英文蓝调歌曲：Maria - Nowadays

Do you stil remember twenty five of December

You told me forever, you and I would be together.

The memory stil lingers¹, the diamond, my finger

The promisse that you'd break, belieaving it was my mistake



The house, the dreams, the plans it seems

We had to let the picture fade².

And so unfair, but it was clear

We had to go out separate³ ways.



I wonder what you're like nowadays,

Oh oh, I used to know

Something tells me that you've changed

Oh oh, baby I wonder

Can't lie you cross my mind sometimes

That's why I wonder what you're like nowadays

Oh oh, I wonder, I wonder I wonder.

I find my self missing⁴ the flowers that you'd bring

I thought you were my king, so why am I here reminiscing

It's not that I'm hoping to fix what's been broken

But something so deep is not forgotten easely



I wonder what you're like nowadays,

Oh oh, I used to know

Something tells me that you've changed

Oh oh, baby I wonder

Can't lie you cross my mind sometimes

That's why I wonder what you're like nowadays

Oh oh, I wonder, I wonder I wonder.



I know that you might be loving someone else

But boy I bet⁵ that you stil think about me too.

And even though I know that things will never be the same

I think it's allright, for me to wonder what you're like

NOWADAYS!
 

1 lingers   

v.逗留( linger的第三人称单数 )；缓慢消失；苟延残喘；持续看（或思考）

参考例句：

• The custom lingers on. 此种风俗历久犹存。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The spirit of the festival lingers on. 这个节日的精神依然没有消逝。 来自辞典例句

2 fade   

vi.凋谢，褪色；（声音等）变弱；（光纤等）变暗；vt.使褪色n.淡入，淡出；adj.乏味的，平淡的

参考例句：

• Will the colour in this material fade?这种料子褪色吗？
• Flowers of true friendship never fade.友谊之花永不凋谢。

3 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

4 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

5 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。