January Hymn

• By: The Decemberists
• Album: The King Is Dead

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

On a winter's Sunday I go

在冬日的周日，我出门

To clear away the snow and green the ground below

拂去积雪，让脚下的土地重现绿色

April, all an ocean away, is this the better way to spend the day?

四月还远在天边，这样度过今天会更好吗？

Keeping the winter at bay

抵御着冬日的侵袭

What were the words I meant to say before you left?

在你离开之前，我本想说些什么？

When I could see your breath lead where you were going to

我曾能看到你的呼吸指引着你前进的方向

Maybe I should just let it be and maybe it will all come back to me

也许我该顺其自然，也许一切都会回到我身边

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Sing, oh, January hymn

唱吧，哦，一月的圣歌

How I lived a childhood in snow

我的童年是如何在雪中度过的

And all my teens in tow, stuffed in strata of clothes

我的整个青春期，都裹在厚厚的衣服里

Pale the winter days after dark

黑暗之后，冬日愈发苍白

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Wandering the gray memorial park, a fleeting beating of hearts

在灰色的纪念公园里徘徊，感受着短暂的心跳

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What were the words I meant to say before you left?

在你离开之前，我本想说些什么？

When I could see her breath lead where she was going to

我曾能看到她的呼吸指引着她前进的方向

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Maybe I should just let it be and maybe it will all come back to me

也许我该顺其自然，也许一切都会回到我身边

Sing, oh, Janu, oh January, oh

唱吧，哦，一月，哦，一月，哦

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
winter /ˈwɪntər/ A2	noun - 冬天 adjective - 冬天的
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - 雪 verb - 下雪
green /ɡriːn/ A1	adjective - 绿色 verb - 变绿
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adverb - 离开
spend /spend/ A2	verb - 花费 (时间，金钱)
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - 词语
breath /breθ/ B1	noun - 呼吸
lead /liːd/ B1	verb - 引导
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - 唱歌
childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ B1	noun - 童年
teens /tiːnz/ A2	noun - 青少年时期
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - 衣服
pale /peɪl/ B1	adjective - 苍白的
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - 黑暗的
wandering /ˈwɑːndərɪŋ/ B2	verb - 漫游
gray /ɡreɪ/ A2	adjective - 灰色
memorial /məˈmɔːriəl/ B2	adjective - 纪念的 noun - 纪念碑
fleeting /ˈfliːtɪŋ/ C1	adjective - 短暂的

Grammar:

• To clear away the snow and green the ground below

  ➔ 目的不定式

  ➔ 不定式短语 "To clear away the snow" 解释了在冬日星期天去的目的。

• April, all an ocean away, is this the better way to spend the day?

  ➔ 为了强调而倒装 / 反问句

  ➔ 句子颠倒了标准的主语-动词顺序 ("Is this the better way...") 来强调这个问题。 这也是一个反问句，因为说话者可能已经对这个问题有了自己的看法。

• What were the words I meant to say before you left?

  ➔ 嵌入式问题中的过去完成时 / 间接引语

  ➔ 嵌入式问题使用了过去完成时 ("meant to say")，因为说话者指的是在对方离开之前发生的意图。

• When I could see your breath lead where you were going to

  ➔ 情态动词 'could' 来表达过去的能力 / 间接疑问句

  ➔ 'Could' 表达了说话者过去能够看到呼吸的能力。 'where' 从句充当名词从句，指定目的地。

• Maybe I should just let it be and maybe it will all come back to me

  ➔ 情态动词 'should' 表示建议； 一般将来时 'will' 表示预测

  ➔ 'Should' 表达了对说话者的建议。 'Will' 表达了对未来的预测（话语会回来）。

• How I lived a childhood in snow

  ➔ 作为主语补语的从句

  ➔ 这个短语是更大的结构的一部分，例如 'Sing, oh, January hymn, (about) how I lived a childhood in snow'。 'how' 从句充当主语补语，描述赞美诗的主题。

• And all my teens in tow, stuffed in strata of clothes

  ➔ 分词短语（简化的关系从句）

  ➔ "Stuffed in strata of clothes" 是一个分词短语，描述了青少年们的状态。 它是关系从句的简化形式： "who were stuffed in strata of clothes"。