很早以前,
有一家酒店,
在那儿我们举杯换盏。
是否仍记得如何用笑声消磨时光,
把愿做的件件大事来梦想?
往日的情怀呀,朋友,
我们想永不中断。
我们要唱啊跳,跳一整天。
我们按自己的方式生活。
要奋斗,从不服输。
因我们年轻,肯定会获胜。
啦,啦,啦……
往日的情怀呀,
啊,往日的情怀。
后来忙碌岁月从身旁飞过,
我们在路上丢失了星光般理想。
如果碰巧我见你在酒店,
我们相视而笑,
并且说:
往日的情怀呀,朋友,
我们想永不终止。
我们会唱啊跳,跳一整天。
我们按自己的方式生活。
要奋斗,从不服输,
往日的情怀呀,
啊,往日的情怀。
啦,啦,啦……
往日的情怀,
是啊,往日的情怀。
就在今夜我站在酒店前。
没啥看来与以前一般。
在镜里我看见一个陌生的影子,
那孤独的女人真的是我?
往日的情怀呀,朋友,
我们想永不终止。
我们会唱啊跳,跳一整天。
我们按自己的方式生活。
要奋斗,从不服输。
往日的情怀呀,
啊,往日的情怀。
啦,啦,啦……
往日的情怀呀,
是啊,往日的情怀。
从门里传出熟悉的笑声。
我看见你并听你在叫我,
朋友们,我们变老但没变聪明,
因在我们心里梦想依旧。
往日的情怀呀,朋友,
我们想永不终止。
我们会唱啊跳,跳一整天。
我们按自己的方式生活,
要奋斗,从不服输。
往日的情怀,
是啊,往日的情怀。
啦,啦,啦……
往日的情怀,
是啊,往日的情怀。
啦,啦,啦……
【语言点解析】
1.Once upon a time:讲故事时的常用语:“很久以前”。
2.tavern:inn or public house客栈;酒店;酒馆。
3.laugh away the hours:用笑声消磨时光。
laugh stbaway:以笑消除。
例如:He could not laugh my fears away.他没能以笑消除我的惧怕。
4.Those were the days:那些就是过去的时光。
Those指那些在酒馆推杯换盏、消磨时光的日子。
5.We thought they‘d never end.
=We thought those days would always continue.
end:结束,终止。
例如:He ended his life with a bullet.他用一颗子弹结束了自己的生命。
end in:以……告终。
end up:到……程度。
例如:Their plot ended in failure.他们的阴谋以失败而告终。
6.be sure to do sth:肯定要做某事。
例如:I’m sure to succeed if I work hard.如果我刻苦工作,我肯定会成功。
Be sure to write to me when you get there.你到那儿以后一定要给我写信。
be sure of sth:一定会获得、赢得某事物。
make sure(of sth/that...):把某事弄清楚;核实或查明某事物,确保。
例如:You are sure of success.你肯定会成功。
You are sure of passing the exam.你肯定会通过考试。
Make sure that the door is locked.核实一下看看门锁好没有。
You should get everything ready to make sure that the President‘s visit to your school goes well.你们应当把一切准备好,确保总统对你校的访问顺利进行。
7.have our way:获胜,走自己的路。
8.Then the busy years went rushing by us.
go:pass
rush:急速去或来;催(urge)。
by:经过。
例如:The children rushed out of school.孩子们飞快跑出学校。
9.starry:星光照耀的;闪闪发光的;充满幻想的。
starry notions:异想天开的想法,不切实际的想法。本歌曲译为“星光般理想”,实为异想天开的想法。
10.mile at each other:相视而笑。
laugh at:嘲笑。
mock at:嘲弄,嘲笑。
sneer at :嗤笑;嘲笑;讥笑。
11.In the glass I saw a strange reflection.
=I saw an image reflected from the glass.
reflection:反影;倒影。
例如:His reflection in the water startled him.Who was it?他在水里的倒影吓了他一跳。这是谁?
12.Through the door there came familiar laughter.
=Familiar laughter came through the door of the tavern.
sth is familiar to sb:某事为某人所熟知。
sb is familiar with sth:某人熟悉某事。
例如:This sort of thingis familiar to everybody.此类事情人人通晓。
13.call my name:称呼我的名字。
call sb names:骂某人;嘲弄或侮辱某人。
by the name of:称作;叫作。
in the name of:以……名义;代表……。
in name only:名义上;表面上。
under the name of:用……作名字(不用自己的真名)。
【注释与赏析】
这首歌由吉恩·拉斯金(Gene Raskin)作词作曲。
《往日情怀》是在讲述一个故事,追忆往日时光,抒发往日情怀。当年,曾有一家酒店,人们相聚尽欢,朋友相嘱,交杯换盏,在欢声笑语中消磨时光,梦想着将来愿意做的件件大事。那时,他们浑身是劲,满怀信心,从不服输,要与生活一搏,觉得肯定会获胜。这就是青年人的朝气。青年人充满色彩斑斓的梦想,青春的活力似从每一汗孔进出,他们发奋进取,谁能服输?
主人公发现青春过后,岁月匆匆,忙碌不止,那些如星般幻想踪迹不见,浪漫之情变成现实之状,再相逢酒店的相视而笑,共同追忆当年。
今夜酒店前,又来找感觉。主人公对镜而照,发现镜中孤影怪面,莫非这孤独女人的怪影是她自己?面对历尽沧桑的面孔,怎不把过去的美好追念?忽然听到门里笑声熟,有人在高喊。原来,店里又来故知,朋友来相聚。青春的梦想令人回味悠长,永驻心头。还有,老朋友怎能遗忘?又怎能忘记过去的好时光?时间已跨越青年、中年、老年,Those were the days反复出现,一遍遍把怀旧这一主题重点。
Say You,Say Me
Say you,say me,
Say it for always.
That’s the way it should be.
Say you,say me,
Say it together,naturally.
I had a dream,
I had an awesome dream:
People in the park,
Playing games in the dark.
And what they played
Was a masquerade.
But from behind the walls of doubt
A voice was crying out.
Say you,say me,
Say it for always.
That‘s the way it should be.
Say you,say me,
Say it together,naturally.
As we go down,
Life’s lonesome highway,
Seems the hardest thing to do
Is to find a friend or two,
That helping hand,
Someone who understands.
And when you feel
You‘ve lost your way,
You’ve got someone there to say,
“I‘ll show you.”
Say you,say me,
Say it for always.
That’s the way it should be.
Say you,say me,
Say it together,naturally.
So you think you know the answers.
Oh,no.
Well,the world got you dancing.
That‘s right,I’m telling you,it‘s time to start believing.
Oh,yes.
Believe in who you are.
You are a shining star.
Say you,say me,
Say it for always.
That’s the way it should be.
Say you,say me,
Say it together,naturally.
Say it together,naturally.