Forever

• By: Cher
• Album: Forever

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

The fortune queen of New Orleans

新奥尔良的命运女皇

Was brushing her cat in her black limousine

在黑色豪华轿车里梳着她的猫

On the backseat were scratches from

后座上是来自

The marks of men, her fortune she had won

男人们的痕迹，那是她赢得的财富

Couldn't see through the tinted glass

无法看穿那有色玻璃

She said, "Home, James" and he hit the gas

她说，“回家，詹姆斯”，他踩下了油门

I followed her to some darkened room

我跟着她来到一间昏暗的房间

She took my money, she said, "I'll be with you soon"

她拿走了我的钱，她说，“我很快就会和你在一起”

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Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

黑暗女郎笑着跳舞，一根一根地点燃蜡烛

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

随着吉普赛音乐跳舞，直到她的药剂熬制完成

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the 12

黑暗女郎施展黑魔法，直到时钟敲响十二点

She told me more about me than I knew myself

她告诉了我更多关于我自己的事情，比我自己知道的还多

She dealt two cards, a queen and a three

她发了两张牌，一张皇后和一张三

And mumbled some words that were so strange to me

喃喃自语着一些对我来说非常奇怪的话语

And then she turned up a two-eyed jack

然后她翻出了一张双眼杰克

My eyes saw red but the card still stayed black

我的眼睛一片血红，但牌仍然是黑色的

She said, "The man you love is secretly true

她说，“你爱的男人，实际上

To someone else who is very close to you

对另一个非常接近你的人是真心的

My advice is that you leave this place

我的建议是，你离开这个地方

Never come back and forget you ever saw my face"

永远不要回来，忘记你曾经见过我的脸”

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

黑暗女郎笑着跳舞，一根一根地点燃蜡烛

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

随着吉普赛音乐跳舞，直到她的药剂熬制完成

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the twelve

黑暗女郎施展黑魔法，直到时钟敲响十二点

She told me more about me than I knew myself

她告诉了我更多关于我自己的事情，比我自己知道的还多

So, I ran home and crawled in my bed

所以，我跑回家，爬上我的床

I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said

因为她所说的一切，我无法入睡

Then I remembered her strange perfume

然后我想起了她奇怪的香水

And how I smelled, it was in my own room

我闻到的味道，就在我自己的房间里

And so, I sneaked back and caught her with my man

所以，我偷偷溜回去，抓住了她和我的男人

Laughing and kissing 'til they saw the gun in my hand

笑着亲吻，直到他们看到我手中的枪

The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor

接下来我知道的是，他们已经死在地板上

Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore

黑暗女郎再也无法翻开任何一张牌了

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

黑暗女郎笑着跳舞，一根一根地点燃蜡烛

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

随着吉普赛音乐跳舞，直到她的药剂熬制完成

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the 12

黑暗女郎施展黑魔法，直到时钟敲响十二点

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fortune /ˈfɔːrtʃən/ B1	noun - 财富，运气
queen /kwiːn/ A1	noun - 女王
black /blæk/ A1	adjective - 黑色的
limousine /ˌlɪməˈziːn/ B2	noun - 豪华轿车
scratches /skrætʃ/ B1	noun - 抓痕 verb - 抓
marks /mɑːrk/ A2	noun - 痕迹
darkened /ˈdɑːrkənd/ B2	adjective - 变暗的
laughed /læft/ A2	verb - 笑了
danced /dænst/ A2	verb - 跳舞
lit /lɪt/ A2	verb - 点燃
candles /ˈkændlz/ A2	noun - 蜡烛
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - 魔法 adjective - 有魔法的
cards /kɑːrdz/ A1	noun - 卡片
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - 词语
advice /ədˈvaɪs/ B1	noun - 建议
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - 脸
perfume /ˈpɜːrfjuːm/ B1	noun - 香水
gun /ɡʌn/ A2	noun - 枪
dead /ded/ A2	adjective - 死的
floor /flɔːr/ A1	noun - 地板

Grammar:

• On the backseat were scratches from The marks of men, her fortune she had won

  ➔ 倒装强调

  ➔ 不用'Scratches from the marks of men were on the backseat'，而将'On the backseat'放在句首以示强调。这是一种文体选择，在歌词和诗歌中尤其常见。

• Couldn't see through the tinted glass

  ➔ 省略（省略“I”）

  ➔ 主语代词“I”被省略。完整的句子是“I couldn't see through the tinted glass”。这在非正式口语和歌曲创作中很常见。

• She told me more about me than I knew myself

  ➔ 比较结构，使用“more…than”

  ➔ 这句话使用比较结构“more + [名词/形容词] + than”来表示程度更高。在这里，它表达了“Dark lady”比叙述者自己更了解叙述者。

• The man you love is secretly true To someone else who is very close to you

  ➔ 关系从句（“who is very close to you”）

  ➔ “who is very close to you”这个短语是一个关系从句，修饰“someone else”。它提供了关于该男子秘密忠于的另一个人的补充信息。

• My advice is that you leave this place

  ➔ “is”之后的名词性从句（动词的补语）

  ➔ “that you leave this place”这个短语是一个名词性从句，充当动词“is”的补语。它解释了建议是什么。

• Never come back and forget you ever saw my face

  ➔ 祈使句+虚拟语气（过去时）

  ➔ “Never come back”是祈使句。“Forget you ever saw my face”使用过去虚拟语气“saw”来表达过去假设或不真实的情况。这表明如果听者可以抹去看到说话者脸的回忆，那将是最好的。

• And so, I sneaked back and caught her with my man

  ➔ 过去简单时态 (sneaked, caught) +介词短语 (with my man)

  ➔ 这个句子使用过去简单时态来描述过去完成的动作（'sneaked', 'caught'）。介词短语 'with my man' 指定了她和谁一起被抓到。

• Laughing and kissing 'til they saw the gun in my hand

  ➔ 省略的状语从句（“'til they saw the gun...”）

  ➔ “'Til”是“until”的缩写形式，它引入了一个时间状语从句。“laughing and kissing”的动作一直持续到他们看到枪的时候。这给人一种突然中断的感觉。