VOA慢速英语2013 Songs About Autumn 秋季之歌

 

Songs About Autumn 秋季之歌

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It is autumn in the northern part of the world. Steve Ember and Barbara Klein play some of our favorite songs about this season.

北半球正值秋季，Steve Ember和Barbara Klein将播放了一些关于这个季节我们最喜爱的歌。

People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about autumn. Many of these songs express sadness that summer is over. The days are shorter. It is getting darker  earlier each day. The weather is cooler. The skies are gray. Birds fly south because they know winter is coming. The leaves turn colors of red and gold and then die,  falling to the ground. Some songs about autumn also express the sadness of lost love.

关于秋季，人们已经创作了几百首歌了，许多都表达了对夏季结束的忧伤。现在，白天越来越短，天黑的越来越早，天气越来越冷。天空是灰色的。鸟儿向南方飞去因为他们知道冬季正在临 近。树叶从红色变为金色最终凋零，落入大地。一些有关秋季的歌也表达失去爱人的忧伤。

Mary Dawson, in her Internet Writing Journal, writes that this season influenced songwriters to write some of the greatest songs of all time. Here are some of our  favorite songs about autumn.

Mary Dawson ，在她的网络日记中写道这个季节会让一些歌曲创作者写出最好的歌，以下是一些我们最喜欢的关于秋季的歌曲。

"September Song" by Kurt Weill is one of the most well known, and saddest, songs about the season. It was introduced back in 1938 in the Broadway musical  "Knickerbocker Holiday." Many people have recorded this song. Probably the most famous version is sung by Frank Sinatra.

“九月之歌”出自Kurt Weill,是关于秋季最著名最悲伤的歌之一，它在1938年百老汇歌舞片“荷兰人的假期 ”中出现。许多人都翻唱过这首歌，最著名的版本是可能就是 Frank Sinatra的 了

Another famous song about this season is "Autumn Leaves." This song also expresses sad emotions. It was first introduced in a French movie in 1946. Later, the famous  American songwriter Johnny Mercer was asked to write English words to the music. Since then, many artists have recorded it. Here is a lovely version by Eva Cassidy  from her album "Songbird."

另外一首关于这个季节最著名的歌是“秋天的落叶”，这首歌也表达了一中悲伤的情绪，它第一次出现是在1946年的一部法国电影中。随后，美国著名音乐人Johnny Mercer被邀请为这首歌配 上英文歌词。从那以后，这首歌被多次翻唱，最好的版本是 Eva Cassidy的，被收集在她的专辑“音乐鸟”中。

The Moody¹ Blues² are a British rock band that first became famous in the 1960s. They also recorded a song about fallen leaves, darker days and lost love. It is called  "Forever Autumn."

忧郁蓝调合唱团是英国摇滚乐队，初次成名在1960年，他们也录了一首关于落叶，天黑，失去爱人的歌。它叫做“永远的秋天”。

Here is another sad song about things that happen in autumn. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is by the band Green Day from their album "American Idiot³." The song is  about the death of a father.

这里有另外一首曲子关于秋天发生的事的曲子——“当九月结束，请叫醒我”由绿日乐队创作，收录在专辑“美国傻瓜”中。这首歌是关于一个父亲的死亡。

The rock group the White Stripes has a song called "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," from their album "White Blood Cells." Jack⁴ White sings about a woman who did not  wait for him while he was away.

白色条纹乐队有一首歌“枯叶和肮脏的地面”，出自于专辑“白血球“。Jack White唱了一个在他离开是没有等他的女人。

But not all the songs about autumn are sad. Here is a more hopeful song, James Taylor's "October Road" from his album by the same name. The song is about leaving the  big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

但是不是所有关于秋季的歌都是悲伤地，这是一首充满希望的歌——“10月的路“，出自James Taylor的同名专辑。这首歌是关于离开城市会到乡村的，回到离开已久的家。

For people who live in New York City, autumn is an exciting time of the year. New plays open in theaters on Broadway. The season also brings the promise of new love.  Vernon Duke wrote the song "Autumn in New York" in 1934. Many famous artists have recorded it. We leave you with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong singing this  famous song.

对于住在纽约的人来说，秋季是一年中值得兴奋的时候，百老汇的剧院会有新剧上映，这个季节也会带来新的爱情承诺。Vernon Duke在1934年写了一首歌“纽约的秋天“，许多艺术家都翻唱 了这首歌，这里为您播放Ella Fitzgerald和Louis Armstrong的合唱版。

Our program was written by Shelley Gollust and produced by Mario Ritter. Barbara Klein and Steve Ember were your readers.

本文由Shelley Gollust撰写，Mario Ritter出品。Barbara Klein和Steve Ember是您们的听众。

You can hear other American songs on our web site, learningenglish.voanews.com. You can also find transcripts⁵ and audio archives of our programs. Join us again next  week for This Is America with VOA Learning English.

您们可以在我们的网站上听到这些歌：easyvoa.com，在那里你也可以找到我们的听写版本。期待你下周的加入，这里是美国之音英语学习网。

1 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

2 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

3 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句