听歌学英语:遇见从前的自己 Lee Ann Womack -Have You Seen That Girl

Lee Ann Womack是一个受传统音乐创作风格影响的艺术家，在90年代后期得到了音乐界的广泛赞誉，她的音乐作品充满了对过去时代的怀念。组过乐队，跟着人四处表演节目，居于幕后为人写歌，最后成为了独奏者。

Innocent¹, Confident
无辜，自信
With a hint² of curiosity³ and an air of what you see is what you get
潜潜的好奇和坦率的个性
Fun to be around
欢乐常伴左右
Laugh at herself
自己傻笑
Never worried
从无忧虑
Life is short but what's the hurry
生活短暂却如此匆匆
Bright-eyed and ready to take on the world
明亮的眼睛，准备接纳这个世界
Have you seen that girl
你看到那个女孩了吗
That everybody says I used to be
每个人都说我以前如此
Have you seen that girl
你看到那个女孩了吗
Where along the way did I lose me?
我渐渐失去了自我吗
Have you seen that girl
你看到那个女孩了吗
She was full of life
她热爱生活
Looked on the brighter side
乐观的性格
If it was worth a chance she'd take it
如果有个机会，她就会去尝试
Said that life is what you make it
说生活就是你所创造的
But a few wrong moves led to a few wrong turns
但是一些错误的行动导致了错误的的转折
And once your burned you’re not the same
一次你毁了，你们不再一样
You tend to shy from the flame
你变得胆怯害羞
I hate to think she's givin up her dream
我讨厌想到她放弃了她的梦想


Innocent, confident, with a hint of curiosity and an air of what you see is what you get.
无辜，自信，潜藏的好奇和坦率的个性。
这里有好几个形容人的个性的词汇，我们来学习一下：
1. Innocent: adj.清白的；无害的；无辜的；无知的；天真纯洁的
He was charged with murder but found innocent later.
他被控杀人，但后来发现他是无罪的。
Don't be so innocent as to believe everything you hear.
不要头脑太简单而相信你所听到的每一件事。
刚刚在介绍innocent这个词的时候会突然就想起艾薇儿的歌曲”Innocence⁴”，唱了这么久可不要不懂得意思，innocence意为“天真”，是innocent的名词形式。
This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay.
2. Confident: 自信的，名词形式为comfidance。
Mary seems confident about the job interview.
玛丽似乎对这次应聘面试很有自信。
I have every confidence⁵ in our success.
我对我们的胜利充满信心。
下面我们来了解一个和confident非常相像的单词，读作[,k?nfi'd?nt]，什么意思呢？
She is my confidant(intimate friend).
她是我的密友。
那么confidant意思是“知己，密友”。
3. Curious: 好奇的，通常接介词about。名词形式是curiosity。比如：
The boy was curious about everything he saw.
那男孩对所见的一切都感到好奇。
Curiosity is part of the children's nature.
好奇是儿童的天性。
歌词：She was full of life, looked on the brighter side.
她热爱生活，性格乐观。
1. Full of-充满
His marriage is full of happiness.
他的婚姻生活很幸福。
2. 当我们说一个人full of himself满满的都是自己，意思呢是指这个人很自负或者说自以为是，来听一个例句：
You're very full of yourself today, I must say.
你今天太自以为是了，我不得不说出来。
3. 提到“充满”，我们还会经常用到be filled with。比如说：
Her eyes were filled with tears．
她的两眼充满泪水。
刚刚提到的full of和be filled with是中学接触频率很高的词组，那么正在学英语的您是否需要留心呢？
4. Look on the bright side这是一个常见的表达，字面意思是看到光明的那一面，我们用它来指人乐观，比如说：
No matter what happens, Gill always looks on the bright side.
无论发生什么事，吉尔总是乐观的。
歌词中用到的bright是比较级形式。
歌词：You tend to shy from the flame.
你变得胆怯害羞。
短语tend to表示“倾向于”，不过我们在使用的时候不必硬邦邦地把它翻译成倾向，听几个句子来体会一下：
I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.
我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。
The locals tend to be suspicious⁶ of strangers.
当地人对陌生人往往有戒心。

1 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

2 hint   

n.暗示，示意；[pl]建议；线索，迹象；v.暗示

参考例句：

• He gave me a hint that I was being cheated.他暗示我在受人欺骗。
• He quickly took the hint.一点他就明白了。

3 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。

4 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

5 confidence   

n.信任，信托，自信，信心，把握，大胆，厚颜，过于自信，狂妄

参考例句：

• We have full confidence in our victory.我们有必胜的把握。
• I should like to exchange a few words with you in confidence.我想私下和你交换点意见。

6 suspicious   

adj.可疑的，容易引起怀疑的，猜疑的，疑心的

参考例句：

• A man was hanging about the house in a suspicious manner.一个男人在房子周围可疑地荡来荡去。
• He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother.他这个人疑心太重，连自己的母亲也不相信。