听歌学英语:追忆《童年》时光 Days On My Past

I recall¹ when I was young. Oh I will play and always having fun
回忆小时候，啊，我多会玩，总是喜洋洋，
With the neighbors next to me and we'll play until the setting² sun
和邻居的小伙伴一起，我们一直玩到看不见太阳
Try to be the best among the others in a game call the "spider battle³"
在“蜘蛛战” 游戏中奋力在伙伴中成为最棒，
It doesn't matter who is the best now. Those were the days of my past
谁是最棒的现在已不重要。那是过去的时光。
A few years later when I got to school and was late for lesson all the time
几年后我进了学校，上课总迟到，
Always day dreaming in the class, till I don't even know the lesson's done
课堂上总是打瞌睡，直到我竟不知早已下课了。
Then my teacher always tell me never ever be lazy again
那时老师总是告戒我，千万不要再懒散
What can I do now? What can I say now? Those were the days of my past
我能做些什么？我能说什么？那都是过去的时光。
As the days go on and on I grew up and had my first love
时光流逝我已长大，堕入我的初恋
Candle light and sandy beach finally give away my first kiss
烛光下海滩旁终于将我的初吻献上
Mother said I was too young to fall in love and then I will one day regret⁴
妈妈说我太年轻，不应谈恋爱，将来会后悔断肠
So love was over, but I do miss her. Those were the days of my past
初恋就这样结束，但我深深怀念她。那都是过去的时光。
Just when I left my high school and got my first job as salesmen
高中刚毕业，我的第一份工作是推销
Working hard all day and night. No one there to lend a helping⁵ hand
昼夜勤奋工作。没人愿伸手帮忙，
Daddy told me not to worry and said that l should go on step by step
老爸告诉我，要一步一步来，不要慌，
What can I say now? What can I do now? Those were the days of my past
我能说什么？我能做些什么？那都是过去的时光。
Then once day I settled⁶ down with the only one I really love
有一天，我和我唯一的心上人乐业安家
Got a small family with two kids that is what I'm always hoping for
我有了个小家和两个娃，这是我一直的期望
But I still remember having fun with all my friends when I was young
但我仍记得小时候我和朋友们度过的快乐时光。
I miss my home town. I miss my old friends, those the days of my past
我思念家乡。我怀念老朋友，那都是过去的时光。
Oh I miss my home town I miss my old friends. When will I see them again?
啊，我思念家乡，我怀念老友。我何时候能再见到他们？


I recall when I was young. Oh I will play and always having fun
回忆小时候，啊，我多会玩，总是喜洋洋，
With the neighbors next to me and we'll play until the setting sun
和邻居的小伙伴一起，我们一直玩到看不见太阳
小时候我玩过小蝌蚪，还在小山岭上和小伙伴们把沙丘当成滑滑梯来玩。ll those days 我还记得那些时光。
Recall作为动词和名词都可以表示：回忆。
I remember her face but I cannot recall where I met her.
我记住了她的面容,但是我想不起在什么地方见过她了。
Recall还有“召回、取消”的意思，短语beyond recall或者past recall表示impossible to be changed-不能挽回的。
He made a decision past recall. 他做了一个不可挽回的决定。
过去的时光和老朋友们have fun-玩得开心。
You'll sure to have fun at the party tonight.
你在今晚的晚会上一定会玩得很开心。
接下来的词组是setting sun，setting在这里表示（日月的）沉落。那么setting sun就是落日、夕阳。

A few years later when I got to school and was late for lesson all the time
几年后我进了学校，上课总迟到，
Always day dreaming in the class, till I don't even know the lesson's done
课堂上总是打瞌睡，直到我竟不知早已下课了。
Then my teacher always tell me never ever be lazy again
那时老师总是告戒我，千万不要再懒散
这种事情我并没有做过，你呢？上课迟到叫做be late dfor school/lesson/class。那么上班迟到就是be late for work。如果有人总是迟到，那就是be late all the time。all the time就是“总是一直”的意思。
I've kept on thinking⁷ about that all the time. 我一直都在想着那件事。
歌词是说上课总迟到late for lesson all the time。
课堂上还day dreaming...做白日梦。白日梦你还可以说day dream。
Jim likes sitting and day dreaming. 吉姆喜欢坐着发白日梦。
那对于又迟到又上课打瞌睡的同学来说，老师总是会告诫他们：never ever be lazy again。
Never是永不、从不的意思，加上ever就起到强调的作用。
Never ever tell anyone your password. 不要把你的密码告诉任何人。

Candle light and sandy beach finally give away my first kiss
烛光下海滩旁终于将我的初吻献上
Mother said I was too young to fall in love and then I will one day regret
妈妈说我太年轻，不应谈恋爱，将来会后悔断肠
分享完这句歌词，我要感慨翻译也是很不错的，其一押韵，其二很生动，让人无限怀想。
这句话说的是早恋。初中的时候我也喜欢过一个男孩，青涩时光里的心动到现在却很难再寻到。
看一下单词和短语 candle light烛光。那candle就是蜡烛的意思。
The candle was blown out by the wind. 蜡烛被风吹灭了。
如果我们说can't hold a candle to sb，字面上来理解就是拿不住蜡烛，外国人把这个短语当成简直不能与…相比的意思。来听例句：
She is pretty good, but she can't hold a candle to her mother.
她相当不错，但还不能与他母亲相比。

接下来的短语是too to第一个单词是too，第二个是to这个短语表示太...以致不能。
This drawer is too tight⁸ for me to open it.这抽屉太紧了，我打不开。
最后要分享的短语是 fall in love陷入爱河 fall的过去式是fell。
The prince⁹ fell in love with a fair young maiden¹⁰. 王子爱上了一位美丽的年轻少女。

1 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

2 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

3 battle   

n.战斗，战役；斗争；vi.斗争，搏斗

参考例句：

• People whose marriage has ended often battle over the children.离婚者常为孩子而争斗。
• This battle is our last chance,we must fight to a finish.这场战斗是我们最后的机会，我们必须战斗到底。

4 regret   

n.遗憾，后悔，抱歉；v.为...感到遗憾，后悔，惋惜

参考例句：

• Don't rush into marriage,you might regret it later.不要匆匆忙忙结婚，不然你以后也许要后悔的。
• I regret that I shall not be able to come.很遗憾，我不能来。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 settled   

a.固定的；稳定的

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。
• a settled way of life 安定的生活方式

7 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

8 tight   

adj.紧的；难解的；紧密的

参考例句：

• Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧，你最好抓紧一点。
• The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧，我打不开。

9 prince   

n.王子，太子，诸侯

参考例句：

• Prince Charles has again fallen from his horse.查尔斯王子又一次从马上摔了下来。
• The prince and the princess lived happily ever after.从此以后王子和公主就一直过着幸福的日子。

10 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。