07:43.72]Red cheeks and teeth aching
[07:54.62]原声播放 -- 请用心收听、理解
[08:29.51]On a table in her yellow dress
[08:32.82]For a photograph feigned happiness
[08:36.05]Why in my life is that the only time
[08:39.98]That any of you will smile at me
[08:44.18]歌词大意
[08:55.52]feign²  假装, 装作
[09:00.99]The hunter had to feign death
[09:02.94]when he suddenly found out
[09:05.36]that a bear was coming toward him.
[09:14.27]For a photograph feigned happiness
[09:25.52]smile at somebody
[09:32.37]原声播放 -- 请用心收听、理解
[10:05.85]I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
[10:08.93]I've come for myself to retrieve
[10:12.20]Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
[10:17.22]And there's only one way to be free
[10:21.72]歌词大意
[10:33.68]retrieve  找回，重新得到
[10:40.88]Retrieve a lost piece of luggage.
[10:47.45]Lir
[11:10.11]Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children.
[11:15.42]I have been feeling like Lir's children too long.
[11:31.62]原声播放 -- 请用心收听、理解
[12:10.19]He's shy and he speaks quietly
[12:13.71]He's gentle and he seems to me
[12:17.01]Like the elf-arrow
[12:19.05]His face worn and harrowed
[12:21.84]Is he a daydreamer like me
[12:24.81]歌词大意
[12:37.85]elf-arrow
[12:39.78]elf-shot
[12:42.00]精灵箭击，精灵攻击
[13:03.99]His face worn and harrowed
[13:14.01]daydreamer  梦想家，空想家
[13:22.50]谢谢收听

1 willow   

n.柳树

参考例句：

• The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
• The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。

2 feign   

vt.假装，佯作

参考例句：

• He used to feign an excuse.他惯于伪造口实。
• She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren't convincing.她明白自己强作欢颜是瞒不了谁的。

3 feigned   

a.假装的，不真诚的

参考例句：

• He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
• He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm. 他假装热情地接受了邀请。

4 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

5 daydreamer   

n.空想家

参考例句：

• Don't trust him any more. He is always living as a daydreamer. 别再相信他了，他是个一直住在空中楼阁里的空想家。 来自互联网
• A developed and strong imagination does not make you an impractical daydreamer. 一种扩展和坚固想象力不是一种不实用的空想家。 来自互联网