听歌学英语:A Perfect Indian(Sinead O'Connor)

听歌学英语:A Perfect¹ Indian(Sinead O'Connor)

 

Sinead O'Connor出生在都柏林一个传统的天主教家庭，她小时候曾是唱诗班成员，十九岁就开始了歌手生涯。1987年出道时，唱片公司想要把她包装成娇俏可爱的小女生，可Sinead一气之下剃了个大光头。这个形象在多年后被与她有诸多相似之处的亚洲天后王菲炮制。1990年推出的单曲《Nothing Compares² 2 U》是O'Connor 事业上的转折点，这是一首全球热门歌曲，几乎在世界各地的排行榜上都名列榜首。2002年，Sinead推出了一张纯粹的凯尔特传统民歌专辑。2003年9月，Sinead正式宣布退出歌坛。今天我们要学习O'Connor的“A Perfect Indian”是一首不可多得的好歌，加上O'Connor细腻忧伤的吟唱，使得这首歌如泣如诉，有着淡淡的不经意的忧郁。

　　歌词：

　　A Perfect Indian is he
Remembering him life is sweet
Like a weeping willow
His face on my pillow
Comes to me still in my dreams
And there I saw a young baby
A beautiful daughter was she
A face from a painting
Red cheeks and teeth aching
Her eyes like a wild Irish sea
On a table in her yellow dress
For a photograph feigned happiness
Why in my life is that the only time
That any of you will smile at me
I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free
He's shy and he speaks quietly
He's gentle and he seems to me
Like the elf-arrow
His face worn and harrowed
Is he a daydreamer like me
I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free

1 perfect   

n.完成式；adj.完美的，全然的，理想的，熟练的，正确的，完成式的；vt.使完美，修改

参考例句：

• She speaks perfect English.她英语说得好极了。
• The weather is perfect for a picnic.这种天气举行野餐好极了。

2 compares   

v.比较，对照( compare的第三人称单数 )；把…比做；比喻；比拟（常与 to连用）

参考例句：

• the mechanistic philosophy that compares the brain to a computer 将人脑比作电脑的机械论哲学
• Our record compares favourably with that of any similar-sized company. 与同规模的其他公司相比，我们的成绩更胜一筹。 来自《简明英汉词典》