英语歌曲:爱情的玩笑 Kathryn Willams - I Started A Jo

爱情的玩笑 Kathryn Willams - I Started A Joke¹

I started a joke

which started the whole² world crying

but i didn't see

that the joke was³ on me

 

i started to cry

which started the whole world laughing

oh if i'd only seen⁴

that the joke was on me

i looked at the skies

running⁵ my hands over my eyes
and i fell⁶ out of bed
hurting my head from things that i'd said⁷

till⁸ i finally⁹ died¹⁰
which started the whole world living¹¹
oh if i'd only seen
that the joke was on me

i looked at the skies
running my hands over my eyes
and i fell out of bed
hurting my head from things that i'd said

till i finally died
which started the whole world living
oh if i'd only seen
that the joke was one me
i started a joke...

 

简  介

1974年出生于英国利物浦的Kathryn Williams首张专辑‘Dog Leap¹² Stairs’发行于1999年，与2000年的‘Little Black Numbers’都由自创的CAW唱片公司出版。2002年才进入主流唱片公司发行‘Old Low¹³ Light’，所以‘Relations’已是她的第四张专辑。Kathryn喜欢听一些六○年代的摇滚，且受Bob Dylan、Nina Simone、Tim Buckley、Van Morrison、Leonard Cohen、Velvet Underground、Nick Cave等艺人的影响，因此乐风属于民谣，但并非英国传统民谣，反而偏向美国的新民谣，像是早期Suzanne Vega的风格；另外国外媒体也多将作曲家兼歌手的Kathryn与才华洋溢的Joni Mitchell比较。

受这么多前辈的启发，Kathryn决定制作一张老歌新唱的专辑，‘Relations’于焉诞生，不过取材不局限于六○年代的歌曲或民谣，原唱或原作者有些是大家耳熟能详，例如尼尔扬、Leonard Cohen，还有比吉斯、Velvet Underground、超脱…等团体，但是翻唱的歌很少是这些艺人的流行排行曲；还有些更是非主流团及歌手，像Pavement、Ivor Cutler…。CD内页里Kathryn详细地解说了每首歌从选曲到演唱的心情，除让听者对这些歌的背景有所了解，她干净的嗓音呈现了与原曲不同的风格，更是整张专辑独特之处，仿佛是现今一片嘻哈、电子声中的一股清流。（摘自网络）

1 joke   

n.笑话；笑柄；vi.开玩笑；vt.开…的玩笑，戏弄

参考例句：

• Come on,lighten up!It was only a joke.喂，别紧张！这只不过是开玩笑。
• They all laughed about the joke.这个笑话把他们全逗笑了。

2 whole   

adj.整整的；全部的；完整的

参考例句：

• It snowed for two whole days.雪下了整整两天。
• The whole village was sleeping.整个村庄一片寂静。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 seen   

vbl.(see的过去分词)看见

参考例句：

• Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后，就没有见过他了。
• I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。

5 running   

n.赛跑，流出，运转；adj.流动的，跑着的，连续的

参考例句：

• I like running.我喜欢跑步。
• The water is running out.水流出来了。

6 fell   

vbl.fall的过去式，vt.击倒，打倒（疾病等），致于...死地，砍伐；n.一季所伐的木材，兽皮，羊毛；adj.凶猛的，可怕的

参考例句：

• I fell to the ground.我摔倒在地上。
• The young couple fell in love at first sight.这对年轻人一见钟情。

7 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

8 till   

conj.直到(...为止)；n.(账台中)放钱的抽屉；prep.直到；pron.直到...为止，直到；vt.耕种

参考例句：

• It was not till 11 o'clock that he came back last night.昨晚直到11点他才回来。
• You can come to my house till all hours.你多晚来我家都没关系。

9 finally   

adv.最后地；最终

参考例句：

• We can finally take a rest.总算是可以休息了。
• Finally,they won the game.结果他们打赢了。

10 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

11 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

12 leap   

n.跳跃，飞跃，跃进；vi.跳跃，跳过；猛然行动，迅速行动；vt.跃过，使跃过

参考例句：

• In the last few years,this art has made a big leap.近几年来，这一艺术有了新的跃进。
• Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.她与约翰结婚是贸然行动。

13 low   

aaj.低，矮；低级的，下层的，卑贱的；低声的

参考例句：

• Your price is too low.你们的价格太低。
• This is a small and low house.这是一个小而低矮的房子。