听歌学英语:中秋节之歌 Talking To The Moon

"Talking to the Moon"来自于美国创作型男歌手BRUNO mARS¹。成长在音乐家庭接受了雷鬼音乐、摇滚乐、嘻哈和节奏布鲁斯音乐。

I know you're somewhere out there我知道你就在那里
Somewhere far away在那遥远的他方
I want you back我渴望你回来
I want you back我渴望你回来
My neighbors think I'm crazy我的邻人觉得我疯了
But they don't understand但是他们不会明白
You're all I have你是我的唯一
You're all I have你是我的唯一
At night when the stars light up my room夜里，当星子的光辉流泻进我的房
I sit by myself我独坐着
Talking to the moon向月私语(或说，倾诉)
Try to get to you试着靠近你
In hopes you're on the other side希望你就同那星光在我身旁
Talking to me too与我交谈
Or am I a fool否则我就像是个傻子
Who sits alone孤坐着
Talking to the moon向月私语(倾诉)
Ohhhh I'm feeling like I'm famous我感觉自己开始成了众人的焦点
The talk of the town镇上的耳语阿
They say I've gone mad大家说我已经疯了
Yeah I've gone mad阿，是呀，我已疯狂
But they don't know what I know但是，他们不会明白的(我所知晓的)
Cause when the sun goes down当太阳西下S
omeone's talking back有人正回应着我
Yeah they're talking back是的，他们回应着我
Ohhh At night when the stars light up my room夜里，当星子的光辉流泻进我的房
I sit by myself我独坐着
Talking to the moon向月私语(倾诉)
Try to get to you试着靠近你
In hopes you're on the other side希望你就同那星子在我身旁
Talking to me too和我交谈Or am I a fool否则我就像是个傻子
Who sits alone孤坐着
Talking to the moon向月私语
Ahh AhhAhh Ahh
Do you ever hear me calling?你是否听见我对你的呼唤？
Ahh AhhAhh Ahh
Cause every night I'm talking to the moon因为阿，每夜每夜我对月私语
Still trying to get to you依然试着靠近你
In hopes you're on the other side真希望你就同那星光在我身旁
Talking to me too也和我交谈
Or am I a fool否则我就像是个傻子
Who sits alone孤坐着
Talking to the moon向月私语
Ohh Ohh I know you're somewhere out there我知道你就在那里
Somewhere far away在那遥远的他方

歌词：At night when the stars light up my room.
夜里，当星子的光辉流泻进我的房。
Light up是“点亮、照亮”的意思，过去式是lit up。例如：
1.The fire lit up her face.
炉火照亮了她的脸。
Her face lit up when she saw he was coming.
当她看到他走过来的时候，她的脸亮了起来。

歌词：I sit by myself, talking to the moon. Try to get to you.
我独坐着，向月私语，试着靠近你。
Get to意思是“到达、开始”，例如：
Let's get to the heart of the matter. 让我们谈谈这件事的核心部分。
Let's get to the point. 让我们言归正传。
Get to the point表示“说到点子上，言归正传”，例如：
We're now in a hurry, so get to the point. 我们现在很匆忙,你就直截了当说吧。
Get to the bottom²则是“弄清真相”的意思，例如：
I want to get to the bottom of our financial³ troubles.
我想彻底搞清楚我们财政困难的真相。

歌词：In hopes you're on the other side. Talking to me too. Or am I a fool?
希望你就同那星光在我身旁与我交谈，否则我就像是个傻子。
On the other side 一般表示在另一面，例如：
You can see children playing on the other side of the river.
你可以看到小孩在河对岸玩耍。
There is some writing on the other side of the page.
这一页的反面有些字。

歌词：Cause when the sun goes down. Someone's talking back.
当太阳西下有人正回应着我。
Talk back 表示顶嘴，在歌词中是回应的意思。
Talk backHow could you talk back to your boss⁴ like that?
你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴?　

1 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。

2 bottom   

n.底部;屁股，臀部；adj.底部的

参考例句：

• The bottom of the cup is broken.这杯子的底破了。
• The channel must have a flat bottom.沟道的底要平。

3 financial   

adj.财政的，经济的，财务的，金融的

参考例句：

• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
• In running a company,strict financial management means everything.经营一家公司,严格的财务管理是至关重要的。

4 boss   

n.老板，上司；v.指挥，控制

参考例句：

• When the boss gets mad, leave him alone.当老板生气时，不要理他。
• I'm my own boss.我自己当自己的老板。