听歌学英语:相遇的魔咒 Enchanted

《Enchanted¹》是美国流行乡村小天后Taylor Swift的《Speak Now》中的主打歌之一，当时的Taylor Swift对Adam Young一见钟情，写下这首美丽缱绻的歌，自述自己萌生的情愫。亚当·扬于2007年创建了猫头鹰之城乐队（乐队英文名为Owl City），并且担任乐队的主唱、。然而令人惊奇的是，Adam Young听出了其中的密语，并在2011年的情人节改编该曲做出回应。然而在Adam Young完成了歌曲的改编回应之后，Taylor Swift没有再回应Adam Young。

There I was again tonight / 今夜我又到了那儿
Forcing laughter, faking smiles / 故作笑声，强装笑颜
Same motel at lonely place / 同一个偏僻的旅馆
Walls of insincerity / 冷冷冰冰道道墙壁
Shifting eyes and vacancy² / 目光流离内心空虚
Vanished when I saw your face / 然后就只见你的脸
All I can say is, it was enchanting³ to meet you / 而我只能说：遇见你，我“深感荣幸”
Your eyes whispered "have we met?" / 你眼低语：“我们见过？”
Across the room your silhouette⁴ / 屋子那头你的轮廓
Starts to make it's way to me / 开始冲着我这里挤
The playful conversation starts / 随后是幽默的对话
Counter all your quick remarks / 对答你所有俏皮话
Like passing military secrecy⁵ / 好比收发军事机密
And it was enchanting to meet you / 遇见你，我“身中魔咒”
All I can say is, I was enchanted to meet you / 而我只能说：遇见你，我“深感荣幸”
Oh, Taylor, I was so enchanted to meet you,too 泰勒，遇见你我也深感荣幸

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go / 今夜星光满，你可别忘掉
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home / 我惊讶万分，一路羞答往家跑
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew / 情愿用一生，猜你可知否：
I was enchanted to meet you / 遇见你，我“身中魔咒”

The lingering question kept me up / 有道谜题不让我睡
2 A.M., who do you love? / 凌晨两点：你爱着谁？
I wonder till I'm wide awake / 一直猜到睡意尽退
Now I'm pacing back and forth⁶ / 我在屋里踱去踱来
Wishing you were at my door / 希望你就在房门外
I'd open up and you would say / 我来开门你张开嘴：
It was enchanting to meet you / 遇见你，我“深感荣幸”
All I know is, I was enchanted to meet you / 而我只知道：遇见你，我“身中魔咒”

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go / 今夜星光满，你可别忘掉
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home / 我惊讶万分，一路羞答往家跑
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew / 情愿用一生，猜你可知否...
This night is flawless, don't you let it go / 今夜美无瑕，你可别忘掉
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone / 我惊讶万分，一人转着圈儿跳
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew / 情愿用一生，猜你可知否：
I was enchanted to meet you / 遇见你，我“身中魔咒”

This is me praying that / 请你听我祈祷：
This was the very first page / 这是翻开的第一页
Not where the story line ends / 远不是故事的结尾
My thoughts will echo your name / 你的名字荡漾脑海
Until I see you again / 直到某天再见到你
These are the words I held back / 有句话我没说出来
As I was leaving too soon / 因为当时急着要走：
I was enchanted to meet you / 遇见你，我“身中魔咒”

Please don't be in love with someone else / 请不要付出爱，某一个人除外
Please don't have somebody waiting on you / 请不要让某一个人苦苦等你
Please don't be in love with someone else / 请不要付出爱，某一个人除外
Please don't have somebody waiting on you / 请不要让某一个人苦苦等你

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go / 今夜星光满，你可别忘掉
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home / 我惊讶万分，一路羞答往家跑
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew / 情愿用一生，猜你可知否...
This night is flawless, don't you let it go / 今夜美无瑕，你可别忘掉
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone / 我惊讶万分，一人转着圈儿跳
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew / 情愿用一生，猜你可知否：
I was enchanted to meet you / 遇见你，我“身中魔咒”

