賴世雄精講英文歌曲(5): 反舌鳥山 Mockingbird Hill
這首歌是一位女孩對(duì)她所住的環(huán)境所做的禮贊。想想，如果我們住的地方也像那樣子的話，那該有多好!
英文歌詞
When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill, and kisses the roses round my window sill, then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill.
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee! It gives me a thrill to wake up in the morning to the mockingbirds trill. Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee! Theres peace and goodwill. Youre welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill.
When its late in the evening, I climb up the hill, and survey all my kingdom while everythings still. Only me and the sky, and an old whippoorwill, singing songs in the twilight on Mockingbird Hill.
歌詞翻譯
當(dāng)早晨的太陽從山頂上升起，照著我窗臺(tái)四周的玫瑰，當(dāng)我聽到鳥兒在反舌鳥山的樹梢上鳴叫時(shí)，我的心充滿了快樂。
啁啾的叫聲叫醒了我使我感到心神振奮。啁啾的叫聲充滿著和平及友好的感覺。你就像反舌鳥山上的花兒一樣受歡迎。啦，啦，啦……
當(dāng)夜晚來臨時(shí)，我爬上山頭，眺望所有我的王國。此時(shí)萬籟俱寂，只有我，天空以及一只夜鷹，在黃昏時(shí)，在反舌鳥山上歌唱著。
字詞句型分析
1.mockingbird n. 反舌鳥
2.When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill, and kisses the roses round my window sill, then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill.
→When the morning sun rises above the hill, and shines upon the roses round my window sill, I feel very happy especially when I hear the chirp of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill.
當(dāng)早晨的陽光從山頂升起，并照著我窗臺(tái)四周的玫瑰時(shí)，特別是當(dāng)我聽到鳥兒在反舌鳥山的樹梢上叫的時(shí)候，我感到非常高興。
a.peep vi. 窺視; 初現(xiàn)
peep over... (太陽) 從……升起
=rise above...
a peeping Tom 愛偷看 (裸體女人等) 的人
peep at sb 偷看某人
b.sill n. 窗臺(tái)
c.trill vi. & vt. 用顫聲唱歌 & n. 鳴叫聲 (此處指鳥叫)
例:I hear the bird trilling happily.
(我聽見鳥兒快樂地鳴叫著。)
d.treetop n. 樹梢
e.chirp n. (小鳥的) 啁啾聲 & vi. (鳥) 發(fā)出啁啾叫聲
例:Birds have begun to chirp in the trees.
(鳥開始在樹林中鳴叫著。)
3.Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee!
*此為鳥的叫聲。
4.It gives me a thrill to wake up in the morning to the mockingbirds trill.
=To wake up in the morning to the mockingbirds trill gives me a thrill.
早晨因反舌鳥山的鳥叫聲而醒來使我心情為之興奮。
a.thrill n. 心情亢奮 & vt. 使感動(dòng), 使激動(dòng)
it gives sb a thrill to V 因……使某人心情亢奮
=it excites sb to V
=it thrills sb to V
例:It thrills me to see such a beautiful girl.
(看到這么漂亮的女孩子會(huì)使我心情為之亢奮。)
b.wake up to sth 被某物喚醒; 對(duì)某事警覺
例:We must wake up to the situation we face.
(我們必須對(duì)于面臨的處境有所警覺。)
5.goodwill n. 友善
6.Youre welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill.
=You are as welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill.
你就像反舌鳥山上的花一樣受歡迎。
7.survey vt. 眺望; 視察
例:She stepped back and surveyed my work.
(她回過頭來視察我的工作。)
I drove to a point from which I could survey the whole city.
(我開車到一個(gè)可以眺望整座城市的地方。)
8.Only me and the sky, and an old whippoorwill, singing songs in the twilight on Mockingbird Hill.
=There are only I myself, the sky, and an old whippoorwill; the bird and I are singing songs at dusk on Mockingbird Hill.
只有我，天空，以及一只夜鷹在黃昏時(shí)刻，在反舌鳥山上歌唱著。
a.twilight n. 可指『清晨』, 亦可指『黃昏』。此處是指后者。
b.whippoorwill n. 北美東部的一種怪鴟, 夜鷹
