听歌学英语:Bills Bills Bills

听歌学英语:Bills Bills Bills



90年代后期的流行乐坛兴起另一波的'女力浪潮'，来自休士顿的天命真女合唱团凭藉著扎根於节奏蓝调、灵魂乐与福音唱诗班的歌唱底子，以及来自於青春世代的热情与活力，实现了不平凡的音乐梦想。




[00:02.60]EnglishExpress
[00:05.98]轻松英语之旅
[00:12.25]Destiny’s Child
[00:15.22] Bills Bills Bills
[img:00:18.34]051-Bills.jpg
[01:05.42]At first we started out
[01:06.89]real cool
[01:09.16]Taking me places
[01:10.04] I ain’t never been
[01:12.26]But now,
[01:12.91]you’re getting comfortable
[01:14.59]Ain’t doing those things
[01:15.82]you did no more
[01:17.29]You’re slowly making me
[01:18.17]pay for things
[01:19.46]Your money should be handling
[01:20.42]And now you ask
[01:21.44]to use my car
[01:24.17]Drive it all day and
[01:25.19] don’t fill up the tank
[01:27.22]And you have the audacity¹
[01:29.27]To even come
[01:30.21]and step to me
[01:31.41]Ask to hold some money from me
[01:33.10]Until you get your check
[01:34.53] next week
[01:35.56]You triflin’,
[01:37.08]good for nothing
[01:37.87]type of brother
[01:39.25]Silly me,
[01:40.59] why haven’t
[01:41.68]I found another?
[01:43.07]A baller, when times get hard
[01:44.99]He’s the one to help me out
[01:46.67]Instead of a scrub² like you
[01:48.45]Who don’t know
[01:49.43]what a man’s about
[01:50.49]Can you pay my bills?
[01:51.76]Can you pay my
[01:52.62]telephone bills?
[01:53.61]Can you pay my automo’ bills?
[01:56.05]If you did then maybe
[01:57.55]we could chill³
[02:20.59]Now you’ve been
[02:21.48]maxing out my card
[02:24.17]Gave me bad credit,
[02:25.18]buying gifts with mine
[02:27.37]Haven’t paid the first bill
[02:29.03]But you’re steady
[02:30.27]heading to the mall
[02:31.13]Going on shopping sprees
[02:32.23]Perpetrating to your friends
[02:33.63]that you be ballin’
[02:35.49]And then you use
[02:36.31] my cell phone
[02:39.27]Calling whoever
[02:40.38]that you think at home
[02:42.32]And then when the bill comes
[02:43.99]All of a sudden you
[02:45.16] be acting⁴ dumb
[02:46.48]Don’t know where
[02:47.60]none of these calls come from
[02:50.55]When your momma’s number
[02:49.88] I see more than once
[02:50.77]You triflin’
[02:52.23]good for nothing
[02:53.31]type of brother
[02:54.36]Oh silly me,
[02:55.69] why haven’t I found another
[02:58.16]A baller,
[02:59.44]when times get hard
[03:00.15]He’s the one to help me out
[03:01.81]Instead of a scrub like you
[03:03.82]Who don’t know
[03:04.43]what a man’s about
[03:06.07]Can you pay my bills?
[03:06.97]Can you pay my
[03:07.65]telephone bills?
[03:08.78]Can you pay my automo’ bills?
[03:10.96]If you did then maybe
[03:12.39]we could chill
[03:13.44]I don’t think you knew
[03:14.42]So, you and me are through
[03:35.56]You triflin’,
[03:37.32] good for nothing
[03:38.14]type of brother
[03:39.20]Oh silly me,
[03:40.49] why haven’t I found another
[03:42.94]You triflin’, good for
[03:44.82]nothing type of brother
[03:46.62]Oh silly me,
[03:48.05]why haven’t I found another
[03:50.56]You triflin’,
[03:52.15]good for nothing type of brother
[03:54.19]Oh silly me,
[03:56.65]why haven’t I found another
[04:00.03]重复
[04:39.64]At first we started out
[04:40.88]real cool
[04:43.13]Taking me places
[04:43.91] I ain’t never been
[04:46.09]But now,
[04:46.78]you’re getting comfortable
[04:48.23]Ain’t doing those things
[04:49.32]you did no more
[04:50.16]You’re slowly making me
[04:51.15]pay for things
[04:52.52]Your money should be handling
