音乐咖啡厅:Before He Cheats格莱美速递

第50届格莱美大奖揭晓。美国乡村歌手Carrie Underwood（凯莉·安德伍德）获“最佳乡村女歌手（Best Female Country Vocal¹ Performance）”称号。以下为大家推荐的就是凯莉的一首《Before He Cheats》，这首歌曲获得2008年格莱美奖年度最佳歌曲、最佳乡村女歌手，以及最佳乡村歌曲等三项提名。

Before He Cheats       

                          by Carrie Underwood

Right now

He's probably slow dancing

With a bleached-blond tramp

And she's probably getting frisky²...

Right now

He's probably buying her some

Fruity little drink

Cause she can't shoot whiskey...

Right now

He's probably up behind her

With a pool-stick

Showing her how to shoot a combo...

And he don't know...

I dug my key into the side

Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive

Carved my name into his leather seat...

I took a Louisville slugger

To both headlights

Slashed³ a hole in all 4 tires...

And maybe next time

He'll think before he cheats

Right now

She's probably up singing some

White-trash version of Shania karoke...

Right now

She's probably saying "I'm drunk"

And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky

Right now

He's probably dabbing⁴ 3 dollars

Worth of that bathroom polo...

Oh, and he don't know...

Oh, that I dug my key into the side

Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive

Carved my name into his leather seat...

I took a Louisville slugger

To both headlights

Slashed a hole in all 4 tires...

And maybe next time

He'll think before he cheats

I might saved a little trouble for the next girl

Cause the next time that he cheats...

Oh, you know it won't be on me

Ohh... not on me...

Cause I dug my key into the side

Maybe next time Ohh..

Maybe next time

He'll think before he cheats... Ohh...

before he cheats... Ohh...

歌手简介及背景

 

Carrie Underwood（凯莉·安德伍德）于1983年出生在美国俄克拉何马州的Checotah小镇。凯莉自幼喜爱音乐，三岁就开始在家乡附近的教堂唱诗班中练习唱歌。13岁那年，凯莉便录制了自己的首张唱片。

凯莉凭借出色的唱功和优雅的台风成为“美国偶像”创办之后第四任冠军。

在2005年5月获得第四届“美国偶像”冠军之后，凯莉成功同Arista公司签约，并发行首支单曲《Inside Your Heaven》。这支单曲以17万张的销量成为全美最畅销单曲，凯莉也成为首位在Billboard Hot 100单曲榜中夺冠的乡村艺人。2005年11月15日，凯莉发行首张个人首张专辑《Some Hearts》。凯莉的这首《Before He Cheats》获得2008年格莱美奖年度最佳歌曲、最佳乡村女歌手，以及最佳乡村歌曲等三项提名。

 

1 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

2 frisky   

adj.活泼的，欢闹的；n.活泼，闹着玩；adv.活泼地，闹着玩地

参考例句：

• I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.我感到很欢快，似乎要跳起舞来。
• His horse was feeling frisky,and he had to hold the reins tightly.马儿欢蹦乱跳，他不得不紧勒缰绳。

3 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 dabbing   

石面凿毛，灰泥抛毛

参考例句：

• She was crying and dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. 她一边哭一边用手绢轻按眼睛。
• Huei-fang was leaning against a willow, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. 四小姐蕙芳正靠在一棵杨柳树上用手帕揉眼睛。 来自子夜部分