听歌学英语:你的美叹为观止 #Beautiful

"#Beautiful"是美国著名歌手Mariah Carey于2013年5月6日发行的单曲，也是其第14张录音室专辑的首支单曲。这首歌曲由Mariah Carey和Miguel共同创作并合唱，是一首中速的兼具pop，R&B，和soul风格的歌曲。 其官方音乐录影带在2013年5月8日Mariah担任评委的美国偶像节目中首播，其本人也在该节目5月24日的决赛中现场表演。

Ah ah you’re beautiful
Ah ah you’re beautiful
Hop¹ on, the back of my bike
Let the good the wind blow through your hair
With an ass² like that, And a smile so bright
Oh you’re killing³ me, you know it aint fair
Ride on, through the middle of the night
Let the moonlight kiss your skin
When you dance like that, your jeans so tight
Oh you’re killing me, baby do it again
You’re beautiful,
and your mind is f-cking beautiful
And I can’t pretend
that that doesnt mean a thing to me,
to me, yeah
You’re beautiful,
good lord, you’re f-cking beautiful
And I cant⁴ pretend
that that doesnt mean a thing to me,
to me, yeah
I like when you run red lights,
dont stop till you thrill me,
oh how you thrill me
Always in control, how you do it I don’t know
But I dont care, take me anywhere,
Cause it’s beautiful,
ooh you make me feel undressable
And I cant pretend
that that doesnt mean a thing to me,
to me, ohh yeah
You’re beautiful,
and your mind is f-cking beautiful
And I cant pretend
that that doesnt mean a thing to me,
to me, yeah
You’re beautiful,
good lord, you’re f-cking beautiful
And I cant pretend
that that doesnt mean a thing to me,
to me, yeah
Ah ah you’re beautiful
Ah ah you’re beautiful

Hop on, the back of my bike, let the good wind blow through your hair.
跳上我摩托车的后座，让清风吹散你性感的发丝。
Hop on基本意思是“跳上”。
The train has started moving. Let's hop on it at once.
火车已经开动了，我们快点跳上去吧。
当一个人着急或者生气得起跳时，也许是因为受到批评责骂了，hop on还可以表示“责骂”。
The director hopped⁵ on me for being late again.
经理责骂我又迟到了。
Ride on, through the middle of the night Let moonlight kiss your skin.
驰梦奔驰，掠过这个浪漫的午夜，让夜色抚吻你的肌肤。
Ride on基本意思是“骑在…上面”，比如《铃儿响叮当》中有句歌词就是：
What fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh.
坐在一只马拉的雪橇上，心情多欢畅。
Ride on引申一下词义，还可以表示“依靠，取决于”。
Our touring plan rides on our father's permission.
我们的旅游计划取决于父亲是否许可。
Good lord, you’re f-cking beautiful.
天哪，你是如此美丽。
Good lord 用在口语中是感叹词，相当于“天哪”。
比如说你的好朋友突然整了个奇怪的发型，你发出感叹说：
Good Lord, what have you done to your hair!
天啊，你把头发弄成什么样子啦！
I like when you run red lights,dont stop till you thrill me.
我喜欢你闯红灯时的模样，在我高兴前请别停止爱我。
Run red lights 闯红灯
歌词中使用的是复数，单数形式是run a red light。
A teacher was given a ticket for running a red light.
一名教师因为闯红灯被开罚单。

1 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

2 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 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。

5 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。