听歌学英语:SEALED WITH A KISS

听歌学英语:SEALED WITH A KISS

SEALED WITH A KISS（以吻封缄）是Peter Udell 和 Gary Geld的一首作品。首次面世是在1960年。但是当时并没有大红大紫直到1962喜欢翻唱Udell和Geld作品的Brian Hyland的版本被发行。Brian Hyland的版本当年6月6日出炉，轰动一时。在美国公告牌百强单曲榜的和英国单曲排行榜上都位居第三。

Though (so) we've gotta say good bye for the summer
虽然我们不得不分开度夏天
Darling/baby, I promise you this
亲爱的，我答应你
I'll send you all my love everyday in a letter
我会每天都用信把我的爱送给你
Sealed with a kiss
以吻来封缄

Yes, it's gonna be a cold lonely summer
是的，这将是个寒冷又孤独的夏季
But I'll fill the emptiness
但我会填补空虚
I'll send you all my dreams everyday in a letter
我会每天都用信把我的梦送给你
Sealed with a kiss
以吻来封缄

I'll see you in the sunlight
我会在阳光里看到你
I'll hear your voice everywhere
我会在每个地方听到你的声音
I'll run to tenderly hold you
我想要跑过去温柔地抱住你
But darling, you won't be there
但是亲爱的，你却不在那里
I don't wanna say good bye for the summer
我不想为这个夏季说再见
Knowing the love we'll miss
因为知道我们会彼此思念
Oh, let us make a pledge to meet in September
喔，让我们约定九月再相见吧
And seal it with a kiss
以吻来封缄

I'll send you all my dreams everyday in a letter
我会每天都用信把我的梦送给你
Seal it with a kiss
以吻来封缄

Yes, it's gonna be a cold lonely summer
是的，这将是个寒冷又孤独的夏季
But I'll fill the emptiness
但我会填补空虚
I'll send you all my dreams everyday in a letter
我会每天都用信把我的梦送给你
Seal it with a kiss
以吻来封缄

歌曲赏析:

That's Sealed With A Kiss by brian hyland. And now let's break down the lyrics¹ while listening to Dana Winner's version.

1.Though (so) we've gotta say good bye for the summer. Darling/Baby, I promise you this: I'll send you all my love everyday in a letter, sealed with a kiss. 虽然我们不得不分开度夏天, 亲爱的，我答应你,我会每天都用信把我的爱送给你,以吻来封缄。
Here, ‘have/has gotta do sth’ means ‘have/has’ to do sth. Because the summer is coming, the vocal² has to say goodbye to his/her significant other.And the word ‘seal’ means ‘to close an envelope by sticking the edges of the opening together’. Here, sealed serves as an attributive, modifying the word letter. For example，‘Make sure you’ve signed the check before sealing the envelope'.have/has gotta to sth是‘不得不’的意思，因为夏季的到来，歌者不得不跟恋人告别。单词seal的意思是‘封上（信封）’。此处sealed是定语，修饰单词‘letter’。例如，一定要在支票上签字后在封信封。

2.Yes, it's gonna be a cold lonely summer. But I'll fill the emptiness. I'll send you all my dreams everyday in a letter, sealed with a kiss.是的，这将是个寒冷又孤独的夏季。但我会填补空虚。我会每天都用信把我的梦送给你，以吻封缄。
Here, this line means ‘though it’s summer, the days without you will be cold and lonely. However, I will fight the emptiness with a letter to you filled with my dreams everyday ’. The word ‘emptiness’refers to the feeling of being sad and lonely because nothing seems matter. For example: There was an aching emptiness in her heart.此处歌词大意为‘你不在的时候炎热的夏天也将变得寒冷孤寂。但是我会每天把我的梦写成信给你来填补空虚’。‘emptiness’指的是空虚。例如，她的内心有一种隐隐作痛的空虚感。

3.I'll see you in the sunlight. I'll hear your voice everywhere. I'll run to tenderly hold you. But darling, you won't be there.我会在阳光里看到你。我会在每个地方听到你的声音。我想要跑过去温柔地抱住你，但是亲爱的，你却不在那里。
All these lines are implying that the singer imagines that she/he will miss her/his lover so much that he/she will be seeing his loved one standing³ in the sunlight and hearing her voice everywhere. Of course all that is not true. So when the singer tries to hold the person she/he thinks exists, there will be nobody there.
这些歌词都在暗示作者将会因为太思念恋人，误认为恋人就站在阳光下，并且到处都能听到ta的声音。这当然不是真的，所以当作者要跑去拥抱自认为存在的恋人时，会抱个空。

4.I don't wanna say good bye for the summer，knowing the love we'll miss. Oh, let us make a pledge to meet in September and seal it with a kiss.我不想为这个夏季说再见,，因为知道我们会彼此思念。喔，让我们约定九月再相见吧以吻来封缄。
The phrase ‘make a pledge’means ‘to make a serious promise’.For example:Management has made a pledge that there will be no job losses this year.短语make a pledge指的是‘作出承诺’。例如，资方保证今年不会削减职位。

1 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

2 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。