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第11章 A Dear John Letter给约翰的信

Dear John, I must let you know tonight,

That my love for you has died away.

A Dear John Letter

songwriter\composer: Unknown

singer:Skeeter Davis

Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!

Dear John, I must let you know tonight,

That my love for you has died away.

Like grass upon the lawnlawn n.草地, 草坪 ,

And tonight I wed another Dear John.

亲爱的约翰,今晚我必须让你明白,

我对你的爱已消失。

给约翰的信

作词\作曲:佚名

演唱: 斯基特尔·戴维斯

亲爱的约翰,哦,其实我很不愿意给你写这封信!

但亲爱的约翰,我今晚必须让你明白,

我对你的爱已消失。

就像枯黄的草坪,

今晚我要嫁给另一个约翰。

Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!

Dear John, I must let you know tonight,

That my love for you has died away.

Like grass upon the lawn,

And tonight I wedwed v.娶, 嫁, 结婚 another Dear John.

Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!

Dear John,I must let you know tonight,

That my love for you has died away.

Like grass upon the lawn,

And tonight I wed another Dear John.

(Spoken)

I was overseasoverseas adv.海外 in battle,

When the postmanpostman n.邮差 came to me.

He handed me a letter.

亲爱的约翰,哦,其实我很不愿意给你写这封信,

但亲爱的约翰,我今晚必须让你明白,

我对你的爱已消失。

就像枯黄的草坪,

今晚我要嫁给另一个约翰。

亲爱的约翰,哦,其实我很不愿意给你写这封信,

但亲爱的约翰,我今晚必须让你明白,

我对你的爱已消失。

就像枯黄的草坪,

今晚我要嫁给另一个约翰。

(旁白)

我在国外打仗,

过来一个邮差,

他递给我一封信。

And I was just as happy as I could be,

Cause the fighting was all over,

And the battles theyd all been won.

But then I opened up the letter,

And it started with“Dear John”.

Would you please send back my picture?

My husband wants it now.

When I tell you who Im wedding,

You wont care, Dear, anyhowanyhow adv.无论如何, 总之 ,

And it hurts me so to tell you

That my love for you has gone,

And tonight I wed your brother,

Dear John.

我像以往一样非常高兴,

因为战争结束了,

我们取得了胜利。

但打开信,

我就看见“亲爱的约翰。”

请你还回我的照片,

因为我丈夫想要。

我告诉你我要和谁结婚,

亲爱的,无论如何你都别在意。

我很伤心地告诉你,

我对你的爱已消失,

今夜我和你兄弟结婚,

亲爱的约翰。

这首歌曲由斯基特尔·戴维斯(Skeeter Davis)演唱。

《给约翰的信》是一首曲调、内容并不令人激动的歌。整首歌实际上就五行歌词,重复了三遍。女主人公告诉约翰她写这样一封信,为的是通知他她再也不爱他了,她要另嫁他人,嫁给另一个约翰。

对于男主人公来说,他打赢了战争,却丢掉了爱情。他在国外战场上,为自己的国家而战。而在战争胜利时,女友离开他。他那个弟弟把哥哥的女友娶来做自己的妻子,这存在有悖于常理。然而东西方地域的不同,文化背景的差异也导致了人们观念的多样性,尤其是对待爱情,不同的国家,不同的民族有着不同的看法和观念。