听歌学英语:笑到最后 Who's Laughing Now

听歌学英语:笑到最后 Who's Laughing Now

我们常说：“谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好”。He who laughs last laughs best. 今天为大家带来一曲Jessie J的"Who’s Laughing Now"（《笑到最后》）。Jessie J是一名英国女歌手，作词、作曲人以及音乐制作人，曾经帮知名歌手Miley Cyrus和Justin Timberlake等制作过歌曲。这首”Who’s Laughing Now”开头俏皮的哼唱吸引人不禁想把这首歌继续听下去。音乐电视中的小女孩和Jessie J 相同的打扮也是别具创意。歌曲向我们展示了一个集叛逆、霸气和雄心于一身的女孩儿，她不顾他人的嘲笑而奋斗，最后获得了成功。

Mummy they call me names
They wouldn't let me play
I'd run home, sit and cry almost everyday
'Hey Jessica, you look like an alien
With green skin you don't fit in this playpen'
Well they pull my hair
They took away my chair
I keep it in and pretend that I didn't care
'Hey Jessica, you're so funny
You've got teeth just like Bugs¹ bunny'
Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
You would make me feel
When you drag my spirit down
But thank you for the pain
It made me raise my game
And I'm still rising, I'm still rising
Yeah
So make your jokes
Go for broke
Blow your smoke
You're not alone
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now
So raise the bar
Hit me hard
Play your cards
Be a star
But who's laughing now
But who's laughing now
pun pun pun....
Cos I'm in L.A
You think I've made my fame
If it makes us friends
When you only really know my name
'Oh Jessica, we knew you could make it
I've got a track and I'd love you to take it'
So now because I'm signed
You think my pockets lined
4 years now and I'm still waiting in the line
'Oh Jessie, I saw you on youtube
I tagged old photos from when we was at school'
Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
Jessie
She broke out of the box
Swallowed your pride
You got that ego² cough
Let the haters hate
You're like way too late
See I got a message from you
'Hola, I'm proud of you'
'Oh my god babe your voice is like wow!'
My reply: Who's laughing now
Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
You would make me feel

歌词解析：

  You would make me feel when you drag my spirit down. But thank you for the pain. It made me raise my game. 当你把我的情绪降低时，我能感觉到。不过感谢你给我的痛苦，这使我重新开始了我的游戏。这种态度是值得称赞的。不管别人如何打击你，感谢伤害你的人，是他们的嘲笑给你勇气，让你勇往直前。下面我们来学习英文中与”laugh”有关的一些表达。
a hearty³ laugh 狂笑，爽朗的笑声
A good joke does not necessarily evoke⁴ a hearty laugh.
一个好的笑话有时也不一定能激起一阵狂笑。
roars of laughter 大笑声
Everybody broke  into roars of laughter.
大家哄堂大笑起来。
belly⁵ laugh 捧腹大笑
I love Mr. Bean, his acting⁶ skills give us a lot of belly laugh.
我喜欢看《憨豆先生》，他的演技时常让我们捧腹大笑。
for laughs [美俚]为了取乐, 作为消遣, 借以开心
much of the lame⁷ storyline is played for laughs.
幸好，那些蹩脚的情节只是为了搞笑。 
laughing stock 笑料；笑柄
If you do that, you will make yourself a laughing stock.
你要是那样做的话，就会成为笑柄了。
laugh in the breeze 迎风欢笑
Green pines laugh in the breeze.
青松迎风欢笑。
laugh it off 一笑而过
I try to laugh it off, but he's really angry about it.
我本想一笑而过，可他却对这事真的很生气。

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ego   

n.自我，自己，自尊

参考例句：

• He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
• She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。

3 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

4 evoke   

vt.唤起，引起，使人想起

参考例句：

• These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
• Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。

5 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。