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只听好歌不听话 | coney island: Sorry for not making you my centerfold.

• March 3, 2021 • 听见·音乐分享

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
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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

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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》

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