窈窕淑女 Uptown Girl

时间:2016-06-03 14:37:56  / 编辑:Abby

  歌词讲解

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  歌词解析:

  She's been living in her uptown world.她一直都住在那富人区里

  uptown:the high class area of town富人区;住宅区;非商业区。

  What 's an uptown girl doing robbing a gas station?

  住城郊的富家女抢劫加油站干什么?

  Is this bus going uptown?

  这公交车是去城郊吗?

  反义词:downtown非住宅区; 市中心

  The downtown is being overpopulated.

  闹市区的人口越来越稠密了。(overpopulated:人口过多;过剩)

  Can you direct me to the downtown?

  请问到闹市区怎么走?

  I bet she never had a back street guy 我敢说她没有一个穷小子男友

  back street指的是‘小街道;偏街’。a back street guy指的就是那种来自这些不知名的小街道的男孩子,也就是穷小子的意思。

  这句话里面的这个I bet...,意思就是‘我敢打赌...’

  我们来看几个例句:

  I bet you are a cute girl.

  我敢打赌你一定是个可爱的女孩。

  I bet you won't pass the test.

  我敢打赌这次考试你过不了。

  I bet you could not outrun me.

  我赌你追不上我.

  She's been living in her white bread world.她一直都住在那单调乏味的富人区里

  white bread:plain, tasteless, boring and trashy

  乏味;单调;没趣儿,掉价儿。

  She's nothing special, just a typical white bread bitch.

  她没什么特别的,就是个一般的特没趣的贱人而已!

  OMG Becky, look at that chick, She is soooo white bread.

  我的天,Becky,你快看那个女的,太掉价了吧!

  And when she wakes up and makes up her mind.当她醒悟过来下决定的时候...

  wake up:VP,醒过来;I woke up very late this morning.

  我今早醒得很晚。

  make up one's mind:VP,做决定

  I have made up my mind to study management in college.

  我决定在大学里攻读管理学。

  She's getting tired of her high class toys.她厌烦了她的那些高级玩具(隐喻"纨裤子弟")

  get tired of sth=be tired of sth对...厌烦;对...厌倦

  (Do you get tired of working for someone else?)Are you tired of working for someone else.

  你厌倦了为别人工作吗?

  You must get tired of my voice!

  你一定厌倦了我的声音了吧。

  这句话里面的high class是‘高级;高质量;高水准’的意思。

  Ram-raiders smashed their way into a high-class store.

  驾车抢劫者开车冲进了一家高档商店。

  This table with top quality dishes is of quite high class.

  这桌宴席,炮凤烹龙,规格相当高。

  But maybe someday when my ship comes in,she'll understand what kind of guy I've been但也许有一天也会财运亨通事业成功,她就会明白我有多厉害了。

  这里的when someone’s ship comes in是引喻,是变成富翁时或事业发达时。

  When my ship comes in, my dear, you will have everything you could desire!

  亲爱的,等我发了大财,你想要啥就有啥。

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