听歌学英语:像我这样的傻瓜 Fools Like Me

听歌学英语:像我这样的傻瓜 Fools Like Me

"Fools Like Me"来自于Lisa Loeb。大多数乐迷接触到这位来自德州达拉斯的女创作歌手，都是从她于1993年为电影《四个毕业生》所创作的清新主题曲"Stay"开始的，而此曲也一鸣惊人的蝉联全美流行榜3周冠军，使得她成为第一个拥有全美冠军单曲的无约艺人。

Everybody go
The party's over
I want to be alone in my head
In my bed tonight
You never show
You must really love her
You think I don't know
But I do, yeah it's true
I think over is over
I'm right back where I started
(when it comes to wanting you)
I can't have what I wanted
But I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed
If love is blind
If love's a drug
It always is
It always was and
Love was surely made for fools like me
I know where I'm going
I'm tripping I'm sliding around
That's ok
At least I'm excited
It wasn't how I planned it (wasn't how I planned it
Feet are where I landed
At least I understand it now)
My feet are where I landed(feet are staying on the ground)
Maybe it's the sanest² thing
Or just the sweetest kind of dream
But love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
Love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
Love was surely made for fools like me

If love is blind If love's a drug, it always is, it always was.
如果爱情是盲目的，如果爱是毒药它一直是，它曾一直是。
Blind: adj.盲目的；瞎的；未察觉的。
来学习几个与blind有关的短语。
1. a blind alley³ 死胡同，绝境
They tried one idea after another, but they all seemed blind alleys⁴.
他们试了一个个办法,但看起来都行不通
2. be blind to 对…视而不见
Mothers are sometimes blind to the faults of their children.
母亲们有时看不到子女的缺点。
The girls were completely blind to the consequences of their actions.
女孩子们对于自己的行为所产生的后果完全不注意。
3. turn a blind eye to 假装看不见
You shouldn't really drink here, but I'm willing to turn my blind eye to it.
你实在不该在这儿喝酒,不过我愿意装作没看见。
I know where I'm going. I'm tripping I'm sliding around.
我知道我要去哪，我要旅行我也游荡。
1. Trip最常见的意思当然就是歌词中的意思了，表示“旅行”。旅行分为pleasure trip和business trip。前者指“以游玩为目的的行程”；而后者business trip则表示“公务旅行，商务旅行”，或者说“出差”。比如：
The company sends me here on a business trip.
公司派我来这里出差。
2. Field trip指(学生)实地考察旅行。比如：
Where is your class going for a field trip?
你们班打算去哪里郊游?
3. return trip 回程
On our return trip, it rained heavily.
回程途中，天下起了瓢泼大雨。
来了解一下trip的其他意思，作为动词可以表示“摔倒；绊倒”。比如：
He tripped on a tree root. 他被一株树根绊倒了。
5. Trip还表示“轻快地走”。比如：
She came tripping down the garden path.
她轻快地沿花园小径跑过来。
6. 另外trip还可以表示“使犯错，使失言”。比如
The lawyer was trying to trip the witnesses up,ie make them contradict⁵ themselves.
那位律师竭力想让证人互相矛盾。

Maybe it's the sanest thing or just the sweetest kind of dream.
或许这就是最清醒的一刻或许至少最甜蜜的梦境。
1. Sane¹ : adj.心智健全的；明智的。歌词中用的sane的最高级sanest。
Jim is not mad; he is as sane as any other normal person.
吉姆没有疯，他的神智跟任何其他正常人一样清醒。
2. 在sane前面加上in则成为了它的反义词—insane⁶ adj.疯狂的；精神错乱的；荒唐的
经典歌曲Right Here Waiting前两句：
Oceans apart, day after day, and I slowly go insane.
远隔重洋，日复一日，我一步步走向疯狂。
再比如：He must be insane to drive his car so fast. 他把车开得这么快，一定是疯了。

1 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

2 sanest   

adj.心智健全的( sane的最高级 )；神志正常的；明智的；稳健的

参考例句：

• Midsize sedans are clearly the sanest choice in this increasingly insane world. 中型轿车显然是这个越来越疯狂的世界中最理性的选择。 来自互联网

3 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

4 alleys   

胡同，小巷( alley的名词复数 )； 小径

参考例句：

• I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys. 我紧随他穿过一条条迂迴曲折的窄巷。
• The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. 孩子们领我穿过迷宫一般的街巷，来到城边。

5 contradict   

vt.反驳，否认...的真实性，与...发生矛盾

参考例句：

• Young children should never contradict what their parents say.孩子们绝对不应顶撞父母。
• They contradict each other all the time.他们总是相互抵触。

6 insane   

adj.蠢极的，荒唐的，精神错乱的，疯狂的

参考例句：

• Insane people are sometimes dangerous.精神病人有时非常危险。
• The letter made her insane with jealousy.那封信使她妒忌得发疯。