听歌学英语：Not So Bad In LA-Allie X

In a city that lives while its bright stars die

身处一座星辰黯淡之际焕发生机的城市

And you start to get old when you turn 25

当你步入25就意味着开始老去

Where else can you go when you've got that drive?

徒有一身涣散的意志力你还能去哪里？

And everybody says when they arrive

初来乍到时人人都说

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方不赖

The parking's cheap and valet

泊车经济实惠服务周全

Those blue skies day after day

终日可见的蔚蓝天幕

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方不赖

Backyard got two lemon trees

后院种着两棵柠檬树

Ten grams at the dispensary

从药房屯点必需品

Angels all left, but we'll stay

天使虽纷纷离去我们愿留在这里

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方不赖

Ay...

And the ghosts of the nineties walk the streets

90年代风格鬼魅般行走街头

And the famous girls smile with the whites of their teeth

头牌姑娘们灿烂一笑皓齿明眸

All licking¹ their lips for a quick fifteen

垂涎欲滴等一场香艳之约

Your appetite fades but you're still starving

你变得清心寡欲却仍难以满足

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖

The parking's cheap and valet

泊车经济实惠服务周全

Those blue skies day after day

终日可见的蔚蓝天色

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖

Backyard got two lemon trees

后院种着两棵柠檬树

Ten grams at the dispensary

从药房屯点必需品

Angels all left, but we'll stay

天使虽纷纷离去我们愿留在这里

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖

The parking's cheap and valet

泊车经济实惠服务周全

Those blue skies day after day

终日可见的蔚蓝天色

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖

Backyard got two lemon trees

后院种着两棵柠檬树

Ten grams at the dispensary

从药房屯点必需品

Angels all left, but we'll stay

天使虽纷纷离去我们愿驻足这里

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶也是个不错的地方

Ay...

Two lemon trees

种着两棵柠檬树

Ten grams at the dispensary

从药房屯点必需品

Angels all left, but we'll stay

天使虽纷纷离去我们愿驻足这里

It's not so bad in L.A

洛杉矶这地方真不赖


    

Ten grams at the dispensary

从药房屯点必需品

Dispensary n.施药所；医务室；诊疗所

例句：

Take the prescription² to the dispensary and they'll make it out.

拿这个处方到药房，他们就会给你配药了。

He bought some pills from the dispensary.

他从学校的医务室买了一些药片。


The parking's cheap and valet

泊车经济实惠服务周全

Valet n.贴身男仆；（照顾客人私人衣物的）服务员；<美>衣架

例句：

The family's doctor, their cook, Nicholas's valet and Alexandra's maid Demidova came too.

家庭私人医生，厨师，尼古拉的贴身男仆，亚利桑得拉的女仆德米多娃也在其中。

But I quitted France five years ago and wishing to taste the sweets of domestic³ life took service as a valet here in England.

但在五年前我离开了法国，希望能体会下当仆人的乐趣，就在英国当了一段贴身男仆。

1 licking   

n. 殴打，挫败 动词lick的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The steak is so delicious that he's licking his lips. 牛排这么香，使得他垂涎欲滴了。
• The little boy is licking the ice-cream cone. 小男孩在舔着冰淇淋蛋卷。

2 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

3 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。