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【导读】 英美经典歌曲一直是我们英语学习者的最爱。欣赏下面选取的一首经典英文老歌《昨日重现》,对比中英文歌曲在作词、谱曲、情感表达方面有何不同?
Yesterday once more
When I was young,
I'd listen to the radio,
Waiting for my favorite songs.
When they played I'd sing along,
It made me smile.
Those were such happy times,
And not so long ago.
How I wondered where they'd gone.
But they're back again,
Just like a long lost friend.
All the songs I love so well.
Every shalalala,
Every wowo still shines,
Every shingalingaling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
When they get to the part,
Where he's breaking her heart,
It can really make me cry,
Just like before,
It's yesterday once more.
Looking back on how it was,
In years gone by,
And the good time that I had,
Makes today seem rather sad.
So much has changed.
It was songs of love,
That I would sing to them,
And I'd memorize each word.
Those old melodies,
Still sound so good to me,
As they melt the years away.
Every shalalala,
Every wowo still shines,
Every shingalingaling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
All my best memories,
Come back clearly to me.
Some can even make me cry,
Just like before,
It's yesterday once more.
Every shalalala,
Every wowo still shines,
Every shingalingaling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
昨日重现
当我年轻时,
常听收音机,
等待心爱的歌曲。
听到播放时便随声歌唱,
这使我欢畅。
那是多么幸福的时刻!
就在不久以前。
我想知道他们曾去何处。
但他们现在又回来,
正如老友失散又重聚。
我所有深爱的歌曲。
每一句shalalala,
每一句wowo仍闪耀,
每一句shingalingaling,
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
当他们唱到一个地方,
令她伤心断肠,
这真能叫我哭泣,
正如从前,
仿佛昨日又重现。
回头看,
岁月如何消逝,
这些旧日的好时光,
使今天显得令人哀伤。
变化多大啊!
这是爱的歌曲,
我向他们唱,
我会记住每一句歌词。
那些古老的曲调,
在我听来还是那么好,
好像他们把岁月融消。
每一句shalalala,
每一句wowo仍闪耀,
每一句shingalingaling,
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
我所有美好的记忆,
清晰的重现。
有一些仍能使我哭泣,
正如从前,
仿佛昨日又重现。
每一句shalalala,
每一句wowo仍闪耀,
每一句shingalingaling,
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
[知识积累]
1.sing along 一起唱
2.go by 时光流逝
3.melody n. 旋律;曲调
4.melt away 融化;逐渐消失
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《昨日重现》之创作背景
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE《昨日重现》是一首追怀旧情的感伤之作。经历过一系列失恋打击、身处孤独之中的歌手原本是收音机的忠实听众,常常跟随电波中的一曲曲情歌吟唱。后来,陷入爱河的她不再有闲暇去收听音乐广播了,与收音机渐渐疏远。而今,为情所伤、心如死灰的她再度打开收音机,熟悉的旋律重新响起,一声声、一曲曲仿佛正讲述着自己的身