《小美人鱼》插曲:Under the sea在海底

小时候就很喜欢听的一首歌，好像是上初中的时候，第一次在磁带里听这首歌，就喜欢它欢乐的节奏。今天顺便整理下这首歌的资料，歌词没有翻译完，改天吧。

本首歌曲的作曲艾伦-梅肯（Alan Menken）不是奥斯卡上的陌生人，他参与创作的《阿拉丁》（Aladdin）插曲《A Whole New World》和《风中奇缘》（Pocahontas）主题曲《风之彩》（Colors of the Wind）也是奥斯卡获奖作品。

英文歌词:

The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there. But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you. What more is you looking for?

Under the sea. Under the sea
Darling it's better down where it's wetter. take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day, out in the sun they slave away
While we're devoting full time to floating under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy as off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy. They're sad because they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky. They are in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry. Guess who's going to be on the plate?

Under the sea. Under the sea
Nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook, under the sea we off their hook
We got no troubles. Life is the bubbles under the sea. Under the sea
Since life is sweet here We got the beat here naturally
Even the sturgeon an' the ray. They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit. You got to hear it. Under the sea

The newt play the flute¹
The carp play the harp²
The plaice play the bass³
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass⁴
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
(Yeah)
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings⁵
The trout⁶ rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt⁷ and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow

Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine⁸
Begin the beguine
It's music to me
What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean⁹ band
Each little clam¹⁰ here
know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail¹¹ here
Know how to wail¹² here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea

歌词翻译:

水草总是别人湖里的绿
你梦想着能去那里，但这是个大错误
就看看你周围的世界吧，就是这里，在洋底
这些美妙的东西在你周围，你还在找什么呢？

在海底，在海底
亲爱的，最好还是在更湿润的地方。听我说
在岸上，他们整天工作，在太阳底下，像奴隶一样
而我们把所有的时间花在海底畅游

在这里所有的鱼都很幸福，滚滚海浪里嬉戏
陆地上的鱼可不幸福。他们悲伤因为他们住在盆里
但盆里的鱼还是幸运的，他们还没有遇到更糟糕的命运
有一天，当他们的老板觉得饿了，猜猜盘子里的会是什么？

在海底，在海底
没人打我们，炸我们，在酒烩类的菜里吃我们
我们这些陆上上人们喜欢做成菜的东西，在海底远离他们的鱼钩
我们没有麻烦，生活就是在海底吐泡泡，在海底
因为生活在这里是甜蜜的，我们在这里自然而然地合拍
Even the sturgeon an' the ray. They get the urge 'n' start to play
（这句没明白啥意思）
我们拥有精神。你应该听听。在海底

 

1 flute   

n.长笛；v.吹笛

参考例句：

• He took out his flute, and blew at it.他拿出笛子吹了起来。
• There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。

2 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

3 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

4 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

5 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

6 trout   

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

参考例句：

• Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
• We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

7 smelt   

v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼

参考例句：

• Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
• Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

8 sardine   

n.[C]沙丁鱼

参考例句：

• Every bus arrives and leaves packed as fully as a sardine tin.每辆开来和开走的公共汽车都塞得像沙丁鱼罐头一样拥挤。
• As we chatted,a brightly painted sardine boat dropped anchor.我们正在聊着，只见一条颜色鲜艳的捕捞沙丁鱼的船抛了锚。

9 crustacean   

n.甲壳动物；adj.甲壳纲的

参考例句：

• Seafood is a valuable lobster crustacean section.名贵海珍品龙虾属甲壳科。
• The illustrious Cuvier did not perceive that a barnacle was a crustacean.大名鼎鼎的居维叶也未看出藤壶是一种甲壳动物。

10 clam   

n.蛤，蛤肉

参考例句：

• Yup!I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers.对呀！我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。
• The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。

11 snail   

n.蜗牛

参考例句：

• Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
• Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

12 wail   

vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸

参考例句：

• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
• One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。