I Heard It Through The Grapevine

• By: Marvin Gaye

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

I bet you're wondering how I knew

你一定在想我是怎么知道的吧

About your plans to make me blue

关于你让我伤心的计划

With some other guy you knew before

和你以前认识的某个男人在一起

Between the two of us guys

在我们两个男人之间

You know I loved you more

你知道我更爱你

It took me by surprise I must say

我必须说，这让我很吃惊

When I found out yesterday

当我昨天发现的时候

Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

难道你不知道我是从道听途说来的吗

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

I know a man ain't supposed to cry

我知道男人不应该哭泣

But these tears i can't hold inside

但是这些眼泪我无法抑制

Losing you would end my life you see

失去你，我的生命就结束了，你知道吗

Cause you mean that much to me

因为你对我来说太重要了

You could have told me yourself

你可以自己告诉我

That you loved someone else

说你爱上了别人

Instead I heard it through the grapevine

但我却从道听途说来的

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

People say believe half of what you see

人们说，你看到的要信一半

Some and none of what you hear

听到的，有些信，有些别信

But I can't help to be confused

但我还是感到困惑

If it's true please tell me dear

如果是真的，请你告诉我，亲爱的

Do you plan to let me go

你打算放我走吗

For the other guy you loved before

为了你以前爱的那个男人

Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

难道你不知道我是从道听途说来的吗

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Baby, i heard it through the grapevine

宝贝，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

Honey, honey i know

宝贝，宝贝我知道

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

That you letting me go

你要离开我了

I say i heard it through the grapevine

我说我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
knew /nuː/ A1	verb - 知道 (过去)
plans /plænz/ A2	noun - 计划 verb - 计划
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - 忧郁的
loved /lʌvd/ A1	verb - 爱 (过去)
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - 惊喜 verb - 使惊讶
heard /hɜːrd/ A1	verb - 听到 (过去)
grapevine /ˈɡreɪpvaɪn/ B2	noun - 小道消息
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - 失去
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - 思想
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - 哭
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - 眼泪
losing /ˈluːzɪŋ/ B1	verb - 失去
end /end/ A2	verb - 结束 noun - 终点
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - 相信
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ B1	adjective - 困惑的
true /truː/ A1	adjective - 真实的

Grammar:

• I bet you're wondering how I knew

  ➔ 'wondering' 之后的间接疑问句

  ➔ "how I knew" 这个短语是一个间接疑问句。说话者没有问 "How did I know?"（我是怎么知道的？），而是使用 'wondering' 作为介绍性从句。间接疑问句的词序遵循主语-动词顺序，而不是像直接疑问句那样的动词-主语顺序。

• About your plans to make me blue

  ➔ 目的不定式 ('to make me blue')

  ➔ 不定式 "to make me blue" 解释了 "plans" (计划) 的目的。它回答了问题 "What are your plans for?" (你的计划是为了什么？)。答案是：为了让我伤心 (blue)。

• With some other guy you knew before

  ➔ 关系从句 (you knew before)

  ➔ "You knew before" 是一个关系从句，修饰 "some other guy"。关系代词 (that/whom) 已被省略。

• Between the two of us guys

  ➔ 介词 'between' 用于两个实体之间

  ➔ 介词 "between" 用于指示涉及两个实体的关系或比较。在这种情况下，它突出了说话者和另一个男人。

• It took me by surprise I must say

  ➔ 插入语 ('I must say')

  ➔ "I must say" 是一个插入语，为该语句添加强调或个人意见。可以删除它而不影响句子的核心含义。

• Not much longer would you be mine

  ➔ 倒装 (would you be mine) 为了强调

  ➔ 通常，这句话是 "You would not be mine much longer" (你不会再属于我了)。 "would" 和 "you" 的倒装强调了即将到来的损失，并增加了戏剧性的效果。

• I know a man ain't supposed to cry

  ➔ 非正式缩写 ('ain't') 和 'supposed to'

  ➔ "Ain't" 是 "am not", "is not", "are not", "has not", 和 "have not" 的非标准缩写。 "Supposed to" 表达义务或期望。

• But these tears i can't hold inside

  ➔ 省略关系代词 'that' 或 'which'

  ➔ 完整的句子是 'But these tears that I can't hold inside'。连接名词 'tears' 和从句 'I can't hold inside' 的关系代词 'that' 被省略。