听歌学英语:属于我们的歌 Taylor Swift - Our Song

I was riding shotgun with my hair undone¹ in the front seat of his car
我坐在他车子的副驾驶位子上，顶着乱糟糟的头发
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering² wheel
他一只手握着方向盘
The other on my heart
另一只手在我心上
I look around, turn the radio down
我随意张望，把录音机的声音关小
He says baby is something wrong?
他说宝贝怎么了？
I say nothing I was just thinking how we don't have a song
我说没什么，我只是在想为什么我们没有一首我们的歌
And he says...
然后他说...[Chorus]
Chorus:
Our song is the slamming screen door,
我们的歌是那扇发出噪音的门
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window
当我晚上偷偷溜出去，敲你的窗户的时候
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
是我们讲电话时你悄悄的话语
Cause it's late and your mama don't know
因为已经是深夜，并且你妈妈不知道
Our song is the way you laugh
我们的歌是你笑的样子
The first date "man, I didn't kiss her when I should have"
第一次约会后：“天啊，我在应该吻她时却没有吻”
And when I got home ,before I said amen
当我回到家后，在我结束祷告前
Asking God if he could play it again
我问上帝能不能让一切重来
I was walking up the front porch steps after everything that day
在一天结束后，我沿着台阶走进前门廊
Had gone all wrong or been trampled⁵ on
所有的事都搞砸，弄得一团糟
And lost and thrown away
被丢弃，被浪费
Got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin' bed
通向我可爱的床的途中，穿过走廊
I almost didn't notice all the roses
我几乎没有注意到沿途的玫瑰
And the note that said...
和纸条上写着的...[Repeat Chorus]
Our song is the slamming screen door,
我们的歌是那扇发出噪音的门
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window
当我晚上偷偷溜出去，敲你的窗户的时候
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
是我们讲电话时你悄悄的话语
Cause it's late and your mama don't know
因为已经是深夜，并且你妈妈不知道
Our song is the way you laugh
我们的歌是你笑的样子
The first date "man, I didn't kiss her when I should have"
第一次约会后：“天啊，我在应该吻她时却没有吻”
And when I got home, before I said amen
当我回到家后，在我结束祷告前
Asking God if he could play it again
我问上帝能不能让一切重来
I've heard every album, listened to the radio

我听过了每一张专辑，也听过了录音机
Waited for something to come along
等待着一些什么出现
That was as good as our song...
能够足以媲美我们的歌...
Cause our song is the slamming screen door
因为我们的歌是那扇发出噪音的门
Sneaking⁶ out late, tapping on his window
当我晚上偷偷溜出去，敲你的窗户的时候
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
是我们讲电话时他悄悄的话语
Cause it's late and his mama don't know
因为已经是深夜，并且他妈妈不知道
Our song is the way he laugh
我们的歌是他笑的样子
The first date "man, I didn't kiss him when I should have"
第一次约会后：“天啊，我在应该吻他时却没有吻”
And when I got home,before I said amen
当我回到家后，在我结束祷告前
Asking God if he could play it again
问上帝能不能让一切重来
I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car
我坐在他车子的副驾驶位子上，顶着乱糟糟的头发
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
我抓了一支钢笔和一条旧餐巾
And I... wrote down our song
然后我...写下了我们的歌

歌词：I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car.
我坐在他车子的副驾驶位子上，顶着乱糟糟的头发。
1. Shotgun在上期的节目中有介绍过，我们来复习一下：
a. 作为名词表示“猎枪”。
b. 作为形容词表示“强迫的”，比如：
It was a shotgun wedding and they were not in love.
这是一个不得已的婚姻，他们并不相爱。
c. Shotgun在歌词中指“副驾驶”的位置。
2. Do hair是“理发”的意思，比如：
Do you mind waiting for a few minutes while I do my hair?
我做头发时，你能等我几分钟吗？
歌词中的with my hair undone指“我的头发还没整理好”。
歌词：Our song is the slamming screen door,
我们的歌是那扇发出噪音的门
1. Slam作为名词“砰然声，猛烈抨击”，比如：
He closed the door with a slam.
他砰的一声关上门。
2. 作为动词slam相应的意思就是“砰地关上，猛烈攻击”，比如：
1.He slammed the papers down on my desk and angrily walked out.
他把文件使劲扔在我的桌子上便怒气冲冲地走了出去。
3. Screen door指“纱门，网格门”，比如：
The children stuck holes in the screen door.
孩子们把纱门戳了几个洞。

歌词：Sneaking out late, tapping on your window.
当我晚上偷偷溜出去，敲你的窗户的时候。
1. Sneak³也是名词和动词含义都具备，作为名词表示“鬼鬼祟祟的人”，比如：
The sneak who took our lunch spoiled our picnic.
那个鬼鬼祟祟偷走了我们午饭的人，破坏了我们的野餐。
2. Sneak作为动词更为常见，指“偷偷摸摸做，偷偷地走”比如：
I can sneak you out without being noticed.
我能把你偷偷地带出去，别人发现不了。

歌词：I was walking up the front porch steps after everything that day.
在一天结束后，我沿着台阶走进前门廊。
Porch是“门廊”的意思，比如：
We waited in the porch until it stopped raining.
我们在门廊等待直到雨停。

歌词：Had gone all wrong or been trampled on, and lost and thrown away.
所有的事都搞砸，弄得一团糟，被丢弃，被浪费。
1. 这句歌词里有不少短语，第一个是go wrong-出错，发生故障。
Keep a cool head when things go wrong.
出问题时要保持冷静的头脑。
2. 第二个短语trample⁴ on指“踩踏”，引申含义是“践踏，轻视”。比如：
Don't trample on the flower bed.
别践踏花坛。
For her own purpose, she can trample on other people's life!
为了达到目的，不惜践踏他人的生活！
3. 第三个短语是throw away-扔掉。比如：
Don't throw away your old shoes,give them to me.
不要扔掉你的旧鞋子，给我吧。

1 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

2 steering   

n.操舵装置

参考例句：

• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
• Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

3 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

4 trample   

vt.踩，践踏；无视，伤害，侵犯

参考例句：

• Don't trample on the grass. 勿踏草地。
• Don't trample on the flowers when you play in the garden. 在花园里玩耍时,不要踩坏花。

5 trampled   

踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。

6 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。