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第7章 昔日恋情

噢,记忆照亮了我的心里,

回忆过去似水雾迷茫。

照片碎屑带着微笑远离我们,

你我相视而笑已成为过去。

记忆照亮了我的心里,

回忆过去似水雾迷茫。

难道过去都是如此简单,

还是岁月已改写每一篇?

如果我们有机会重新开始,

我们能否还像过去?

记忆也许非常美好,

却也令人痛苦辛酸。

我们淡淡地选择忘却痛苦,

只留下笑声让我们回忆。

记住我们值得的过去,昔日恋情,

昔日恋情。

【语言点解析】

1.The way we were.=The way we had in the past when we both was in love with each other.我们过去相爱时的生活方式。

way:(在此作名词)方式、方法。

例如:Do it your own way if you don’t like my way.如果你不喜欢我的方式,就按照你自己的方式做那件事吧。

2.Oh,memories light the corners of my mind.

=Oh,memories give the light to mymind.噢,记忆照亮了我的心田。

light:(常作名词用,但此处用作动词)点火、照亮、点灯。(比喻为)使明亮。

例如:The rooms were lighted up brightly.那些房间灯火通明。

Please light the fire.请把火点燃。

3.Misty water colour memories of the way we were.=Memories of my own past seem unclear or vague like something misty moving on the water.对过去的回忆似水雾模糊不清。

4.Scattered pictures=photoes which were torn into pieces.已撕成碎片的照片。

scatter:(常用作名词)撒,撒洒于……上,使分散,散播。

例如:The workers scatter gravel on the road.工人们把砂砾石撒在路面上。

The farmers scatter seeds over a plot.农民们把种子撒播在田里。

scattered为过去分词作形容词用,意为:已经撒在地上的,已经撒开了的。

过去分词作形容词与现在分词作形容词之比较:

例如:developed country发展了的国家,发达国家。

developing country正在发展的国家,发展中国家。

fallen apple已落在地上的苹果,落地苹果。

falling apple正在下落的苹果,正下落苹果。

5.Can it be that it was all goes simple then,or has time rewritten every line?难道过去都是如此简单,还是岁月已改写每一篇?

Can it be...?是一种疑问句结构,意为:究竟是否……?

例如:Can it be true?它究竟是不是真的?

simple:(用作形容词)朴素、简单、天真、不复杂。在此处意思指过去朴素纯真的爱情。

【注释与赏析】

这首歌曲是同名电影《昔日恋情》中的主题曲,由百老汇影视歌明星芭芭拉·史翠珊演唱,获1973年第46届奥斯卡最佳歌曲奖和格来美年度最佳歌曲奖。1974年2月登上全美热门排行榜第一名达3周,并获金唱片奖。

芭芭拉·史翠珊1942年4月24日出生于美国纽约的布鲁克林(Brooklyn)一个犹太人的家庭,在她很小时父亲去世了,母亲含辛茹苦地带着她们三个孩子。她从小喜爱表演艺术,14岁时就开始在百老汇登台亮相,演出天赋初露端倪。后来她因在《滑稽女郎》中的出色表演而赢得了好评,获41届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖,享有“百老汇女王”的赞誉。

芭芭拉演唱的这首歌曲悠扬动听,情调绵绵,伤感与哀婉,加上曲作者独具匠心地运用了三拍子的节奏处理,更增添了曲式的表现力,使之圆润流畅,情意款款,听起来能把你带回昔日情怀之中。可以说,该歌曲是欧美怀旧歌曲的典范。

Careless Whisper

Oh...

I feel so unsure,

As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor.

As the music dies something in your eyes,

Calls to mind a silver screen and all it’s sad goodbye.

I’m never gonna dance again,

Guilty feet have got no rhythm.

Though it’s easy to pretend,I know you’re not a fool,

You should have known better than to cheat a friend,

Waste a chance that I’d been given,

So I’m never gonna dance again the way

I dance with you.

Oh...

Time can never mend

The careless whisper of a good friend,

To the heart and mind ignorance is kind,

There’s no comfort in the truth,pain is all you’ll find.

I’m never gonna dance again,

Guilty feet have got no rhythm.

Though it’s easy to pretend I know you’re not a fool,

You should have known better than to cheat a friend,

Waste a chance that I’d been given,

So I’m never gonna dance again the way

I dance with you.

Tonight the music seems so loud,

I wish that we could lose this crowd,

Maybe it’s better this way.

We hurt each other with the things we want to say,

We could have been so good together,

We could have lived this dance forever,

Now who’s gonna dance with me?

Please stay.

I’m never gonna dance again,

Guilty feet have got no rhythm.

Though it’s easy to pretend I know you’re not a fool,

You should have known better than to cheat a friend,

Waste a chance that I’d been given,

So I’m never gonna dance again the way

I dance with you.

Oh...