City of New Orleans

• By: Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie, Willie Nelson, John Denver, Johnny Cash, The Country Gentlemen, Judy Collins, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Sammi Smith, Hank Snow, Gerard Cox, Rudi Carell, Joe Dassin, Richard Clayderman
• Album: Hobo's Lullaby

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Riding on the city of new orleans,

行驶在开往新奥尔良的列车上，

Illinois central monday morning rail

伊利诺伊中央铁路，星期一的早班车

Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,

十五节车厢，十五位焦躁的乘客，

Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.

三名列车员，还有二十五个邮包。

All along the southbound odyssey

一路向南的漫长旅程，

The train pulls out at kankakee

列车驶离坎卡基，

Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.

缓缓驶过房屋，农场和原野。

Passin' trains that have no names,

与无名的列车擦肩而过，

Freight yards full of old black men

货场里挤满了年老的黑人，

And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

还有锈迹斑斑的汽车坟场。

Good morning america how are you?

早上好，美国，你怎么样？

Don't you know me i'm your native son,

你不认识我吗？我是你的游子，

I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,

我就是他们称作新奥尔良之城的列车，

I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

一日结束时，我将远行五百英里。

Dealin' card with the old men in the club car.

在餐车里和老人们玩纸牌，

Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.

一分钱一分，没人计较输赢。

Oh won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle

哦，请你递过来装着酒瓶的纸袋，

Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.

感受车轮在地板下轰隆作响。

And the sons of pullman porters

普尔曼搬运工的儿子们，

And the sons of engineers

工程师的儿子们，

Ride their father's magic carpets made of steam.*

乘坐着他们父亲用蒸汽制造的魔毯。

Mothers with their babes asleep,

母亲们抱着熟睡的婴儿，

Are rockin' to the gentle beat

在轻柔的节奏中摇晃，

And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream.*

铁轨的节奏就是他们所有的梦。

Nighttime on the city of new orleans,

新奥尔良之城的夜晚，

Changing cars in memphis, tennessee.

在田纳西州的孟菲斯换乘车厢。

Half way home, we'll be there by morning

已经走了一半的路程，早上就能到家，

Through the mississippi darkness

穿过密西西比的黑暗，

Rolling down to the sea.

一路驶向大海。

And all the towns and people seem

所有的城镇和人们似乎，

To fade into a bad dream

都渐渐消逝在噩梦中，

And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.

而钢铁的铁轨依然没有听到消息。

The conductor sings his song again,

列车员再次唱起他的歌，

The passengers will please refrain

请乘客们保持安静，

This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.

这列火车染上了消逝的铁路布鲁斯。

Good night, america, how are you?

晚安，美国，你怎么样？

Don't you know me i'm your native son,

你不认识我吗？我是你的游子，

I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,

我就是他们称作新奥尔良之城的列车，

I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

一日结束时，我将远行五百英里。

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - 城市
train /treɪn/ A1	noun - 火车 verb - 训练
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - 早晨
cars /kɑːrz/ A1	noun - 汽车
riders /ˈraɪdər/ A2	noun - 骑手
conductors /kənˈdʌktər/ B1	noun - 指挥 noun - 列车员
mail /meɪl/ A2	noun - 邮件
southbound /ˈsaʊθbaʊnd/ B1	adjective - 南行的
pulls /pʊlz/ A1	verb - 拉
houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ A1	noun - 房子
farms /fɑːrmz/ A1	noun - 农场
fields /fiːldz/ A1	noun - 田野
freight /freɪt/ B1	noun - 货物
graveyards /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/ B2	noun - 墓地
rusted /ˈrʌstɪd/ B1	adjective - 生锈的
automobiles /ˈɔːtəməbiːlz/ B2	noun - 汽车
native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B1	adjective - 本土的
score /skɔːr/ A2	noun - 得分 verb - 得分
wheels /wiːlz/ A1	noun - 轮子
sons /sʌnz/ A1	noun - 儿子
fathers /ˈfɑːðər/ A1	noun - 父亲 verb - 做父亲
mothers /ˈmʌðər/ A1	noun - 母亲
babes /beɪbz/ A2	noun - 婴儿
asleep /əˈsliːp/ A1	adjective - 睡着的
beat /biːt/ A2	noun - 节拍 verb - 打
nighttime /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ A2	noun - 夜晚
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - 家 adverb - 回家
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - 早晨
darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1	noun - 黑暗
towns /taʊnz/ A1	noun - 城镇
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - 人们
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - 梦 verb - 做梦
steel /stiːl/ A2	noun - 钢
sings /sɪŋz/ A1	verb - 唱歌
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - 忧郁

Grammar:

• Riding on the city of New Orleans...

  ➔ 现在分词作动词

  ➔ “Riding”是动词“ride”的现在分词，此处用于句首，并作为动词使用，表示正在进行的动作。它是“We are riding”的缩写形式。

• I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

  ➔ 简单将来时与时间从句

  ➔ “I'll be gone”使用简单将来时来表达一个未来的动作。“when the day is done”是由“when”引导的时间从句，表示未来动作完成的时间。

• Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.

  ➔ 双重否定和非标准英语

  ➔ “ain't no one”是双重否定。在标准英语中，应该是“isn't anyone”或“is no one”。 “ain't”的使用也是非标准的。

• Passin' trains that have no names,

  ➔ 现在分词'Passin''作为修饰语和关系从句

  ➔ “Passin'”是“pass”的现在分词，用作修饰词，描述火车的类型。“that have no names”是一个关系从句，进一步描述了这些火车。

• Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.

  ➔ 祈使语气和动名词短语用作直接宾语

  ➔ “Feel”是祈使语气，表示命令。“the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor”充当动词“feel”的直接宾语。“Rumblin'”是修饰“wheels”的动名词。