英语歌曲:Ironic

Ironic¹

－－by Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery² and died the next day
It＇s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It＇s a death row pardon two minutes late
Isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damned³ life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
＂Well isn＇t this nice...＂
And isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking⁴ up on you
When you think everything＇s okay and everything＇s going right
And life has a funny way of helping⁵ you out when
You think everything＇s gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you＇re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It＇s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It＇s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

 

Alanis Morissette 生长于加拿大的渥太华。在童年时即开始弹钢琴和写歌。在十岁时，她参加了儿童电视节目 You Can't Do That 的演出。并用自己挣来的钱录制了自己的第一首单曲"Fate⁶ Stay with Me"。在结束了电视剧的演出后，她将全部的精力投入到了歌唱事业。在1991年，她搬到多伦多并推出了首张专辑 Alanis。
Alanis 中收录了基于 pop 的 dance 和歌谣。这张专辑在加拿大取得了成功，其销量超过了100，000张，并为她赢得了Juno奖的最有前途女艺人奖。但是，这张专辑并未在其他国家引起反响。在1992年，她又推出了专辑 Now Is the Time .随后，Morissette 来到洛杉机。在那里，她结识了 Glen Ballard ,并推出了专辑 Jagged Little Pill。

1 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 damned   

a.该死的;打入地狱的

参考例句：

• The play was damned by the reviewers. 这部戏被评论家们批评得一无是处。
• She damned herself with one stupid remark. 她被自己的一句蠢话毁了。

4 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 fate   

n.命运；结局，结果；将来，前景

参考例句：

• The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。
• Your future is bound up with the fate of your motherland.你的前途同祖国的命运紧密相联。