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第8章 噢,山纳多

噢,山纳多,我渴望听到你的吼声,

流淌吧,你滔滔流向远方。

噢,山纳多,我渴望听到你的吼声,

起航吧,我要驾船,穿过宽阔的密苏里河。

噢,山纳多,我爱你的女儿,

流淌吧,你滔滔流向远方。

我要和她一起渡过滔滔的流水,

起航吧,我们要驾船,

穿过宽阔的密苏里河。

噢,山纳多,我就要离你去远航,

流淌吧,你滔滔不绝地流向远方。

噢,山纳多,我决不背叛你,

起航吧,我要驾船,

穿过宽阔的密苏里河。

【语言点解析】

1.I long to hear you.=I want very much to hear your rolling sound.我渴望听到你的吼声。

long to+v(动词);long for+n(名词):渴望,盼望,切望。

例如:He longs to see her again 他期盼再次见到她。

We are longing for peace.我们渴望和平。

2.Away you rolling river.=Your are rolling away without returning.你滔滔流淌而去。

从歌中看,you与rolling river是同位语,你(you)指的就是rolling river(流淌的河)向远方(away)流去。

away也常用作副词,用于无动词感叹句的句首,意为:去掉,走开,离去。如:Away withyou!走开,去你的吧。歌中即是这种用法,第一个away指“河水流淌而去”,第二个away指“我要远离,出发远行”。

roll:(动词)滚动,打滚,行驶,流逝。

3.I’m bound away,cross the wide Missouri.=I’m going to cross the wide riverof Missouri.我要起航穿过宽广的密苏里河。

bound:(作形容词)准备(或正在)到……去;(航机等)开往……的(for).

例如:The plane is bound for London.这班飞机是飞往伦敦的。

bound:(作动词)跳上跳下,跳跃。

例如:Her heart bounded with joy.她高兴得心脏直跳。

’cross=across

the Missouri—the name of the river in America.密苏里——美国一条河流。是美国密西西比南最长的支流,约4000多公里,水量大,是农业灌溉的水源。

4.Oh,Shenandoah,I love your daughter.啊,山纳多,我爱你的女儿。

此句运用的修辞法是暗喻,意思指:居住于河流两岸(附近的)受河流哺育的人民。即:Oh,Shenandoah,I love your people living in the valley.

5.I’ll take her ’cross the rolling water.我要带她渡过滔滔的河水。

her此处指前面提到的your daughter。

6.I’ll not deceive you.=I’ll not betray you (=I’ll not act deceitfully towardsyou).

我不会背叛你。(=我不会做出欺骗你的行为。)deceive与cheat均表示为欺骗,但有细微的差别,在表示具体欺骗行为时,其含义不同。cheat主要指骗取钱财等不道德的行为。deceive指以假乱真,蒙骗欺骗,引人上当的行为。

例如:He cheated a man out of his money.他骗了一个人的钱。

She deceived me into believing it.她骗得我相信了那事。

因此,deceive含有蒙骗欺骗行为,其含义与betray相近,也可译为背叛。

【注释与赏析】

山纳多是美国一条河流的名字,这条河滋润了一方土地,哺育了一方乡亲。《噢,山纳多》

是一首美轮美奂的抒情歌曲,当我们初识它时,都会被它奔放的旋律所打动,被那跌宕起伏的曲调所震撼。这首歌从低音“5”开始,舒缓而悠扬地上升,直到“i”,跨度达11度,使其在平缓中显出激越,在抑缓中得以宣泄。

与密苏里河相比,山纳多只能称为一条小河,如果说大的河流哺育了一个民族,小的河流则哺育了一方乡亲。山纳多是家乡的小摇篮,同样能创造出地区性的物质文明与精神文明。歌曲《噢,山纳多》取材于此,形象地运用了拟人和比喻的修辞手段,语言朴实、清晰、情真意切,把我们带进对田园风光的无限暇想之中。从眷恋故土,起航之情,穿越密苏里河,到我决不会背叛,好一首高风亮节的爱国诗篇!

Rainy Days and Mondays

Talking to myself and feeling old,

Sometimes I’d like to quit,

Nothing ever seems to fit.

Hangin’around,

Nothing to do but frown.

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

What I’ve got they used to call the blues.

Nothing is really wrong.

Feeling like I don’t belong,

Walkin’around,

Some kind of lonely clown.

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems

I always wander up here with you.

Nice to know somebody loves me;

Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do,Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before.

No need to talk it out.

We know what it’s all about.

Hangin’around,

Nothing to do but frown.

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems that it’s the only thing to do,Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before,

No need to talk it out.

We know what it’s all about.

Hangin’around,

Nothing to do but frown.

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.