[04:54.39]And now you ask
[04:55.47]to use my car
[04:57.98]Drive it all day and
[04:59.37] don’t fill up the tank
[05:01.19]And you have the audacity
[05:03.36]To even come
[05:04.25]and step to me
[05:05.32]Ask to hold some money
[05:06.43]from me
[05:07.27]Until you get your check
[05:08.97] next week
[05:09.59]中文大意
[05:34.59]start out
[05:35.53]出发，动身
[05:37.80]What time did you
[05:38.66] start out?
[05:41.97]comfortable
[05:42.98]舒适的
[05:44.44]She leads a comfortable life.
[05:45.55]她过着舒适的生活
[05:48.23]handle
[05:51.82]An officer must know
[05:52.64]how to handle his men.
[05:59.19]fill up 装满
[06:01.03]fill up the tank with petrol
[06:02.56]把油箱装满汽油
[06:06.33]audacity
[06:07.43]大胆，厚颜
[06:09.65]You had the audacity
[06:11.21] to tell me I was too fat.
[06:15.75]hold money from sb
[06:17.53]从某人处拿钱
[06:19.90]Her boyfriend always
[06:21.13] holds money from her.
[06:26.16]You triflin’,
[06:27.01]good for nothing
[06:28.24]type of brother
[06:29.38]Silly me, why haven’t
[06:30.65]I found another?
[06:32.56]A baller,
[06:33.72]when times get hard
[06:34.81]He’s the one to help me out
[06:36.39]Instead of a scrub like you
[06:38.21]Who don’t know
[06:39.13]what a man’s about
[06:40.43]Can you pay my bills?
[06:41.46]Can you pay my
[06:42.28]telephone bills?
[06:43.38]Can you pay my automo’ bills?
[06:45.28]If you did then maybe
[06:46.39]we could chill
[06:47.96]I don’t think you knew
[06:50.21]So, you and me are through
[06:56.93]中文大意
[07:20.14]trifle
[07:23.38]It’s silly to quarrel
[07:24.34]over trifles⁵.
[07:28.84]help sb out
[07:33.50]He’s always willing to
[07:34.56]help us out
[07:35.73]when we are
[07:36.30]short of staff.
[07:41.32]scrub
[07:42.42]矮小的人
[07:45.30]What a scrub you are!
[07:48.97]telephone bills
[07:50.35]电话费
[07:52.63]Now you’ve been
[07:53.32]maxing out my card
[07:54.37]Gave me bad credit,
[07:55.67]buying gifts with mine
[07:57.78]Haven’t paid the first bill
[07:59.81]But you’re steady
[08:00.64]heading to the mall
[08:01.51]Going on shopping sprees
[08:02.68]Perpetrating to your friends
[08:04.19]that you be ballin’
[08:05.89]And then you use
[08:06.77] my cell phone
[08:09.59]Calling whoever
[08:10.49]that you think at home
[08:12.58]And then when the bill comes
[08:14.36]All of a sudden you
[08:15.61] be acting dumb
[08:16.82]Don’t know where
[08:17.82]none of these calls come from
[08:18.90]When your momma’s number
[08:20.18] I see more than once
[08:21.60]中文大意
[08:47.32]spree
[08:50.04]go out on a spree
[08:51.28]出去狂欢一下
[08:53.02]cell phone
[08:53.59]手机
[08:55.06]dumb
[09:00.26]They begged him to explain,
[09:00.95] but he remained dumb.

1 audacity   

n.大胆，卤莽，无礼

参考例句：

• He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。
• He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.他竟敢在光天化日之下掏包。

2 scrub   

n.用力擦洗，矮树，渺小之物；v.用力擦洗

参考例句：

• I got paint on my hands and it won't scrub off.我手上沾上了油漆，擦不掉。
• The great plain was covered in scrub and small lifeless trees.浩瀚的平原覆盖着灌木和毫无生气的矮小树林。

3 chill   

vt.使变冷，使冷却，使沮丧；n.寒冷，风寒

参考例句：

• With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，气温接近零下40度。
• The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 trifles   

无价值的东西( trifle的名词复数 )； 琐事； 少量； 乳脂松糕

参考例句：

• I don't know why you waste your time on such trifles. 我不明白你为什么在这种琐事上浪费时间。
• I hate that they should be worried about trifles. 真遗憾，他们竟为区区小事发愁。