听歌学英文,是一种非常好的学英语的方式。
本期我们要分享的歌曲是coney island by Taylor Swift
建议大家先对着歌词听一遍音乐,再看后面的精析。效果会更好~
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And if this is the long haul如果这是长途旅行
long haul
中文释义:
费时费力的事;耗时累人的行程
英文释义:
If you say that a task or a journey is a long haul, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort.
例句:
Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul.
罗马尼亚经济的复兴将是一项长期而艰巨的工作。
拓展:
“haul”作为动词,其实更常见的意思是“(用力地)拉,拖”,例如:
She hauled up her bedroom window and leaned out.
她拉开卧室的窗户,探出身去。
Sorry for not making you my centerfold抱歉你不是我的一幅插页
centerfold
阅读词汇
中文释义:
n. (杂志的)中间插页,裸体照片插页
例句:
Or drool over a friend's centerfold of Kim Novak.
或对着朋友杂志插页上的金? 诺瓦克流口水。
注:drool v.流口水;垂涎
he question pounds my head这个问题困扰着我
pound
中文释义:
v.感到疼痛
英文释义:
if your head pounds, you have a pain in it that feels like someone is hitting it continuously
拓展:
“pound”的这个意思很少见,记忆的时候可以想着,因为“pound”本身表示“击打”,“头被打了”,用一种比较抽象的解释就是“困扰”
Do you miss the rogue你是否想念那些淘气鬼
rogue
中文释义:
n.捣蛋鬼;小淘气;小坏蛋
英文释义:
If a man behaves in a way that you do not approve of but you still like him, you can refer to him as a rogue.
例句:
Falstaff, the loveable rogue.
福斯塔夫,那个可爱的捣蛋鬼。
拓展:
作为名词,rogue还可以表示“无赖;流氓;恶棍”,作为动词,还可以表示“(人或事物)不寻常的,破坏性的”
例如:
①Mr Ward wasn't a rogue at all.
沃德先生根本不是恶棍。
②The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.
男性不安分守己并非20世纪特有的现象。
Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there把你哄骗到了所谓的天堂,又把你抛弃的混蛋
coax
中文释义:
v.(用好话)劝诱,哄
英文释义:
If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
例句:
①After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself.
吃过午饭,她照看着博比,听他说话,哄他说说自己的事。
②The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
政府承诺给他们发放暂住证,诱哄他们放弃罢工。
The mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams恶作剧,无谓却被精心包装的梦想
suburban
中文释义:
adj.平淡乏味的;呆板的;传统的
英文释义:
If you describe something as suburban, you mean that it is dull and conventional.
例句:
①His clothes are conservative and suburban.
他衣着保守而传统。
②Everyone is so boring and suburban.
人们都很无聊,很土。
拓展:
这个单词大家会觉得有点眼熟,因为它是由“suburb”和“an”组成的,所以它其实还有一个意思表示【adj.郊区的;城外的】
Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring很抱歉没有为你赢得一枚游戏机里的奖品戒指
arcade
音标:/ɑː'keɪd/
中文释义:
n.(内设投角子电子游戏机等的)游乐场
英文释义:
a place where you can play video games, play on slot machines etc.
例句:
That would not happen in a video arcade.
这样的情况不会发生在电子游戏机上。----《经济学人》