Back To December

• By: Taylor Swift

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

(birds chirping)

（鸟鸣声）

(upbeat music)

（欢快的音乐）

♪ I'm so glad you made time to see me ♪

很高兴你抽出时间来看我

♪ How's life? Tell me, how's your family ♪

生活怎么样？告诉我，你的家人好吗？

♪ I haven't seen them in a while ♪

我已经很久没见到他们了

♪ You've been good, busier than ever ♪

你一直都很好，比以前更忙了

♪ We small talk, work and the weather ♪

我们闲聊着工作和天气

♪ Your guard is up and I know why ♪

你有所防备，我知道为什么

♪ Because the last time you saw me ♪

因为你上次见到我的时候

♪ Is still burned in the back of your mind ♪

仍然深深地烙印在你的脑海里

♪ You gave me roses and I left them there to die ♪

你送我玫瑰，我却让它们枯萎在那里

♪ So this is me swallowin' my pride ♪

所以现在我放低姿态

♪ Standin' in front of you ♪

站在你面前

♪ Sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪

为那天晚上的事道歉

♪ And I go back to December all the time ♪

我总是回到十二月

♪ It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you ♪

原来自由不过是想念你

♪ Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine ♪

希望我能早点意识到你属于我的时候，我拥有的是什么

♪ I'd go back to December ♪

我会回到十二月

♪ Turn around and make it alright ♪

转身让一切都好起来

♪ I go back to December all the time ♪

我总是回到十二月

(upbeat music continues)

（欢快的音乐继续）

♪ These days, I haven't been sleepin' ♪

这些天，我一直失眠

♪ Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin' ♪

熬夜回想着我离开的场景

♪ When your birthday passed and I didn't call ♪

当你的生日过去，我却没有打电话

♪ Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times ♪

然后我想起夏天，所有美好的时光

♪ I watched you laughin' from the passenger's side ♪

我看着你从副驾驶座上笑着

♪ And realized I loved you in the fall ♪

意识到我在秋天爱上了你

♪ And then the cold came, the dark days ♪

然后寒冷来临，黑暗的日子

♪ When fear crept into my mind ♪

当恐惧悄悄爬上我的心头

♪ You gave me all your love ♪

你给了我你所有的爱

♪ And all I gave you was goodbye ♪

而我给你的只有再见

♪ So this is me swallowin' my pride ♪

所以现在我放低姿态

♪ Standin' in front of you ♪

站在你面前

♪ Sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪

为那天晚上的事道歉

♪ And I go back to December all the time ♪

我总是回到十二月

♪ It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you ♪

原来自由不过是想念你

♪ Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine ♪

希望我能早点意识到你属于我的时候，我拥有的是什么

♪ I'd go back to December ♪

我会回到十二月

♪ Turn around and change my own mind ♪

转身改变我的想法

♪ I go back to December all the time ♪

我总是回到十二月

(upbeat music continues)

（欢快的音乐继续）

♪ I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile ♪

我想念你古铜色的皮肤，你甜美的笑容

♪ So good to me, so right ♪

对我那么好，那么合适

♪ And how you held me in your arms that September night ♪

还有九月那个晚上，你如何将我拥入怀中

♪ The first time you ever saw me cry ♪

你第一次看到我哭泣

♪ Maybe this is wishful thinkin' ♪

也许这是一厢情愿的想法

♪ Probably mindless dreamin' ♪

可能只是无意义的幻想

♪ But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right ♪

但如果我们能再次相爱，我发誓我会好好爱你

♪ I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't ♪

我想回到过去改变这一切，但我不能

♪ So if the chain is on your door, I understand ♪

所以如果你的门上了锁，我能理解

(gentle music)

（轻柔的音乐）

♪ But this is me swallowin' my pride ♪

但现在我放低姿态

♪ Standin' in front of you ♪

站在你面前

♪ Sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪

为那天晚上的事道歉

(upbeat music)

（欢快的音乐）

♪ And I go back to December ♪

我总是回到十二月

♪ It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you ♪

原来自由不过是想念你

♪ Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine ♪

希望我能早点意识到你属于我的时候，我拥有的是什么

♪ I'd go back to December ♪

我会回到十二月

♪ Turn around and make it alright ♪

转身让一切都好起来

♪ I'd go back to December ♪

我会回到十二月

♪ Turn around and change my own mind ♪

转身改变我的想法

♪ I go back to December all the time ♪

我总是回到十二月

(upbeat music continues)

（欢快的音乐继续）

♪ All the time ♪

总是如此

(air hisses)

（空气嘶嘶声）

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - 时间
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 生活
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - 心
roses /ˈroʊzɪz/ A2	noun - 玫瑰
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - 骄傲
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - 自由
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - 天
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - 夏天
fall /fɔːl/ A2	noun - 秋天
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - 冷
fear /fɪər/ B1	noun - 恐惧
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - 爱 verb - 爱
skin /skɪn/ A2	noun - 皮肤
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - 微笑 verb - 微笑
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - 手臂
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - 夜晚
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - 门
sorry /ˈsɒri/ A1	adjective - 抱歉
burned /bɜːrnd/ A2	verb - 烧毁

Grammar:

• I'm so glad you made time to see me

  ➔ 虚拟语气 (在“glad”之后省略的“that”从句)

  ➔ 虽然没有明确可见，但底层结构暗示“I'm so glad that you *made* time...”（我很高兴你抽出时间……）。指示语气词（“made”）在口语英语中经常用于某些情感动词（如“glad”）之后，而不是虚拟语气词（“make”）。更正式的结构可能会在“that”之后使用动词的基本形式。

• I haven't seen them in a while

  ➔ 现在完成时，隐含“for/since”的用法，“a while”的用法

  ➔ 现在完成时“haven't seen”表示一个过去开始并持续到现在或与现在相关的动作。“A while”表示一个不确定的时间段，暗示“for a while”或“since a certain time”。

• Is still burned in the back of your mind

  ➔ 被动语态 (is burned)，介词短语 (in the back of your mind)

  ➔ “Is burned”是被动语态，表示该动作是*对*记忆执行的，而不是记忆在做某事。介词短语“in the back of your mind”是一个习语，意思是某事正在潜意识地被记住。

• It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

  ➔ 双重否定 (ain't nothin')，动名词作宾语 (missin' you)

  ➔ “Ain't nothin'”是双重否定。虽然在标准英语中语法不正确，但它用于强调，意思是“is only”或“is nothing else but”（只是/只不过是）。“Missin' you”是一个动名词短语，充当介词“but”的宾语。

• Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

  ➔ 省略（省略了“I was”），过去完成时虚拟语气（“I'd realized”）

  ➔ 完整的短语可能是“Wishin' *that* I *was* realized...”（希望我能意识到……）。“That”和“I was”为了简洁和非正式而被省略。过去完成时中的“I'd realized”（I had realized）表达了对过去某个时刻之前应该发生的事情的遗憾。

• Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin'

  ➔ 动名词和现在分词，缩写形式

  ➔ 动词“staying”和“playing”被缩写为“stayin”和“playin'”。“Stayin' up playin'”按顺序使用两个动名词。“Leavin'”是现在分词。