听歌学英语:梦里梦外, 你是否还在 Just A Dream

听歌学英语:梦里梦外, 你是否还在 Just A Dream

Just a dream这首歌的MV是以黑白方式传送的，但同时却也不缺风韵与感情。在梦里主角看到了他与妻子的相遇，看到了妻子那张久违的面庞。I was thinking about her, thinking about me, thinking about us. Where we gonna be? Open my eyes, it was only just a dream. 我正在想着她，想着我自己，想着我们俩，想着我们将会去哪里。睁开眼，原来只是一场梦。这样的歌词读来不免让人感慨，而真正戴着灵魂去聆听这首歌，才是对感情最好的祭奠。

I was thinking about him
Thinking but me
Thinkin bout¹ us (us)
Where we gunna be
Open my eyes, (Yeah)
And it was only just a dream...
So I travel back (Uh)
Down that road (road)
Will he come back? (Uh)
No Body knows
Then I realize (Yeah)
It was only just a dream...
I was at the top and now its like im in the basement
Number 1 spot, Now heis finding a replacement²
I swear now I cant³ take it
Knowing somebody got my baby
Now you aint around, baby I can't think
I shoulda put it down, shoulda got that ring
Cuz I can still feel it in the air
See his pretty face, run my finger through his hair
My lover, my life
My shawty, my boyfriend
He left me, Im tight
Cuz I knew that it just ain't right
And I be ridin
And I swear I see your face at every turn
I try to get my usher⁴ on but I can't let it burn
And I just hope that she notice she the only one I yearn⁵ for
No more sooner will I learn
Didn't give he all my love
I guess now I got my payback
Now im in the club thinking all about my baby
HEY,he was so easy to love
But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough
I'm going through it everytime that im alone
Now im wishing he would just pick up the phone
But he made a decision that she wanted to move on
Cause I was wrong.
If you every loved somebody put your hands up
If you every loved somebody put your hands up
Now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything

I realize it was only just a dream. 我意识到这不过是一场梦。如果害怕美梦破碎，就珍惜当下吧。如果你因错过了太阳而流泪，那么你也将错过群星。立足当下，继续勇敢地面对生活。下面我们来学习歌词中的单词和短语。
I was at the top and now it's like I'm in the basement.
我曾经欢天喜地，如今却如身陷地牢，度日如年。
basement n. 地下室；地窖The cabbages were stored in the basement.包心菜储藏在地下室里。
cabbage 卷心菜，包心菜
地下室basement是储藏cabbage的一个好地方。
Number 1 spot, Now she's finding a replacement.
曾经我是唯一，如今她却跟了别人。
I swear now I can't take it.
真的，如今还不能接受这个现实
Replacement来源于动词replace代替，替代。那么replacement这个名词的含义就是：更换；代替者。
We need a replacement for the secretary who left.
我们需要一个人代替已离职的秘书。
Take it这个短语在不同的句子中有不同的含义，我们来听几个例句：
I take it you wish to marry her. 我以为你想和她结婚。
在这个句子中，take it是指“猜想，以为”。
I'll take it at your offered price. 我将按您所说的价格买下来。
在这个句子中，take it指“拿走，带走它”。
在歌词中，take it是指“接受”，即接受现实。
I swear now I can't take it. 我发誓如今我还不能接受这个现实。
My lover, my life, my shawty, my wife.
我的爱人，我的生命，我的甜心，我的妻子。
Shawty这个单词其实是黑人英语之一。当然，现在许多人都用这个词.而意思就是广东话中的“靓女”或者是普通话中的“美眉”。稍微了解就可以了。
I just hope If she notice she the only one I yearn for.
我只是想要她知道，她依然是我心底唯一渴望。
yearn 渴望，向往；思念，想念
这个单词是不及物动词，常与介词for连用。
I yearn for a chance to see Mary.我渴望有机会见玛丽一面。
She made a decision that she wanted to move on.
她下定决心继续前行。
Move on这个短语并不难，但我把它挑出来讲是因为美剧中经常会出现这个词，当一个人失恋了，和男友或女友分手，而之后振作起来开始新的生活，这种状态就是move on。通常在美剧中人们这样说I moved on。
再来分享一句美剧经典台词，来自于美剧《迷失》：
To remember, to let it go, and to move on。铭记，释怀，然后继续前行！　　　
(采用第二人称便于抒发感情)

1 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

2 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

3 cant   

n.斜穿，黑话，猛扔

参考例句：

• The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
• He knows thieves'cant.他懂盗贼的黑话。

4 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

5 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。