书城外语课外英语-七彩音符常青的爱(双语版)
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第13章 不归河

假如你在倾听,你可以听见水流声。

有一条河叫不归河,

它有时风平浪静,有时波涛汹涌。

爱情是不归河上的游子,

永远顺着水流冲击而下,

最后迷失在波涛汹涌的江河。

我能听到汹涌的河水顺势而下,哗哗作响,

不归还,不归还,不归还。

那声音就是我的爱人在呼唤:

“回到我身边!”

不归还,不归还,不归还。

我在河上失去爱人,

我的心将永远企盼。

永远地走了,我的爱人,

“水流声,水流声……”

他将永远不归还,

不归还,不归还……

【注释】

①这首歌曾由美国著名影星玛丽莲·梦露演唱,她那特有的磁性嗓音及唱歌演戏的神韵,至今仍让许多人魂萦梦牵。

【语言点解析】

1.Mm,if you listen you can hear it call “wailerie”.

=If you listen,you can hear the sound of the flowing water in the river.假如你专心倾听,你可以听到河水的水流声。

It=the River of No Return.

Wailerie:指水流的声音。

2.Sometimes it’s peaceful and sometimes wild and free.

=Sometimes the river is quiet and sometimes it’s rough.

peaceful:这里指河水风平浪静。

wild and free:这里指河水波涛汹涌。

3.Love is a traveler on the river of no return,swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea.

=Love is like a traveler on the river of no return,who is swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea.爱就像不归河上的游子,永远顺着水流冲击而下,最后迷失在波涛汹涌的海上。

sweep:横扫,席卷。

sweep on中的on是副词,表“继续不断”之意。

stormy:狂风暴雨的。

例如:

The boat and all its men were lost in the stormy night.在那个暴风雨的夜晚,小船和船上的人都失踪了。

4.Where the roaring water falls.

=where the roaring water falling down the river of no return.

roaring:咆哮的,怒吼的。

5.I can hear my lover call.

=The roaring water sounds as if my love were calling me.就像我的爱人在呼唤。主人公将奔腾不息的河水声比作自己爱人的呼唤。

6.My heart will yearn.

=My heart will yearn for the return of my love.

我将永远企盼着我的爱复还。

yearn (for):desire strongly热切地企盼。

例如:

He yearned for his home and family.他渴望回家与家人相聚。

She yearned to return to her native country.她企盼回归祖国。

【赏析】

只有失恋的人,才能对爱有刻骨铭心的理解。《不归河》这首歌唱出了作者对失去爱人的痛苦和对爱人的呼唤“回到我身边”!然而失去的爱情就如同滚滚东流的江水,一去不复返。

虽然“我的心将永远企盼”,但爱情将永远地顺着水流,消失在波涛汹涌的江河之中。表达了作者对失去心上人的悲伤与无限的惆怅。

White Christmas

I’m dreaming of a White Christmas,

Just like the ones I used to know,

Where the treetops glisten,

And children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I dreaming of aw White Christmas

With ev’ry Christmas card I write:

“May your days be merry and bright,

And may all your Christmasesbe white.”

I’m dreaming of a White Christmas,

Just like the ones I used to know,

Where the treetops glisten,

And children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow,

I dreaming of a White Christmas

With ev’ry Christmas card I write:

“May your days be merry and bright,

And may all your Christmasesbe white.”