书城外语课外英语-七彩音符常青的爱(双语版)
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第18章 昨日恋情(2)

15.Only yesterday when I was sad/And I was lonely,...

when是关系副词,引导一定语从句,修饰yesterday。

16.You showed me the way.

=You told me how to do.

show the way:指路。

show sb the door:叫某人离开;逐出。

show one’s face:露面。

show off:炫耀,卖弄。

show up:出现。

例如:

We need a person to show us the way when we are lost.我们迷路时需要一个人给我们指路。

We could not bear him any longer and showed him the door.我们再也不能忍受他,叫他离开。

She doesn’t like to show her face during the day.她不喜欢在白天露面。

He likes to show off his clothes.他喜欢炫耀自己的服装。

We waited for him.He finally showed up.我们等着他。他最终还是出现了。

17.To leave the past/And all its tears behind me.

这是由to引导的动词不定式,作定语,修饰the way(上一行)。

例如:

Please show me the way to repair the tractor.请给我讲讲如何修这拖拉机。

leave...behind:将……抛到脑后。

例如:

Leave your worries and fears behind.把担忧和惧怕丢到脑后吧。

18.throw...away:丢弃……

例如:

He threw away many books when he graduated.

他毕业时扔掉了好多书。

throw sb over:丢弃、抛弃某人。

throw sb together:使……相遇。

throw sth together:仓促制作。

例如:

When he was promoted,he threw many friends over.他升官后把好多老朋友抛弃了。

Fate threw us together.命运使我们聚在一起。

He threw together four books in a month.他在一个月之内仓促完成了四本书。

19.I found my home here in your arms.

=I found your arms my home.

find sth in sth/sb:在……中发现。

例如:

I found a devoted friend in him.我发现他是个忠诚的朋友。

find faults with:找……的毛病。

find one’s feet:能够站稳、走稳等;能独立行动。

find oneself:发现自己真实的能力、性格和愿望。

find its way to:自然到达目的地。

例如:

Part of an editor’s job is to find fault with the writers.编辑的一部分工作是挑作家的错。

After a long time of illness,he cannot find his feet.长期生病之后,他现在站立不稳。

He did not find himself until he was 30.他三十岁时才发现自己真正的才能。

Do all rivers find their way to the sea?所有江河都流入大海?

20.Nowhere else on earth/I really rather be.

=I would rather be nowhere else on earth.

这也是说,your arms are the best place on earth.

注意else一词的位置,它放在它所修饰的词的后边。

例如:

somebody else,something else,anybody else,anything else,nobody else,nowhere else,nothing else.

比较:another person,other people等。

21.The best is about to be.

=The best is going to come.

=The best is coming.

=The best is to take place.

to be about to do sth:即将。

例如:

He is about to go abroad recently.他最近要出国。

be:存在;发生。

22.So much is left for us to see.=There is so much left for us to see.=We have so much to see in the future.

再如:

Nothing is left to say.没什么可说的。

Enough is left to eat.还有足够的东西可吃。

Many things are left to finish.有很多事需要完成。

【赏析】

昨天,一个值得纪念的日子。只是在昨天,她告别了悲哀。

长时间独处后,每人必须面对自己的那一份寂寞。这似乎是真理。独处时的好处是没人知道自己的痛苦;独处时的心只有等待。女主人公就是这样长久独处、孤寂、痛苦、渴盼。在他之前,她不知该怎么办,只是希望着什么。他的到来对她至关重要。他就像那冲破黑夜的曙光,是晨光的希望,把她周围世界照亮。

爱是什么?如上所述,爱是曙光,把世界照亮。女主人公把没有爱的日子比作黑暗。有了爱的日子充满光明。

爱情使女主人公感到安全,拥抱心上人,心情得到安慰,心上人犹如永唱不完的歌,自由自在,无忧无虑。最重要的是,在女主人公悲伤、寂寞时,他给她指路、指引她告别过去,把过去的眼泪抛到脑后,使她有了信心,使她认识到明天日子比今天更好,这一切皆因为她抛掉了悲伤。这一切皆发生在昨天。这就是爱的力量。

爱的世界是温馨,情侣的臂弯是家园。有了这样的爱,她别无奢求。爱情使她更珍视生活,她邀他来共享,共睹最美好事物的降临。这样,爱情被放入整个生活中,爱情使生活更有意义。

这首歌描写爱情的神奇力量,用的词是典雅的,表达的思想是高尚的。卡伦·卡朋特的演唱使这首词曲完美统一的歌具有近乎永恒的魅力。

Right Here Waiting

Oceans apart,day after day,

And I slowly go insane.

I hear your voice on the line,

But it doesn’t stop the pain.

If I see you next to never,

How can we say forever?

Wherever you go,whatever you do,

I will be right here waiting for you;

Whatever it takes,

Or how my heart breaks,

I will be right here waiting for you.

I took for granted all the times

That I thought would last somehow.

I hear the laughter,

I taste the tear,

But I can’t get near you now.

Oh,can’t you see,baby,

You’ve got me going crazy?

Wherever you go,whatever you do,

I will be right here waiting for you;

Whatever it takes,

Or how my heart breaks,

I will be right here waiting for you.

I wonder

How we can survive this romance,

But in the end

If I’m with you

I’ll take the chance.

Oh,can’t you see it,baby,

You’ve got me going crazy?

Wherever you go,whatever you do,

I will be right here waiting for you;

Whatever it takes,

Or how my heart breaks,

I will be right here waiting for you,

Waiting for you.