听歌学英语:《重回十二月》BACK TO DECEMBER

听歌学英语:《重回十二月》BACK TO DECEMBER

‘我自由了，却更加想念你，真希望当我们在一起时我能珍惜你。我想回到十二月，改写故事，使一切变得美好……’这首来自Talor Swift的《重回十二月》被认为是写给男星Taylor Lautner的道歉曲，收录在Swift的最新专辑《Speak Now》中。Swift说这张专辑中的很多歌曲就像是公开的信件，“当我写每一首歌曲的时候，脑海中都有一个特定的人，我会在歌中告诉他们我曾经想亲口对他们说的话。”

I'm so glad you made time to see me
How's life? Tell me, how's your family?
I haven't seen them in a while
You've been good, busier than ever
We small talk: work and the weather
Your guard is up and I know why
Because the last time you saw me
still burned in the back of your mind
You gave me roses and I left them there to die
So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing¹ in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing³ you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it all right
I go back to December all the time

These days I haven't been sleeping
Staying up playing back myself leaving
When your birthday passed and I didn't call
Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times
I watched you laughing from the passenger side
And realized I loved you in the fall
Then the cold came, the dark days
When fear crept⁴ into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye
So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December
Turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time

I miss your tan² skin, your sweet smile
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry
Maybe this is wishful thinking
Probably mindless dreaming
If we loved again I swear I'd love you right
I'd go back in time and change it but I can't
So if the chain is on your door, I understand
This is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December
It turns out freedom means nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time
All the time

1.small talk:闲谈；聊天
The conversation drifts⁵ into small talk.我们的谈话变成了闲聊。
In most English-speaking countries, it is normal and necessary to make "small talk" in certain situations.在大部分说英语的国家，在某些特定的情况下，“闲谈”是常见也是必要的。

2.at/in the back of one's mind:内心深处
At the back of my mind was a small, warning voice, telling me it was wrong.在潜意识里有一个细小的声音在警告我这是错的。
At least keep that in the back of your mind.至少潜意识里你要记住这一点。

3.turn out+不定式:证明是；结果是
The job turned out to be harder than we thought.这工作证明比我们想像的要难。
turn out:出席；在场；制造；生产；掏空
A vast crowd turned out to watch the procession⁶.有一大群人出来观看游行队伍。
The factory turns out 900 cars a week.这家工厂每周要生产900辆汽车。
She turned out all the drawers.她把抽屉都腾空了。
turn-out(n):出席人数；到场人数；投票人数
This year's festival attracted a record turnout.今年的节目吸引的参加者之多创了记录。
a high/low turnout.参加的人数很多/寥寥无几

4.turn around:转身；扭转
I turned my chair round to face the fire.我把椅子转过来面向火炉。
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.我想回到十二月扭转情况让一切变得美好。

5.play sth back:再现；回放
Please play the last section back to me again.请把最后一节再给我放一遍。
I rewound the tape and played her voice back to her.我把带子倒回去，把她的声音放给她听。
(I have been)staying up playing back myself leaving.脑子里一直回放着我离开你的情景。

6.passenger:乘客；吃白饭的人；闲散人员
The firm cannot afford to carry passengers.公司养不起吃白饭的人。
passenger side:副驾座

7.creep⁷ in/into sth:开始发生/影响
As the doctors became more tired, errors began to creep into their work.由于越来越疲劳，医生的工作开始出现差错。
Fear crept into my mind.我开始害怕。
give sb the creeps⁸:吓人；使惊慌
This old house gives me the creeps.这栋旧房子让我毛骨悚然。

8.tan:v/n/adj
(v)晒黑:My skin tans⁹ really easily.我的皮肤一晒就黑。
(adj)棕褐色:I miss your tan skin.我想念你棕色的皮肤。
(n)晒成棕褐色皮肤:My tan's fading already.我晒黑的肤色已经在变浅了。

9.wishful thinking:一厢情愿的想法
wishful(adj):徒然神往的，伤感的
‘If only I had known you then,’she said wishfully.‘要是我那时认识你就好了，’她向往地说。

10.mindless（adj）:=senseless，盲目的；愚昧的；粗枝大叶的
It was a mindless struggle, a death march to the end.那真是一场愚蠢的挣扎，一场向着终点的死亡行军。
There will be no more mindless democracy¹⁰ in this country.这个国家不会再有愚蠢的民主。

1 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。

2 tan   

n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色

参考例句：

• She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
• His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

3 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。

4 crept   

v.蹑手蹑足地走( creep的过去式和过去分词 )；缓慢地行进；爬行；匍匐

参考例句：

• I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents. 为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind. 他从背后悄悄逼近了那毫无戒备的受害者。

5 drifts   

漂流物( drift的名词复数 )； 趋势； 流向； 水流

参考例句：

• He has no ambition or aim in his life.He only drifts along. 他生活中没有雄心或目标，只能随波逐流，混日子。
• The cars were snowed under by drifts. 车辆被积雪覆盖了。

6 procession   

n.队伍，行列；v.列队行进

参考例句：

• The students entered the school in procession.学生们排队进入学校。
• The grand procession moves slowly out of the temple.这支庄严的队伍缓缓地走出庙堂。

7 creep   

vi.爬行，匍匐；蹑手蹑足地走，缓慢地行进

参考例句：

• The baby is just learning to creep.这个婴儿才学着爬。
• I would not creep along the coast.我不愿在岸边爬行。

8 creeps   

n.毛骨悚然的感觉，战栗v.蹑手蹑足地走( creep的第三人称单数 )；缓慢地行进；爬行；匍匐

参考例句：

• Old age creeps upon one unawares. 不知不觉老年就来临了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole. 兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。 来自辞典例句

9 tans   

n.黄褐色，棕黄色( tan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Then I'll have to wear tacky old grays and tans and lilacs." 那么，我就只能穿倒霉的老灰色，穿褐色和淡紫色了。 来自飘（部分）
• Usually by this time of the year they had acquired tans. 通常到一年中的这个时候，他们总是晒得很黑。 来自辞典例句

10 democracy   

n.民主政治，民主制度；民主精神，民主作风

参考例句：

• Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding.民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。
• Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens? 民主制度是创始于雅典吗？