听歌学英语:周一和雨天 卡朋特 Rainy Days and Mondays

人们总会在某些日子或者季节里变得忧郁和沮丧，而Carpenters的歌曲“Rainy days and Mondays”正好讲述了这样的一种情形。Carpenters组合来自美国，是由Karen Carpenter和Richard Carpenter兄妹两组成的声乐和器乐的二人乐队。他们创造了自己轻柔舒缓的音乐风格，是史上唱片最为畅销的艺人组合之一。

Talking to myself and feeling old,
常自言自语并且感觉老了
Sometimes I’d like to quit,
有时我想放弃
Nothing ever seems to fit.
什么都不对劲
Hangin’ around, 四处闲逛
Nothing to do but frown.
除了面露不悦外无事可做
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
雨天和周一总让我沮丧。
What I’ve got they used to call the blues¹.
我得了也就是人们所谓的忧郁症
Nothing is really wrong.
没什么很糟
Feeling like I don’t belong,
只是我无所适从。
Walkin’ around,
四处闲逛
Some kind of lonely clown.
像孤独的小丑一样
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
雨天和周一总让我沮丧。
Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you.
有趣的是，我最后总是会和你在一起
Nice to know somebody loves me;
我很高兴知道有人爱我
Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do
滑稽但似乎是我唯一能做的事
Run and find the one who loves me.
去找一位钟爱我的人
What I feel has come and gone before
这种感觉时隐时现的
No need to talk it out.
再说已无益
We know what it’s all about.
我们了解这大概是什么
Hangin’ around, 四处闲逛
Nothing to do but frown.
除了面露不悦外无事可做
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
雨天和周一总让我沮丧。　
Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do
滑稽但似乎是我唯一能做的事　　
Run and find the one who loves me.
去找一位钟爱我的人
What I feel has come and gone before
这种感觉时隐时现的
No need to talk it out.
再说已无益
We know what it’s all about.
我们了解这大概是什么
Hangin’ around,
四处闲逛
Nothing to do but frown.
除了面露不悦外无事可做
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
雨天和周一总让我沮丧。
Hangin’ around,
四处闲逛
Nothing to do but frown.
除了面露不悦外无事可做
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
雨天和周一总让我沮丧。


Talking to myself and feeling old.常自言自语并且感觉老了。
to talk to oneself: to say to oneself or to think aloud自言自语
eg: On this long journey there's been little else to do but think, or talk to oneself.旅途漫长，除了胡思乱想或者自言自语，没有其它事情可做。
She is always talking to herself. 她总是自言自语。
This phrase can also remind us of the phrase "to think to oneself" which means to ponder or to think over盘算；自思自忖
eg: It is easy to think to oneself that one's emotions used to be more vivid than they are, and one's mind keener.人们容易认为自己的感情过去比现在充沛，思想过去比现在敏锐。

Nothing ever seems to fit. 什么都不对劲
“fit” here is used as a verb. It means to be agreeable or acceptable or to satisfy a condition or restriction²适合；符合
Eg: This coat does not fit me.这上衣并不适合我穿。
You get a suit for under a thousand dollars which is a good fit, it's good. 不到1000美元能买套西装是很划算的。

Hanging around, nothing to do but frown四处闲逛，除了面露不悦外无事可做
To hang around means to mess about闲逛；瞎晃
Eg: What have you been doing today?”“Oh, nothing, just hanging around。”“你今天干什么啦?”“哦，没啥，只是闲混而已。”
frown is used as a verb here. It means to look angry or sullen³, or to wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval⁴皱眉；表示不悦，不喜欢，不赞成
eg: Why are you frowning? 你为何皱眉?
She frowns on gambling⁵.她讨厌赌博。

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. 雨天和周一总让我沮丧。
To get sb down means to get sb nervous or to disappoint sb or to make sb frustrated⁶使沮丧；使失望
Eg: Not getting the job got me down.没得到那份工作让我很沮丧。

What I’ve got they used to call the blues. 我得了也就是人们所谓的忧郁症
Blues refers to a state of depression.犹豫；抑郁
Eg: Eat away your blues.吃东西能赶走你的犹豫。

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you.有趣的是，我最后总是会和你在一起。
To wind up: means to finally be or do something.最终；最后
Eg: You don't always wind up with the right answer or wrong answer, but just different points of view.最后不一定有答案的对错，只是不同的看法。
She winded up being friends with him.最后她与他成了朋友。

What I feel has come and gone before. 这种感觉时隐时现的
To come and go: means to appear and then disappear and all this happens in a very short time. 忽来忽去；时隐时现；变化不定；瞬息即逝
Eg: The birthmark would come and go with the emotions in her heart.胎记随着她的情绪时有时无。

No need to talk it out. 再说已无益
to talk something out means to talk about something at length
eg: I’m going to talk it out first with the person, and see what they sound like.我首先想和周围的人人好好谈谈，听听他们是怎么样的。
At first, they tried to talk it out.首先，他们试图交流。

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

3 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

4 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。

5 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

6 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》