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1、听经典英文吏曲| 解析歌词 Killing Me Softly 介 3Strumming my pain with hisfingers,Singing my life with his words,ng me softly with his song,Killing me softly with his song,Telling my whole life with hiswords,Killing me softly with his song. 1heard he sang a good song.1heard he had a styie.And so 1came to see him
2、To listen for a while.And there he was, this youngboyA stranger to my eyes.JOMGOwGmmro 1felt1flushed with fever,Embarrassed by the crowd.1felt he found my lettersAnd read each one out loud.1prayed that he would finish.But he just kept right on.He sang as if he knew me,In all my dark despair.And then
3、 he looked right throughmeAs if1wasntthere.And he just kept on singing,Singing clear and strong.He was strumming my pain,Hes singing my life,La, La, La.Killing me softly with his song. 轻歌销魂 |手指弹奏出我的苦楚,用歌词唱出我的生活,用轻乔禹人用佐软销我现,用隐订虽说我整个生,轻歌销我魂。听他唱了一首好歌,听出他的个性,于是我去看他,要听他唱会儿歌。这少年就在那儿, 我并不认识他。在人和群中,我感觉很窖近我满
4、脸羞红 入下人人他工和全 大声地朗读每一封,但愿他快停止,但他他唱得仿佛他认识我,知道我所有绝望, 这后他看透到的生生。 又仿佛我不存在。他只是不停地喝,唱得清而他在弹奏出我的苦痛, 他在唱说我的生活,啦,啦,啦用轻歌销我魂。 可到 歌词、名型分析 e 人 中中 pain with his fingers,strum: 温不经心或不需He was in a guitar. 他正拨弄着吉他。e。 He had a style, style:风格Style还当“流行样式,时尚,款式新颖之物”讲。The style of the 30s has come back.30年代流行的样式又回来了。请记住
5、下列有用的短语come into style:开始流行 be in style:合时尚;在流行中be out of style: 不合时尚;不再流行 in style: 有气派;阔气Qipao has come into style again. 旗袍又开始流行起来。read each one out loud.=read each one of my letters out in aloud voice loud: loudly, in a loud voice 和 Background。 当年民谣女歌手洛里.利伯曼被朋友骗去听DonMcLean的演唱会,一听之下大有感触,随手写了一首诗Ki
6、lling me softly with his blues ,后来词曲作者Norman Gimbel和Charles Fox就将其改编成歌,利伯曼自己演唱。当时很红的另一位女歌手 RobertaFlack 站 下飞机后立马找到作者要求录制这歌,结果一个月里登上BILLBOARD的冠军, 接下来文人关在一张所加 获得当年GRAMMY年度最佳女流行歌手、最佳专辑、最佳歌网 这首歌被许多歌手演唱过,是曲很经典的老 Don Mclean(唐.马克林)e。 Don Mclean于1945年10月2日出生于美国纽约。60年代|二的儿全全训上中流现遇仙于全上和昌二和 5当时Don是一名游叭歌手。1970年
7、他曾写了一首纪念楚高的音乐献辞Vincent。 “DR的首次克和二可TAPESTRY同年出版,但没能卖出去。艺术家联合会第二年和他签约并制作了American Pie的第一个增加版即Extended Version),人惊人地登上了英国排行榜第二,美国第一的位置。这首歌的同名专辑也获得成功。Don也由此被认为是最有天赋和最有商业价值的新生歌手。尽管开头不错,Don的演艺生涯在70年代中期却陷入了困境, 和他是一名具有强烈自我意识的歌手,1980年他凭借一全全和 之后, 化的再乒旧和恩他午他雪册,他个人也因此而进行大规模巡回演出。80年代以后,Don伟内全村客条, 不过仍处于流行音乐的主流。19
8、91年,他那张已有20周岁的专辑 American Pie出乎意料的重返英同人本和0200 这无疑又掀起了人们对他早先作品的兴 .American PieAlong long time ago1can still rememberHow that music used to make me smileAnd 1knew ifl had my chanceThat 1could make those people danceAnd maybe theyd be happy for a whileBut February made me shiverWith every paper fd deli
9、verBad news on the doorstep1couldnt take one more step1cant remember if1criedWhen 1read about his widowed brideBut something touched me deep insideThe day the music diedSo Bye bye Miss American PieDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dryNow do you believe in rock and rollCan music save your
10、 mortal soulAnd can you teach me how to dancereal slowWell1know that youre in love with himcause 1 saw you dancing in the gymYou both kicked off your shoesMan 1 dig those rhythm and blues1was alonely teenage broncin buckWith a pink carnation and a pickuptruckBut 1knew 1was out of luckThe day the mus
11、ic diedAnd them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and ryeSinging thisll be the day that 1 dieThisll be the day that 1 dieDid you write the book of loveAnd do you have faith in God aboveIfthe Bible tells you soOorooon破碎的梦AJong /ong time ago1can stil rememberhow that musicUsed to make me smileAnd 1K
12、new FF1had my chanceThat1could make those people danceAnd maybe theyd be happyforawhile.万从办,难反以所那萤所岂丰现屠么挟拓要在我龙硼胃会,我一人会危人作大动或族奋帮的丹捧会那徐租胡四时光回到1959年,作者DonAMcLean还只是一个15岁的小孩。早期的Rock and Roll音乐令Don无限痴迷,而其代表人物Buddy HollyCrickets乐队的主力) ,在Don的心中则是如神般的存在。此时,他的梦想,便是有一天用自己的RockMAusic为人们带来欢乐,而Holly不仅是榜样,更是精神的源泉
13、。作者此段的演绎尽显翌账,令听者仿佛已经触摸到了通近的阴邦。But Fepbruary maae me shjverHA1 every paper Ta ae/verBEada mews on je aoorsfep工cowaj 人 jape ome more sfep二月,我力毒全碟姥考无轨尽欢统属丰,幼现在腹记使气凝团7,虱动形不移1cantremermberF1criedWhen 1read about his widowed briaeBuft something touched me deep insideThe day thbe music died我已不好移妆芝及那已杰丰党好的新
14、奶奢虱盛凡藤汐?矶才游规胡好稻内心迪你的异庄那无,那莉括死去少年的Don,还只是纽约近郊的一个小送报员。1959年2月4日,他在自己亲手递送的报纸上,读到了这则令他心碎的吐耗。Buddy Holly,以及同行的另两位摇滚巨星Ritchie Valens和J.P. Richardson (Big Bopper)所搭乘的航班在衣阿华州 (lowa) 的Mason市郊外坠毁。空难发生时,Buddy Holly刚结婚6个月,且事子Maria Elena Holly已身怀六甲。更有悲剧色彩的是,Maria闻及隔耗后悲伤过度,导致孩子流产了。Don的对Rock and Roll的美好理想,这时可以说被击了
15、个粉碎。灾难当天,在10年后被Don定义为音乐死去的天。 那美好的旧时 Did you write the Book of Love 作者不禁回忆起美好的往昔。And do you have 妇因站 God above 以及rthe Bible tells you so Do you believenrockmrol 都是50年代的经典曲目。跳Can music save your mortal soul 慢舞,在当时是一次浪漫约And can you teach me howto dance real “会的重要部分,也代表了Slow Don对当年幸福的理解。那胡价写7 过之六和?7 个年代,摇滚乐时常被宗教众永极信大稍 领袖们择击为不敬神的黎停半络轨的不铅好各? (ungodly)。Don在引用歌在民估更粮售兢演 名的同时,也有意识地为摇草所避以东允从的灵责 滚乐表达了些许的委届、售才篆经帮飞世 泪。