又到了一周中的听歌时间,在分享今天的歌曲之前,我先跟大家分享一下利兹当地的天气吧!有时阳光灿烂🌞🌞🌞,有时阴雨绵绵🌧🌧🌧,有时狂风大作🙈🙈🙈,有时一天感受四季😵😵😵。昨天在上学的路上,我正好听到了这首关于天气的歌,为什么不跟大家分享一下呢?歌名叫做Listening for the weather,歌手叫做Bic Runga, 一位有着中国血统的新西兰歌手。我很喜欢这个歌手,以后估计还是会继续介绍这位歌手的歌。

So I’m listening for the weather to predict the coming day
于是,我听天气预报希望获悉来日的天气。
Leave all thought of expectation to the weather man
寄希望于天气预报员。
No it doesn’t really matter what it is he has to say
不,事实上他说什么又有什么用呢?
‘Cause tomorrows keep on blowing in from somewhere
明天总会有明天的事情
有人不明白了,为什么是listen for the weather而不是listen to the weather?
其实呢,第一句歌词可以换一种方式理解:
So I’m listening, hoping that the weather could predict the coming day.
这里面用到的语法和What I want is for you to listen to me.中一样,to + 动词构成不定式的这个动作的执行者是for后面的名词。每次讲语法是不是都有些懵圈呢?没关系啦,自己多比葫芦画瓢几次就熟悉啦~
e.g.
What he needs is for you to follow his instructions.
他需要你听从他的指挥。
I’m hoping for you to tell me what happened.
我希望你告诉我发生了什么。
it doesn’t matter what it is he has to say这句话里有好几个复杂结构:
句首的it是形式主语,只占了主语的位置,真正的主语是what引导的从句;
what it is he has to say中,he has to say是定语从句,完整的句子结构是(变回疑问句)what is it (that) he has to say,that之所以可以省略是因为它在定语从句中代指it,在定语从句中做has和say的宾语
to say和has不是一个结构的,to say是不定式做后置定语,这句话相当于It doesn’t matter what words he has prepared. 类似的结构如下:
I wonder what he has to justify his bad temper this morning.
=I wonder what justifications he has for his bad temper this morning.
I want to know what is it that he has to do to clean the mess.
=I wonder what he can do to clean the mess.
但是需要注意的是,歌词中的这种句式在口语中很常见,尤其当动词是say和do时。
tomorrow keeps blowing in from somewhere 这里把tomorrow比作成了一阵风,keep doing sth.总是做……所以这句话就是说“反正明天就会想一阵风一样不知从什么地方就刮来了”。

All the people that I know in the apartments down below
所有的我所知道的人
Busy with their starring roles in their own tragedies
都忙着在自己的悲剧中扮演着角色
Sunlight sends you on your way
阳光把你送到你想要去的地方
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
而那些不安的想法,停留在昨天
Never be afraid of change
永远不要害怕改变
I’ll call you on the phone
我会给你打电话
I hate to leave you on your own
绝对不会丢下你一个人
But I’m coming home today
但是我今天要先回家
cling to sth.抓住……不放,所以cling to yesterday就是赖在昨天不走;而放下过去继续向前就是move on。
e.g.
I don’t want to cling to the past, which is all about him. I want to move on.
我不想赖在过去,他无处不在。我要继续我的生活。
一些短暂性动词的进行时态不表示动作正在发生,而是马上就要发生。
am/is/are/was/were + 持续性动词的现在分词表示动作正在进行。
e.g.
I’m coming!
我马上来!
He’s leaving!
他马上就走了!
And this busy inner city
在这城市的繁忙之中
Has got nothing much to say
不必多说什么了
And I know how much you’re hanging round the letterbox
我知道,你会在信箱那儿逗留
And I’m sure that as I’m writing
我也确信,就像我写得那样
You’ll be somewhere on your way
你将会在自己行程中的某处
In a supermarket checkout or the restaurant
超市的结账处或者是一家旅馆
has something/nothing to say 有什么可说/没什么可说,这里面动词不定式在不定代词之后做后置定语——1. 通俗讲,就是,-thing结尾的这些词的限定词要放在后面,比如something good,不说good something; 2.动词不定式做定语,都放在你要修饰的词后面,比如team to win, 不说to win team,当然你也可以说the winning team。
hang around + n. 在……逗留
e.g.
Don’t hang around the wasteland at night!
晚上不要在荒地逗留!
check out, vi. 离开(宾馆等地方),两个词中加上连字符,变成名词,就是离开的地方。
相应的,check in, vi. 进入(登记入住宾馆等地方),check-in, n.入口
I’ve been doing what I’m told
我一直在听别人的话,去做他们要我做的事情
I’ve been busy growing old
我忙得只剩下变老
这两句是全歌中我最有感触的两句,语言点并没有复杂之处,what引导宾语从句,be busy doing sth。但是,也就是这两句语法和词汇都不出彩的歌词,戳中了我内心最柔软的地方。我的心声如下,也许你是你的心声:
I wish I could be doing what I tell myself to do, rather than what I am told to do by others
我希望我能听从自己的内心去做事情,而不是去做别人告诉我要做的事情。
I wish I could enjoy my life so much that I would not have any time to age.
我希望我是如此享受我的生活以至于我根本没有时间衰老。
And the days are getting cold but that’s alright with me
天气变凉了,但对于我来说还好
Sunlight sends you on your way
阳光把你送到你想要去的地方
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
而那些不安的想法,停留在昨天
Never be afraid of change
永远不要害怕改变
(同上)
不管刮风下雨,音乐照常响起,哪怕we cannot live as we please, 哪怕we are busy getting oldER and oldER.
希望你们喜欢这首歌,希望你居住的地方时常有好天气(づ ̄ 3 ̄)づ
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