听歌学英语:别对我冷淡 Downtown

听歌学英语:别对我冷淡 Downtown

"Downtown"是战前女神Lady Antebellum2013年的首支单曲，歌词描写了一位质朴的乡村姑娘搞不懂为何她城里的男朋友最近对她越来越冷淡了，女主唱Hillary在歌中不断的询问自己的另一半，为什么不再像以往一样带她到市区去显摆了：I don't know why you don't take me down town like you got anywhere better to be. 不知道你为何不带我进城里玩了，就好像还有更好的地方可以去。

Well, all the parties on the streets are talking
store front mannequins sleeping in lights.
We used to smoke while we were jaywalking
like it was your birthday every other Saturday night.
Knew The bands so we never payed our cover.
Wrote our names on the bathroom tiles¹.
We never dressed to impress all the others,
They would let us in on a laid back kind of style.
But Boy you know it’s been a while.
I don’t know why you don’t take me down town
like you got anywhere better to be.
Talk it up and give me the go round round like a good time tease².
I’m only counting on your cancellation³,
Then I should be counting on you at my door.
Did you forget about how we went around,
I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown anymore.
Ohhhhhhhh anymore.
I got some platforms sitting in the corner.
They wanna stroll⁴ on a city sidewalk.
I got a dress that’ll show a little uhhh uh
but you ain’t getting uhh ohh
if you don’t come pick me up (damn),
Show me off (wow), you might be tired but I’m not!

Well, all the parties on the streets are talking, store front mannequins sleeping in lights.
大街上的人们都在议论纷纷，商店里的人体模特好似在睡大觉。
mannequin n.时装模特儿；人体模型
记法：大家看到时装模特穿着漂亮的衣服，会觉得如果有钱，你会肯买这样的衣服——谐音“买你肯”。
She was too fat to be a mannequin.
她太胖了以至于不能成为一个时装模特。
We used to smoke while we were jaywalking like it was your birthday every other Saturday night.
我们以前一边抽着烟一边穿过马路，每隔一周的周六晚上玩得就像过生日一样。
Used to do something是我们高中学过的表达，表示：过去经常做某事儿。
jaywalk vi. 乱穿马路（不遵守交通规则）
记法：周杰伦的英文名是Jay，他在马路上如果不看红绿灯，就这样走walk，那就是jaywalk—乱穿马路。另外呢，再来强化记忆：我们应该走人行横crosswalk，而千万不要jaywalk(乱穿马路)。
If you jaywalk,you could easily get hit by the car.
如果擅自穿越马路,很容易被车子撞到。
再来回顾一下歌词：We used to smoke while we were jaywalking. 我们以前一边抽着烟 一边乱穿马路。很叛逆的行为，你觉得呢？也许有时候爱就是这样疯狂吧，情不知所起，一往而深。可是那只是used to be，现在呢？
I don't know why you don’t take me down town like you got anywhere better to be.
不知道你为何不带我进城里玩了 你又没有更好玩的地方。
downtown 市中心
The family lived far away from downtown.
那家人住在离市中心很远的地方。
I'm going down town shopping this afternoon.
今天下午我进城买东西。
Talk it up and give me the go round round like a good time tease.
你高谈阔论 把我忽悠得团团转 好像一位情场高手。
talk up 大声讲，大胆讲
Please talk up a bit; we can't hear you.
请大声点,我们听不见你的话。
tease v. 戏弄 n. 逗弄者，揶揄者
It's too bad of you to tease the child like that.
你那样逗弄小孩真不好。
He is a terrible tease.
他特别爱戏弄人。
I'm only counting on your cancellation, then I should be countin on you at my door.
如今每次你都要取消约会，你应该到门口来接我。
count on 指望，依靠
After a broken promise, it is hard to count on a person.
一次失约,再要人相信你就难了。
再来留意歌词中的单词：cancellation，来自于动词cancel（取消，撤销）。比如：
You'd better cancel the last sentence in your composition.
你最好把你作文中的最后一句删掉。
 

1 tiles   

n.瓦片，瓷砖( tile的名词复数 )；扁平的小棋子

参考例句：

• The wind dislodged one or two tiles from the roof. 大风从屋顶上刮下了一两片瓦来。
• On both slopes of the roof there are broken tiles. 屋顶的两面斜面都有破瓦片。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tease   

vt.戏弄，取笑，挑逗，撩拨；n.戏弄人者

参考例句：

• The other boys tease him because he is fat.因为他很胖，所以其他男生都取笑他。
• His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.他的朋友过去常常笑话他破旧的衣服。

3 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

4 stroll   

n.闲逛，漫步；v.闲逛，漫步

参考例句：

• We are ready to take a stroll in the village.我们准备到村里遛遛。
• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。