英语悠选脱口秀 第95期:跟随你喜欢的人

 　　讲解

　　Say hello

　　The key word in this song is Follow F-O-L-L-O-W

　　Follow 跟随

　　If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place.

　　Here is an example:

　　All we have to do is follow the map.

　　我们所要做的就是按照地图走。

　　今天这首歌里这两个人可不是跟着地图走，那是跟着什么走呢？你听：

　　"If I find him if i just follow;Would he hold me and never let me go; I don't know" The name of the song is “Say Hello”This song is performed by Rosie Thomas and appears on the album¹ These Friends Of Mine. It tells a story about two strangers trying to say hello to each other.

　　一个喜欢上陌生男孩的女孩，很害羞不敢表白。却开始悄悄幻想和男孩的对话：Would he hold me and never let me go. Would he let me borrow his old winter coat.他会不会像电影男主人公一样把我包裹在他的温暖的大衣下，再也不让我离开呢？吗 会吗？想想就很害羞呢...

　　而这个男孩其实也默默的喜欢着这个女孩，男孩想If I see her standing² there alone. At the train station three stops from her home. I have half a mind to say what I'm thinking anyway从车站到她的家，我要什么时候上前跟他表白比较好呢？

　　就这样，终于有一天，男孩鼓足勇气跟女孩说话了！

　　Hey there, how you doing?

　　嘿，那边的朋友,你好么?

　　Hi, my name’s Mary!

　　嘿，我的名字叫玛丽！

　　Hi!

　　嗨！

　　整首歌只有2分钟左右，却讲述了一个完整的爱情故事。听完这首歌，你有没有想say hello to some one special呢？

　　附完整歌词：

　　If I find him if i just follow

　　如果我找到他，只是跟随他

　　Would he hold me and never let me go

　　他会不会抓紧我再也不让我走

　　Would he let me borrow his old winter coat

　　他会不会让我借去他的陈旧的冬大衣

　　I don't know

　　我不知道

　　I don't know

　　我不知道

　　If I see her standing there alone

　　如果我看见她独自站在那里

　　At the train station three stops from her home

　　在离她家到火车站三站的地方

　　I have half a mind to say what I'm thinking anyway

　　无论如何我只敢说出一半的心思

　　I don't know

　　我不知道

　　I don't know

　　我不知道

　　There's airplane in the sky

　　还有飞机在天空

　　With a banner³ right behind

　　正背后有一面旗帜

　　Loneliness is just a crime⁴

　　孤独只是一种罪行

　　Look each other in the eye

　　看进彼此的眼眸

　　And say hello

　　说你好

　　Oh oh oh oh哦噢哦噢

　　And say hello

　　说你好

　　Oh oh oh oh oh

　　噢哦噢哦噢

　　Hey there, how you doing?

　　嘿，那边的朋友,你好么?

　　Hi, my name’s Mary!

　　嘿，我的名字叫玛丽！

　　Hi!

　　嘿!

1 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 banner   

n.旗，旗帜，横幅

参考例句：

• The new government came to power under the banner of fighting poverty.新政府是在对贫穷开战的名义下上台的。
• A white banner was hanging out of the window.一面白旗挂在窗子外面。

4 crime   

n.犯罪，罪行，罪恶

参考例句：

• You'll have to pay for your crime.你得为你的罪行付出代价。
• Crime in our big cities is on the increase.在我们大城市里犯罪率正在增长。