音乐咖啡厅:Littlest Things 微不足道：Lily Allen

《Littlest Things》选自21岁的Lily Allen的首张专辑《Alright Still》。Lily Allen是英国喜剧演员Keith的女儿，从小就极具音乐天赋。她自己作词、作曲，还擅长Pop，Hip-Hop，甚至Dance等。在众多的音乐媒体眼中，Lily Allen看起来将是一位有实力的英国女歌手。
　　Lily Allen以首支单曲《微笑》登上了英国单曲榜的第一名，作为英国喜剧演员Keith Allen和电影制作人Alison Owen的女儿，Lily Allen的性格很叛逆，她认为歌坛天后麦当娜（点击收听）是被流行乐坛高估的人，而且承认自己在13岁的时候就曾经接触毒品，喜欢接受反面邮件等等。她的思想非常开放，而且坚持自我。

Littlest Things　　　Lily Allen
Sometimes I find myself sitting back and reminiscing
Especially when I have to watch other people kissing
And I remember when you started calling me your misses
All the play fighting, all the flirtatious¹ disses
I'd tell you sad stories about my childhood
I don't know why I trusted you but I knew that I could
We'd spend the whole weekend lying in our own dirt
I was just so happy in your boxers² and your T-shirt

[Chorus]
Dreams, Dreams,  Of when we had just started things
Dreams of you and me,  It seems, It seems
That I can't shake those memories
I wonder if you have the same dreams too.

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame³ but it's so true
I know it's not right, but it seems unfair
That the things are reminding me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if for only one weekend
So come on, Tell me,  Is this the end?

Drinking tea in bed,  Watching DVD's
When I discovered all your dirty grotty magazines
You take me out shopping and all we'd buy is trainers
As if we ever needed anything to entertain⁴ us
the first time that you introduced me to your friends
And you could tell I was nervous, so you held my hand
When I was feeling down, you made that face you do
No one in the world that could replace you

[Chorus]
Dreams, Dreams,  Of when we had just started things
Dreams of me and you,   It seems, It seems
That I can't shake those memories
I wonder if you feel the same way too

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but its so true
I know it's not right, but it seems unfair
That the things remind me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if for only one weekend
So come on, Tell me,  Is this the end?

Notereminisce v.回忆  flirtatious adj.爱调戏的，轻浮的  lame adj.跛足
grotty adj.难看的

 

1 flirtatious   

adj.爱调情的，调情的，卖俏的

参考例句：

• a flirtatious young woman 卖弄风情的年轻女子
• Her flirtatious manners are intended to attract. 她的轻浮举止是想引人注意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 entertain   

vt.招待，款待；使欢乐，使娱乐；vi.款待，请客

参考例句：

• Emma will be happy to entertain you.爱玛会很高兴招待你的。
• They entertain a great deal.他们常常招待客人。