聽課學口語:《Welcome to New York》歡迎來紐約
《Welcome to New York》是泰勒作詞作曲並演唱,收錄在她釋出於2014年《1989》的專輯中的主打歌。今年由於在《唐人街探案2》裡面作為插曲出現了之後,又給了喜歡泰勒的朋友們一次重溫老歌的機會!歌中講述著一群第一次來大都市—紐約打拼的年輕人,懷揣著夢想和希望,想要融入城市的激烈心情。因為泰勒的歌在各大音樂App聽都要收費的,所以在此給大家一個視訊的連結,戳我聽
中英文歌詞:
Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow
穿過人群,這個城市煥發榮光
Kaleidoscopes of loud heartbeats under coats
外套下隱藏的是萬花筒般的心跳
Everybody here wanted something more
這裡的每個人都想擁有更多
Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before
尋找我們從前未聽見過的聲音
And it said welcome to New York, It’s been waiting for you
它說,歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
It's a new soundtrack I can dance to this beat
這裡就像一種全新的配樂,我可以隨之起舞
forevermore
永不消失
The lights are so bright but they never blind me, me
燈光閃耀,但我從不被它們矇蔽
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors
當我們第一次把行李放在公寓的地板上
took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer
把我們破碎的心整理好藏在抽屜裡
Everybody here was someone else before
這裡的每個人都曾經是別人的影子
And you can want who you want
你想跟誰在一起就跟誰在一起
boys & boys and girls & girls
男孩和男孩或女孩和女孩
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
It's a new soundtrack I can dance to this beat
這裡就像一種全新的配樂,我可以隨之起舞
forevermore
永不消失
The lights are so bright but they never blind me, me
燈光如此耀眼,但我從未被它們所矇蔽
Welcome to New York (New York), it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已在等候著你
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
這裡就像所有偉大的愛,讓你捉摸不透
Like any real love, it’s ever changing
所有真摯的愛,一直都在改變
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
所有純真的愛,使你瘋狂
But you know you wouldn’t change, anything, anything
但是你知道你永遠不會改變任何事
Anything
任何過去的一切
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已經在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
歡迎來到紐約,這裡早已經在等候著你
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約,歡迎你
It's a new soundtrack I can dance to this beat
這裡就像是一個全新的配樂,我可以自由地隨心起舞
The lights are so bright but they never blind me
燈光如此閃耀,但我從未被它們矇蔽
Welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約
(New soundtrack,) It’s been waiting for you
新的未來,早已經在等你
Welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約
The lights are so bright but they never blind me
華光耀眼,卻從未矇蔽我的雙眼
Welcome to New York
紐約歡迎你
So bright, they never blind me
如此耀眼,別被矇蔽
Welcome to New York
歡迎來到紐約
Welcome to New York
紐約歡迎你
【聽歌學口語】
1 Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before.尋找我們從前未聽見過的聲音
search for/look for/seek for尋找
2 New soundtrack, It’s been waiting for you.新的未來,早已經在等你.
Have/has+been+doing現在完成進行時,表示從過去開始到現在一直做某事。
所以這句歌詞翻譯為了“早已經”
e.g. I have been waiting for you about 3 hours.我已經等你等了大概3個小時了。
3 And you can want who you want你想跟誰在一起就跟誰在一起。
Want後面接的賓語從句,而且剛好從句中用的動詞與主句中一樣。
e.g You can do what you do.你要做什麼就做什麼。
You can get what you get.你要得到什麼就是什麼。