听歌学英语:美好的夜晚 Wonderful Tonight

听歌学英语:美好的夜晚 Wonderful Tonight

"Wonderful Tonight"来自于Eric Patrick Clapton ，英国吉他手、歌手和作曲家。他曾经获得过格莱美奖，是20世纪最成功的音乐家之一，在摇滚名人堂里有三项成就。他是有史以来最伟大的吉他手之一，2003年在滚石杂志评选的一百大吉他手位列第四，在百大摇滚艺术家里面排名53位。

It's late in the evening
she's wondering what close to wear
she puts on her make up
and brushes her long blond¹ hair
and then she ask me: "Do I look allright?"
and I say: "yes, you look wonderful tonight"
We go to a party
and everyone turns to see
this beautiful lady
is walking around with me
and then she ask me: "do you feel allright?"
and I say: "yes, I feel wonderful tonight"
I feel wonderful because I see the love
lighting² in your eyes
and the wonder of it all
is that you just don't realize
how much I love you...
It's time to go home now
and I've got make her
so I give her the car keys
and she helps me to bed
and then I tell her
as I turn off the light
I said: "my darling, you are wonderful tonight"
"oh my darling, you are wonderful tonight"

She puts on her make up and brushes her long blond hair.
她精致地装扮，梳理她那金色的头发。
Make up是一个多义词组：化妆；弥补；和解；编造；整理；拼凑成。
I don't like to see women making up in public.
我不喜欢看见女人在公开场合化妆打扮。
化妆是弥补女孩子脸部的不足，make up还可以表示弥补。
I tried to make up for my loss³.
我力图补偿我的损失。
弥补一份感情，我们叫做和解。当你和好朋友吵架了，你想弥补的话，不妨说：
Let's make up. 让我们言归于好吧。
有的人用编造故事，编造谎言来弥补别人对他的信任。Make up还可以表示编造。
The boy made up a story, it is not true.
这个故事不是真的,是那个男孩编造出来的。
不管弥补什么，弥补之后事物都会变得更有条理。Make up还可以表示整理。
Leave this notice hanging on your door, asking the servant to make up your room.
留张便条挂在你房门上, 请服务员把你的房间整理一下。
最后make up还可以表示“拼凑成”。
Farm workers make up only a small section of the population.
农民只占人口的一小部分。
I feel wonderful because I see the love lighting in your eyes.
我感觉不错是因为我能看到你眼中燃烧的爱意。
light n光线；灯 v.点燃；变亮；照亮
固定短语：according⁴ to one's (own) lights 按照自己的认识,根据自己的能力
He behaved correctly, according to his own lights. 他按自己的见解正确行事。
I feel wonderful because I see the love lighting in your eyes.
我感觉不错是因为我能，看到你眼中燃烧的爱意。
And then I tell her as I turn off the light I said: "my darling, you are wonderful tonight."
当我把灯关掉的时候，我告诉她：“亲爱的,你今晚棒极了。”
Turn off这个短语讲解过，复习一下，turn off最常见的意思是关掉。关灯叫做turn off the light。
Do you mind if I turn off the light?
你介意我把灯关掉吗?

1 blond   

adj.金发的；n.白肤碧眼金发的人

参考例句：

• Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
• This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。

2 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

3 loss   

n.损失，遗失，失败，输，浪费，错过，[军]伤亡，降低

参考例句：

• His death was a great loss to the country.他的逝世对这个国家是一大损失。
• Because of the continued loss,the factory closed down.由于连续亏损，工厂关闭了。

4 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。