听歌学英语：Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

听歌学英语：Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You是好莱坞经典爱情电影《廊桥遗梦》的插曲。这一版本的歌曲由Glenn Medeiros演唱。虽然没几个人认识歌者，但是每当校园、书店、商厦、图书馆、茶艺馆、咖啡厅等地方响起它的旋律时，人们总会情不自禁地会哼上几句。这首歌曲原本收录于George Benson1984年的专辑中，但并未引起巨大反响。1987年出身夏威夷、当时只有17岁的无名歌手Glenn Medeiros葛伦·麦德罗斯在参加一次电台歌唱比赛时终将这首歌曲唱红。


-George Benson

If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever oh so clearly
I might have in love before
But it never felt this strong
Our dreams are young and we both know
They'll take us where we want to go
Hold me now touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gona change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
Nothing's gona change my love for you
You oughta know by now much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you
If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there(for you)if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are
So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too
Hold me now touch me now
Idon't want to live without you


歌词解析：

The days would be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever oh so clearly
若我必须过着身边没有你的生活
白天是一片寂聊的空虚
黑夜会显得那样的长
有你，我眼前永远是一片光明
empty
adj.空的, 空洞的, 空虚的, 空腹的
His room is empty.
他的房间是空的。
His wordy and empty speech was a frost.
他的冗长空洞的讲话使人厌烦。
He didn't want to retire and lead an empty life.
他不想退休过空虚的生活。
I feel jolly¹ empty!
我饿极了!
v.  倒空, 变空, 排空  比如：
Did you empty the washing machine?
你把洗衣机的衣服都拿出来了吗?

Nothing's gona change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
什么也改变不了我对你的爱
如今你该知道，我爱你有多深
by now 到目前为止，到如今
I think he must have arrived home by now.
我想他现在一定已经到家了。

One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
有一件事，你可以绝对相信
我别无所求，只需要你的爱
be sure of 确信，有把握
To succeed in something, you must be sure of yourself.
要想获得成功，你必须有自信心。
I'm not sure of this examination².
对这次考试我没有把握。

If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
若眼前的道路不那么平坦
我们的爱情会为我们引道指路
犹如天上一枚北斗星
guiding star 引导星，指路明灯
The evidence of the guiding star in our own lives may not be so fantastic as the Biblical story.
我们自己生命中的指路明灯的迹象不可能像圣经故事那样如此地奇异。
“易如反掌”“小菜一碟”的表达:
as easy as pie/as easy as ABC
as easy as winking/as easy as shelling peas
as easy as shooting Fish in a barrel/as easy as falling off a log³
as easy as pap
It is a piece of cake. /It is a snap⁴.

1 jolly   

adj.快乐的，高兴的；adv.很；vt.劝服，哄

参考例句：

• That day they got together and had a jolly time.那天他们聚在一起热闹了一番。
• She was a jolly,kindhearted woman.她是个整天乐呵呵心地善良的女人。

2 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

3 log   

n.记录，圆木，日志；v.伐木，切，航行

参考例句：

• They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
• And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢？

4 snap   

n.啪地移动，突然断掉；v.猛咬，咬断，谩骂，砰然关上

参考例句：

• He broke off the twig with a snap.他啪地一声把那根树枝折断了。
• These earrings snap on with special fasteners.这副耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。