Blue Christmas
Lyrics:
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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blue /bluː/ A1 |
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Christmas /ˈkrɪs.məs/ A1 |
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tree /triː/ A1 |
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green /ɡriːn/ A1 |
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red /red/ A1 |
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think /θɪŋk/ A1 |
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snowflake /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/ B1 |
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memories /ˈmem.ər.iz/ B1 |
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decorations /ˌdek.əˈreɪ.ʃənz/ B1 |
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white /waɪt/ A1 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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call /kɔːl/ A1 |
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dear /dɪər/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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It being the time of year that it is...
➔ 独立主格结构
➔ 独立主格结构修饰整个句子,而不是某个特定的词。在这种情况下,“It being the time of year that it is”为该声明设置了语境。这是一种更正式或文学性的结构。一个更常见的版本是“Because it's that time of year...”
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I'd like to do my favorite Christmas song of all the ones I've recorded.
➔ 省略关系代词的关系从句
➔ 短语“all the ones I've recorded”包含一个关系从句,其中关系代词“that”或“which”被省略。完整的从句应该是“all the ones that/which I've recorded”。当关系代词是关系从句的宾语时,省略关系代词是很常见的。
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I'll have a blue Christmas without you.
➔ 一般将来时与条件从句(隐含)
➔ 这句话使用了简单将来时“I'll have”(我将拥有)来表达未来的状态。“without you”暗示了一个条件从句:如果你不在这里,我将度过一个忧郁的圣诞节。完整的句子可能是“If you are not here, I will have a blue Christmas.”
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Just thinkin' about you.
➔ 动名词作名词
➔ “Thinkin'”(thinking)是动名词,是以 -ing 结尾并用作名词的动词形式。在这里,它被用作“Just thinking about you makes me blue”的缩写形式。它充当一个名词短语。
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Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree won't be the same, dear, if you're not here with me.
➔ 零条件句与将来否定
➔ 这句话包含一个表达普遍真理的条件结构。“if”从句使用一般现在时(“if you're not here”),主句使用“won't be”(will not be)——一种将来否定形式。零条件句通常用于总是为真的事实或习惯。
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And when those blue snowflakes start fallin', that's when those blue memories start callin'.
➔ 带有关联连词的时间状语从句
➔ 这句话使用了一个由“when”引导的时间状语从句,并使用了一种关联结构。“When”引入了条件(当雪花飘落时),“that's when”指出了结果(记忆开始召唤)。这创建了一个与时间相关的清晰的因果关系。
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