美国国家公共电台 NPR Yearning For An Ex? Heed Dua Lipa's 'New Rules'

 

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEW RULES")

DUA LIPA: (Singing) One.

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

Heartbreak has been a source of musical inspiration¹ pretty much since there's been music. This summer, singer-songwriter Dua Lipa takes her crack at the theme with her tune² "New Rules." In the all-female "New Rules" music video, the singer and her friends share some lessons about how to get over a broken heart.

LIPA: There are three rules which I would've liked to tell myself after a breakup.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEW RULES")

LIPA: (Singing) One, don't pick up the phone. You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone. Two, don't let him in. You'll have to kick him out again. Three, don't be his friend. You know you're going to wake up in his bed in the morning. And if you're under him, you ain't getting over him.

They're not necessarily rules that I've been able to stick by. But they're kind of rules that I feel like it's important to be able to tell yourself and to be able to tell your friends in kind of not going back to your ex because it could be - you know, there's a reason people break up. And it's probably the same reason why you shouldn't get back together.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEW RULES")

LIPA: (Singing) I keep pushing forwards, but he keeps pulling me backwards³. Nowhere to turn - no way. Nowhere to turn.

What I wanted to convey in this video is the unity⁴ and the togetherness of, you know, women supporting each other and helping⁵ each other and looking after each other in this situation - you know, just kind of being together in a sleepover and talking about certain things that are kind of going wrong in a relationship and your friends being able to help you out. Helping you overcome those things - I feel like my friends and my family.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEW RULES")

LIPA: (Singing) I got new rules. I count them.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself. Everyone is so special in their own way. And someone is going to fall in love with them just the way they are. And they shouldn't change a single thing about it.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEW RULES")

LIPA: (Singing) I've got to tell them to myself.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: That's "New Rules" by Dua Lipa.

1 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

4 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。