Funky Kingston

• By: Toots & The Maytals
• Album: Funky Kingston

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Everybody, give it to me!

大家，把它给我！

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Hey, hey, hey!

嘿，嘿，嘿！

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All right, oh yeah!

好吧，哦耶！

Hey, hey, hey!

嘿，嘿，嘿！

All right now, now give it to me!

现在好吧，给我吧！

I want you to believe every word I say

我希望你相信我说的每一个字

I want you to believe every thing I do

我希望你相信我做的每一件事

I said music is what I've got to give

我说音乐是我能给的东西

And I've got to find some way to make it

我必须找到一些方法来实现它

Music is what I've got baby

音乐是我能给你的，宝贝

I want you to come on and shake it, shake it

我希望你来摇摆，摇摆

Shake it shake it baby!

摇摆，摇摆，宝贝！

Oh yeah, hey!

哦耶，嘿！

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Funky, funky, funky!

时髦，时髦，时髦！

Funky Kingston is what I've got for you, oh yeah

时髦金斯顿是我为你准备的，哦耶

Funky Kingston, yeah, is what I've got for you

时髦金斯顿，是我为你准备的

Funky Kingston

时髦金斯顿

Oh yeah!

哦耶！

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Lemme hear your funky guitar...

让我听听你的时髦吉他...

Yo reggae...

哟，雷鬼...

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Hear the piano, lick it to me... lick it to me

听那钢琴，给我来一段... 给我来一段

Oh yeah, oh now, oh yeah!

哦耶，哦现在，哦耶！

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Watch me now, you watch me now! All right!

现在看着我，你现在看着我！好吧！

Playing from east to west, now

现在从东到西演奏

I just play from north to south, yeah!

我只是从北到南演奏，是的！

All over America

遍布美国

People keep on asking me for Funky Kingston

人们不断问我要时髦金斯顿

But I ain't got none

但我没有

Someone take it away from me

有人把它拿走吧

You gotta go and fetch one

你得去找一个

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

They keep on asking me

他们不断问我

But I ain't got none

但我没有

Somebody take it from me

有人把它拿走吧

You gotta go and fetch one

你得去找一个

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

Oh Lord!

哦，主啊！

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East to west, now

从东到西，现在

From north to south, now!

从北到南，现在！

All over America

遍布美国

People keep on asking me for Funky Kingston

人们不断问我要时髦金斯顿

But I ain't got none

但我没有

Somebody take it away from me

有人把它拿走吧

You gotta go and fetch you one

你得去找一个

I ain't got none

我没有

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

Somebody take it away from me

有人把它拿走吧

You gotta go and fetch yourself one

你得去找一个

Funky Kingston now!

现在时髦金斯顿！

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - 给
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - 想要
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - 相信
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - 说
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 音乐
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - 找到
shake /ʃeɪk/ B1	verb - 摇动
funky /ˈfʌŋki/ B2	adjective - 时髦的，有节奏感的
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1	noun - 吉他
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - 听
piano /piˈænoʊ/ A1	noun - 钢琴
lick /lɪk/ B2	verb - 舔 noun - 短小的乐节
watch /wɒtʃ/ A1	verb - 观看
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - 玩耍，演奏
east /iːst/ A1	noun - 东方
west /west/ A1	noun - 西方
north /nɔːrθ/ A1	noun - 北方
south /saʊθ/ A1	noun - 南方
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - 人们
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - 拿
fetch /fetʃ/ B1	verb - 取来

Grammar:

• I want you to believe every word I say

  ➔ 虚拟语气（隐含）

  ➔ 虽然没有明确使用虚拟语气，但这句话表达了一种愿望。更正式的说法可能是“我希望你相信我说的每一个字”，尽管不太常见。这里，“want”后面跟着宾语代词“you”和不定式短语“to believe”。

• Music is what I've got to give

  ➔ 带“what”的关系从句

  ➔ “What”充当关系代词，引入一个作为动词“is”的宾语的从句。“what I've got to give”这个从句相当于“the thing that I have to give”。

• And I've got to find some way to make it

  ➔ 情态动词“got to”表示义务或必要性

  ➔ “Got to”是非正式的“have to”或“must”的等价物，表示要求或义务。说话者觉得有义务找到一种分享他们音乐的方式。

• I want you to come on and shake it, shake it

  ➔ 祈使句 + 不定式

  ➔ 句子使用“want + 对象 + to + 动词”的模式，其中对象是“you”，不定式是“to come on and shake it”。 “Come on”是一个用来鼓励别人的短语动词，而“shake it”是一个祈使句。

• Funky Kingston is what I've got for you, oh yeah

  ➔ 带“what”的分裂句

  ➔ 这句话是一个分裂句，用于强调某个特定的信息。“is what”的结构突出了“Funky Kingston”作为说话者为听众准备的东西。非分裂版本是“I've got Funky Kingston for you”。

• Somebody take it away from me

  ➔ 带有不定代词的祈使句

  ➔ 这是一个针对未指定的人（somebody）的命令（祈使句）。短语“take it away from me”暗示说话者希望摆脱某件事，在这种情况下，似乎是“Funky Kingston”本身或对其的需求。