听歌学英语:Can't Take It Back-张靓颖

听歌学英语:Can't Take It Back-张靓颖


Can't Take It Back
张靓颖

张靓颖的“the One” 是一张很耐听的专辑，其中最为可圈可点的是那三首英文歌曲，让我们听到了纯正的靓式英文歌，今天我们要学习的这首“Can't Take It Back”是标准的美式情歌，风格甜美，曲式简单，而靓颖的演绎，更显得自如从容。

[00:05.82]Listen and Share
[00:19.61]the One
[00:31.00]Can't Take It Back
[00:54.33]Don't know where to begin
[00:56.77]I just can't pretend¹
[00:59.99]I've been holding this in
[01:03.09]afraid to lose a friend
[01:06.08]But I let it slip² when I fell all over you last time we met
[01:11.61]And now the word is out
[01:16.43]I can't take it back, no, no
[01:20.66]It's out in the open
[01:24.00]I told you everything
[01:25.75]Now I wait till I know how you feel
[01:28.26]Don't ask me to act, go on
[01:32.39]Like nothing has happened
[01:35.74]Now that I gave my heart away like that
[01:39.79]I can't take it back
[01:47.15]Well it's out of my heart and in your hands
[01:52.70]As the hourglass drops its final grain of sand
[01:58.65]I'm holding out hope that stars in your eyes
[02:02.72]are gonna fall for me at last
[02:07.14]I take the chance
[02:09.15]I can't take it back, no, no
[02:13.29]It's out in the open
[02:16.75]I told you everything
[02:18.42]Now I wait till I know how you feel
[02:20.84]Don't ask me to act, go on
[02:25.11]Like nothing has happened
[02:28.30]Now that I gave my heart away like that
[02:32.40]I can't take it back
[02:35.08]I let down my guard
[02:38.11]And I'll have to carry on
[02:40.37]I've gone too far
[02:44.17]I can't take it back, no, no
[02:48.53]歌词大意
[02:50.24]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:06.36]Don't know where to begin
[03:08.36]I just can't pretend
[03:10.95]I've been holding this in
[03:13.14]afraid to lose a friend
[03:15.97]歌词大意
[03:23.19]hold in  压抑、抑制住情感、情绪
[03:29.24]I was so irritated³ that I could not hold my anger in.
[03:40.03]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:59.55]But I let it slip when I fell all over you last time we met
[04:05.61]And now the word is out
[04:08.20]I can't take it back, no, no
[04:11.44]It's out in the open
[04:13.62]歌词大意
[04:27.40]fall all over somebody
[04:30.84]be all over somebody
[04:37.73]I hate for someone to fall all over me. It embarrasses me.
[04:48.17]let slip  失言，无意中说出
[04:53.69]The girl let slip that she had been a witness⁴ to the accident.
[05:03.99]the word is out
[05:09.83]When the word is out it belongs to another.
[05:16.60]原声播放-- 请用心收听、理解
[05:29.88]I told you everything
[05:32.36]Now I wait till I know how you feel
[05:36.75]Don't ask me to act, go on
[05:40.26]Like nothing has happened
[05:42.51]歌词大意
[05:50.48]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[06:00.14]Now that I gave my heart away like that
[06:04.33]I can't take it back
[06:06.62]歌词大意
[06:11.56]now that  既然，由于
[06:17.49]Now that the exam is over,
[06:20.50]you can go to the movies this evening.
[06:28.95]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[06:52.42]Well it's out of my heart and in your hands
[06:57.15]As the hourglass drops its final grain of sand
[07:01.90]I'm holding out hope that stars in your eyes
[07:05.65]are gonna fall for me at last
[07:08.21]I take the chance
[07:10.92]歌词大意
[07:24.31]hourglass  沙漏
[07:29.03]grain  颗粒，细粒
[07:32.68]a grain of sand
[07:36.44]hold out hope
[07:43.53]We lost the game yesterday,
[07:46.26]so we don't hold out hope of getting to the finals.
[07:56.99]take the chance  抓住机会，把握机会
[08:03.72]I'll take the chance to go and see her.
[08:10.18]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[08:21.51]I let down my guard
[08:23.62]And I'll have to carry on
[08:25.87]I've gone too far
[08:28.32]歌词大意
[08:37.13]谢谢收听

1 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。

2 slip   

n.滑倒，事故，片，纸片；vi.滑动，滑倒，失足；减退；vt.使滑动，滑过，摆脱，闪开，塞入；adj.滑动的，活络的，有活结的

参考例句：

• One slip and you could fall off the building.脚下一滑就可能从建筑物上跌下去。
• I hope you will pardon me for that slip.我希望您原谅我那次失误。

3 irritated   

a.恼怒的

参考例句：

• His little affectations irritated her. 他的装腔作势令她不快。
• Her genteel accent irritated me. 她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

4 witness   

n.证人，目击者，证据，证明，证词；vt.目击，作证，证明，表明，经历；vi.作证人

参考例句：

• She was a witness of the incident.她是事件的目击者。
• A witness was examined by him in a court of law.他在法庭上质问一个证人。