音乐咖啡厅:A day in the life - John Lennon

I read a news today, oh boy,
About a lucky man who made the grade ,
And though the news was rather sad,
Well, I just had to laugh.

I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car,
He didn't notice that the lights have changed,
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They've seen his face before,
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords¹ .

I saw a film today, oh boy,
The English army had just won the war,
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had a look,
Having read a book, I'd like to turn you on ...

Woke up, fell out of bed,
dragged a comb across my head,
found my way downstairs and drank a cup ,
and looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed² my head,
made the bus in seconds flat,
found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
and somebody spoke³ and I went into a dream.

I read a news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire ,
and though the holes were rather small,
they had to count them all,
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall ,
I'd love to turn you on.

 Words and Phrases⁴

1. a lucky man who made the grade：一个成功的幸运儿。

2. He blew his mind out：丧失心智，神志不清，通常指喝药后的状态。　

3. the House of Lords：英国上议院，由皇室贵族组成。

4. Having read the book：刚读过书，意思指自己对整个事情的真相已经明了。

5. turn you on：让某人感兴趣，通常指使对方尝试"性"或"吸毒"方面的快感；正是由于这层隐讳的含意，英国BBC电台认为《生命中的一天》在鼓励人们吸毒，因而当时禁止播放这首歌曲。

6. drank a cup：喝一杯茶或是咖啡，英国可能主要是茶。

7. found my way upstairs：走到上面一层，英国有些公车有两层，上层可以吸烟。

8. Blackburn Lancashire：位于英国西北部，据说这里是英国著名的闹鬼胜地。

9. Albert Hall：指the Royal Albert Hall（皇家阿尔伯特大厅），是英国最大的音乐厅，成圆拱形，上下一共6层，满座时可容纳近万人。

1 lords   

n.主( lord的名词复数 )；领主；上帝；（英国用以称呼法官、主教或某些男性贵族成员，表示尊敬）大人

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The President elevated him to the House of Lords. 总统提拔他为上院议员。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

3 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。

4 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》