听歌学英语:世界如此美好 What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green 看那青枝绿叶
red roses too 看那花红时节
I see them bloom¹ 其绽放
for me and you 是为你我而写
And I think to myself 自叹
What a wonderful world.世间何其美！

I see skies of blue 看蔚蓝天空
and clouds of white 看白云飘曳
The bright blessed day 明媚的白昼
and dark sacred night 神圣的深夜
And I think to myself 我不禁赞叹
What a wonderful world 多么美好的世界

The colors of the rainbow 缤纷彩虹
so pretty in the sky 把蓝天装点
Are also on the faces of people going by同时也落在路人的脸上

I see friends shaking hands 看人们握手
saying "How do you do?" 彼此招呼
They're really saying 他们说的其实是
"I love you" ‘我爱你’

I hear babies crying 昨日啼哭的婴孩/听见婴孩啼哭
I watch them grow 转眼都已长大/看着他们成长
They'll learn much more 他们聪明伶俐/他们要学习的那么多
than I'll ever know 早已将我超越/早已使我力不能及
And I think to myself 不禁感叹
What a wonderful world 这世界多么美好


think to oneself: 心中想，盘算
I remember thinking to myself that this is the beginning of happiness, this is where it starts.我记得自己心想，这就是幸福的开端，幸福会由此而启程了。
think for oneself:独立思考，自己作出决定
Think for yourself. What everyone else is doing may not be the right thing.要独立思考，众人都去做的事并不一定总正确。
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege² of doing so too.咱们要独立思考，同时也别剥夺别人的这个权利。
talk to oneself:自言自语
A:"What did you say? " “你说什么呢？”
B:"Oh, nothing, I was just talking to myself. "“哦，没什么，我只是在自言自语。”

(The colors of the rainbow) are also on the faces of people going by彩虹的光辉也落在了路人的脸上
go by:经过, 走过, 依照，顺便走访
Time went by slowly.时间慢慢逝去。
You can't always go by appearances.你不能总是根据外表来判断。
Don't go by that old map.别参照那张旧地图。
She was in when I went by yesterday.我昨天顺便去看她时, 她正好在家。
‘路人’的说法：
passer-by ['p?s?'ba?] n. 过路人；经过的人；复数形式passers-by
A passer-by heard his calls for help.
一个路人听到他的呼救声。
looker-on ['luk?r'?n] n. 旁观者；观看者；复数形式lookers-on
In this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be looker-on.在人生的剧场里，只有上帝和天使才可以做旁观者。----培根。(be reserved for为...而保留)


I see trees of green 看那青枝绿叶
I see skies of blue 看蔚蓝天空
and clouds of white 看白云飘曳
几句歌词里都出现了几个表颜色的单词‘green,blue,white’，一起来看看它们作为名词用法：
green: n 绿色，绿色蔬菜，草坪，绿地
She was dressed all in green.她穿了一身绿。
Eat up your greens.把菜吃光！
blue:n蓝色
out of the blue:出乎意料；晴天霹雳；突然
His resignation³ came out of the blue.他的辞职来得特别突然。
white:n 白色，白种人，白色的衣物，蛋白，眼白
Don't wash whites and colours together.别把白色的衣物跟带颜色的衣物一起洗。
The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.她的眼白充血了。(bloodshot['bl?d?ɑt] adj. 充血的)
 

1 bloom   

n.花，花期；vi.开花；容光焕发，显露出健康

参考例句：

• The park is a picture when flowers are in bloom.当鲜花盛开时，这个公园的景色美极了。
• The flowers in the garden are now in full bloom.花园里的花盛开。

2 privilege   

n.特权，优惠，特许；v.给予优惠，给予特权

参考例句：

• Of course,no country has the privilege of fishing in our coastal water.当然，在我国的领海内没有一个国家有捕鱼的特权。
• He never abuses his privilege.他从不滥用特权。

3 resignation   

n.放弃，辞职，反抗

参考例句：

• He handed in his resignation right after the cabinet meeting.内阁会议一开完，他就提出了辞呈。
• They asked for his resignation with one voice.他们一致要求他辞职。