99首适合练习听力的英文歌 - 今日 Today-英语课

时间：2019-01-10 作者：英语课 分类：99首适合练习听力的英文歌

英语课

今日 Today

Artist：John Steward 1

Today》，立足于现实，讲述对待生活，享受今天的人生态度。今天，花朵仍缠藤蔓，草莓新鲜，美酒香甜。我们也要让明天更加美丽，更有意义。

*Today, While the blossoms still cling to the vine,

I'll taste your strawberries,

I'll drink your sweet wine.

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.*

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover.

You'll know who I am by the song that I sing.

I'll feast at your table;

I'll sleep in your clover,

Who cares what tomorrow shall bring?

I can't be contented 2 with yesterday's glory.

I can't live on promises winter to spring.

Today is my moment and now is my story.

I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.

歌词大意

今天

*今天，当那些花仍攀附着藤蔓，

我要品尝你的草莓，

我要品尝你的美酒。

就在我忘却所有欢乐之前，百万个明天都会逝去，

那是我的，今天。*

我是花花公子，会到处游荡。

听到我歌声，就能听出我是谁。

我要与你共餐；

我会睡得香甜。

谁在乎明天会怎样？

我不能满足于昨日的辉煌，

从冬天到春天，也不能把诺言来守望。

今日是我的时刻，

现在是我的故事。

我要大笑，我要哭泣，我还要唱。

歌词、句型分析

1．Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine...

=Before the blossoms start to fall off the vine...

今天趁着攀附在藤上的花朵仍然盛开时...

cling to: 攀附；依附；抱着

例：The vines cling to the trees

藤蔓攀附大树。

2．A million tomorrows shall all pass away ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

=Before I forget all the joy that belongs to me today, a million tomorrows shall pass away．

a million tomorrows;百万个明天。

million并非实指，正如“白发三千丈”不是实指一样。

shall all pass away: 都将逝去。shall用于第三人称，表示不以主语的意志为转移，还可用以表示命令。

pass away: 消逝；度过

例：Your youth will pass away valueless if youwaste your time like this.

如果你如此刻浪费时间，你的青春会毫无价值地逝去。

ere: before 在……之前

3．I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover.

dandy: playboy, a man who cares too much about the smartness of his appearance and isn't responsible for his wrong doing.

一个过分注重外表却对自己错误行为不负责任的人；花花公子。

rover: wanderer流浪者；漂泊者；漫游者

例：She has always been a rover.

她一向四处漂泊。

４．I can't live on promises winter to spring.

live on: 靠……生活,以...为生。

例：Sheep live on grass.

羊靠吃草生存。

promise作名词时表示：允诺，诺言；承诺，保证

keep a promise　守信

make a promise　许下诺言，允诺；约定

例：He always makes promises, but seldom keeps　them．

他总是作出允诺，却不信守。