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第3章 Goodbye to Love向爱告别

Id say goodbye to love,

There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine.

Id say goodbye to love,

There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine.

Goodbye to Love

songwriter\composer :Unknown

singer:Carpenters

Ill say goodbye to love,

No one ever caredcare vi.关心, 顾虑, 照顾, 喜爱vt.在意 if I should live or die.

Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by,

And all I know of love is how to live without it.

我将向爱告别,

我不再心存希望。

向爱告别

作词\作曲:佚名

演唱:卡朋特兄妹乐队

我将向爱告别,

没人在乎我的死活。

一次次爱的机遇从我身边溜走,

我对爱的理解就是生活不能没有爱。

I just cant seem to find it,

So Ive made my mind up I must live my life alone,

And though its not the easy way I guess Ive always known.

Id say goodbye to love,

There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine.

Surely time will lose these bitterbitter adj.苦的, 痛苦的, 怀恨的 memories,

And Ill find that there is someone to believe in,

And to live for something I could live for.

All the years of useless search

have finally reached an end,

And lonelinessloneliness n.孤独, 寂寞 and empty days

will be my only friend,

From this day love is forgotten

Ill go on as best I can.

看来爱与我无缘,

因而我决定独自生活,

尽管我知道那样很苦。

我将向爱告别,

我不再心存希望。

时间一定会冲淡一切,

我发现还有人相信,

像我这样为某种感情而活。

这些年徒劳的追求,

已经到了尽头,

孤独寂寞以及空虚,

将成为我惟一的朋友,

从现在开始爱被忘却,

我将用心去生活。

What lies in the future is a mysterymystery n.神秘, 神秘的事物 to us all,

No one can predictpredict v.预知, 预言, 预报 the wheel of fortune as it falls.

There may come a time when I will see

That Ive been wrong,

But for now this is my song,

And its goodbye to love,

Ill say goodbye to love.

对于未来我们一无所知,

没有人能预料明天会怎样。

也许在将来的某个时间我将明白,

所犯的错误,

但现在这就是我的歌,

那就是向爱告别,

我要向爱告别。

在世界流行乐坛上抹下了浓重一笔的卡朋特兄妹乐队演唱的歌曲优美动听、声韵悠扬,在他们短暂的音乐生涯中灌制的唱片总量达6000多万张。其中13张获金唱片奖,3次获最佳演唱组奖,在美国乃至世界歌坛享有崇高的声誉。我们这套“英文金曲赏析”中已收录了他们若干首歌曲、可谓是优中之优。如欢快诙谐的《邮差先生》,悠扬抒情的《靠近你》,甜美流畅的《爱的心语》等。

当你听到卡伦·卡朋特的这首歌,一定会联想到她那优美的歌声,多舛的命运和早逝的年华等一系列令人伤感的过去。歌中有很多伤感的句子,一个在爱情中屡遭挫折的女孩,决定独自生活。“一次又一次,爱的机遇与我擦肩而过,我对爱的体验只是在失去它时如何生活下去”多么深刻的感受表白,这仿佛是一篇告别爱的宣言。