听歌学英语：因你过分美好 Di Johnston - You Are Too Pretty

Di Johnston出生于香港的一个美籍外交官家庭。随着父母派驻到中国大陆和弗吉尼亚州，后来回到New York开始了自己的演艺事业。她的音乐被诸多电视广告和音乐编辑使用，甚至出现在Dior高级时装秀。

All it really took was a look from across the room
I caught your eye and I knew I was doomed¹
To fall deeply for the idea of you and me
Together could I ever make this dream come true?
仅仅是那一眼穿过房间里的人群
我捕捉到了你的目光
然后明白我的命运在这一刻已注定
与你相伴的渴望让我无力自拔
这梦想可会有成真的一天？
Imagine my sweet surprise
When you said you felt likewise³
当你说你同我一样也有这样的感觉时
你能想象我那甜蜜的惊喜吗？
And I thought “You’re so pretty”
But too pretty for someone like me
I just want this feeling to go away
You’re too pretty for a girl like me
然而你是那么美好
太美好了我配不上你
是的对于我这样一个女孩
你美好得有些过分了
我多想摆脱这样的感觉
If they ask I would sing all your praises
Tell them all about your charms⁴ and grace⁵
And how you’d always say that you’d take me so many places
Will they only see a perfect face?
如果他们质疑你
我会歌唱着赞美你
告诉他们你的魅力你的优雅
还有你说的那些话你引领我到的那些地方
这样他们还会仅仅看到你完美的脸庞吗？
Now I’m spending all my time on your outside
But with every pretty face there’s only downside
而今我已经被你的外在迷住
而美好的脸庞有时候也是一种障碍
And I thought “You’re so pretty”
But too pretty for someone like me
I just want this feeling to go away
You’re too pretty for a girl like me
你是那么美好
太美好了我配不上你
是的对于我这样一个女孩
你美好得有些过分了
我多想摆脱这样的感觉
I suppose that I was hoping to prove them all wrong
That I can get past your surface
To the innermost secrets
But I keep getting stuck because
You’re so pretty
我多想透过你的外表
去探寻你最深的内在
来证明他们是错误的
可是我到底止步不前了
因为你是那么美好
And I thought “You’re so pretty”
But too pretty for someone like me
I just want this feeling to go away
You’re too pretty for a girl like me
你是那么美好
太美好了我配不上你
是的对于我这样一个女孩
你美好得有些过分了
我多想摆脱这样的感觉
And I thought “You’re so pretty”
But too pretty for someone like me
I just want this feeling to go away
You’re too pretty for a girl like me
你是那么美好
太美好了我配不上你
是的对于我这样一个女孩
你美好得有些过分了
我多想摆脱这样的感觉
All it really took was a look from across the room I caught your eye
To fall deeply for the idea of you and me together
仅仅是那一眼穿过房间里的人群
我捕捉到了你的目光
于是与你相伴的渴望
让我无力自拔

歌词：I caught your eye and I knew I was doomed.
我捕捉到了你的目光，然后明白我的命运在这一刻已注定。
这里有一个短语：catch one's eye，字面翻译为捕捉到眼神，意思是引起某人的注意。比如：
I'd like another drink, try to catch the waiter's eye.
我想再来一杯，试图引起服务员的注意。
后面还有句歌词是：From across the room I caught your eye. 穿过房间，我引起了你的注意。
Doom²作为名词指一个人注定要遇到的结局或状况，尤指难以逃脱的厄运。例如：
The enemy was approaching their doom. 敌人正走近毁灭。
作为动词，doom的基本意思是“命中注定”，指势必要遭受无情的力量所强加的、无法逃避的惩罚，常用于被动结构，be doomed to表示“注定要...”比如：
From the start, the plan was doomed to failure.这个计划从一开始就注定要失败。
The criminal was doomed to death.罪犯被判死刑。

歌词：Together could I ever make this dream come true?
一起努力，这梦想可会有成真的一天?
Come true，常用短语，表示“实现，成真”，通常与dream, wishes, hope和prediction等一起出现。比如：
Her dream to enter the famous university came true. 她要进入名牌大学学习的梦想实现了。
His wish to be an actor has come true. 他想当演员的愿望实现了。
His hope of living to 100 did not come true. 他想活到一百岁的愿望没有实现。

歌词：Imagine my sweet surprise, when you said you felt likewise.
当你说你同我一样也有这样的感觉时，你能想象我那甜蜜的惊喜吗？
Likewise是个副词，表示“同样地；（表示感觉相同）我也是”。例如：
I told him to watch me and do likewise. 我叫他仔细看著我,并且照样做。

歌词：If they ask I would sing all your praises, tell them all about your charms and grace.
如果他们质疑你，我会歌唱着赞美你，告诉他们你的魅力你的优雅。
Praise，作动词和名词都可以，表示“赞美，称赞”。
The teacher praised her for her courage. 老师赞扬了她的勇气。
Sing sb's/sth's praises表示大力赞叹、盛赞。例如：
Everyone left the concert singing the young pianist's praises.
每个人离开音乐会时都称赞那个年轻的钢琴家。
In praise of-赞扬的意思。比如：
The teacher spoke⁶ in praise of the child for his honesty.
他很诚实，老师表扬了他。
Grace作名词时表示“优美、优雅”。许多女生以这个单词作为英文名。
She danced with a grace that surprised us. 她的舞姿优雅得使我们惊奇。
短语have the grace to指有雅量做某件事。例如：
We all have the grace to do what you'll ask us to do. 我们都有雅量做你要我们做的事。
作动词时grace表示“使优美；使荣耀”。比如：
The professor's coming will grace our evening party.
教授的到来使我们的晚会大添光彩。

歌词：With every pretty face there's only downside.
美好的脸庞有时候也是一种不完美。
Downside，名字，“下降趋势（价格方面），消极面，负面”。
He could not find a downside to going on the trip.
他找不到这趟旅行的不足之处。

1 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

2 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

3 likewise   

adv.同样地，照样地；也，又

参考例句：

• The explorers had to undergo much suffering.探险者不得不忍受很多困苦。
• The planes have to undergo rigorous safety checks.飞机必须经过严密的安全检查。

4 charms   

n.魔力( charm的名词复数 )；魅力；迷人的特征；（链或手镯上的）吉祥小饰物v.使高兴( charm的第三人称单数 )；使着迷；吸引；使中魔法

参考例句：

• Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手镯上挂着许多金饰物。
• She was impervious to his charms. 他的魅力不能令她动心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。