Please don't be in love with someone else / 请不要付出爱，某一个人除外
Please don't have somebody waiting on you / 请不要让某一个人苦苦等你

歌词：There I was again tonight, forcing laughter, faking smiles.
今夜我又到了那儿，故作笑声，强装笑颜。
1. Force，动词，表示“迫使，强迫”。一般用法是force somebody to do something，比如：
I was forced to sign the agreement against my will.
我被迫违心地在协议上签了字。
2. 短语force a smile指“强装笑脸”，比如：
He forced a smile before answering my question.
他勉强笑了笑，然后回答我的问题。
3. 歌词中的“强装笑脸”表达更为生动-faking smile，fake是动词，“伪装”的意思。
I thought he was really hurt but he was faking.
我原以为他真的受伤了,不料他只是在装样子而已。
歌词：Same motel at lonely place, walls of insincerity.
同一个偏僻的旅馆，冷冷冰冰道道墙壁。
1. Motel 是 motor 和 hotel 的合成词，即汽车旅馆，以前是指没有房间的旅馆，可以停车，而人就在汽车内睡。 现在的汽车旅馆与一般旅馆最大的不同点，在於汽车旅馆提供的停车位与房间相连，一楼当作车库，二楼为房间，这样独门独户为典型的汽车旅馆房间设计。
2. Insincerity和我们见到的sincere极为相像，那么我们动动脑筋，不难发现insincerity多了表示否定的前缀-in，词尾改y为i加上-ty，那么可以猜到它是名词。因此不难想到insincerity指“不诚实，无诚意，伪善”，作为名词来使用。举个相对简单的例子：
She accused him of insincerity.
她指责他缺乏诚意。
3. Insincerity这个词用得不多，但sincerely用得就很多了，常在信件末尾出现，表达为sincerely或者sincerely yours，相当于“此致敬礼”。

歌词：Across the room your silhouette, starts to make it's way to me.
屋子那头你的轮廓，开始冲着我这里挤。
Silhouette-n.影子；轮廓；侧影。看起来很难，但我记得牢牢的，因为当时学了一首特别喜爱的歌Moonlight Shadow，其中有一句是：All she saw was a silhouette of a gun, far away on the other side. 她只看到了那把枪的轮廓就在河远远的另一岸。顺便说一句，学英语歌有助于记单词，也能训练语感，Moonlight Shadow就是一首很好学的歌曲，推荐给各位。我们再来听一个简单的例句：
He saw the building in silhouette.
他看到了那幢建筑的轮廓。

歌词：The playful conversation starts, counter all your quick remarks.
随后是幽默的对话，对答你所有俏皮话。
1. Play表示“玩”，而-ful常为形容词后缀，所以playful是形容词，指“爱玩耍的，嬉戏的，开玩笑的”。比如：
The little cat gave me a playful bite.
小猫顽皮地轻轻咬了我一下。
2. Counter作为名词表示“柜台”，比如：
He placed the money on the counter.
他把钱放在柜台上。
3. Counter还可以用作形容词或副词，是“相反”的意思，常用短语是counter to，与……相反。比如：
He acted counter to his promise.
他的行动与他的诺言相反。
4. Counter用作动词，表示“反对，反击”，比如：
He hit me but I did not counter.
他打了我,但我没有还手。
5.在歌词中呢counter指的是对答，对答什么呢？Quick remarks，quick指机敏的，remark在这里指话语，quick remark在歌词中翻译成俏皮话。

歌词：Now I'm pacing back and forth, wishing you were at my door.
我在屋里踱去踱来，希望你就在房门外。
Back and forth-来回地， 反复地。
He rocked back and forth in his rocking chair.
他坐在摇椅里前后摇晃着。

1 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

2 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

3 enchanting   

a.讨人喜欢的

参考例句：

• His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑，活脱儿象他父亲。
• Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方，我又向往又害怕。

4 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

5 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

6 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。