The Last Thing On My Mind

• By: Tom Paxton

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

It's a lesson too late for the learnin'

这教训醒悟太迟

Made of sand, made of sand

沙做的，沙做的

In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'

转眼间我的灵魂已变

In your hand, in your hand

在你手中，在你手中

Are you going away with no word of farewell?

你一声不吭就要离开吗？

Will there be not a trace left behind?

不会留下一点痕迹吗？

Well, I could have loved you better

好吧，我本可以更爱你

Didn't mean to be unkind

并非有意不体贴

You know that was the last thing on my mind

你知道那并非我本意

You've got reasons a-plenty for goin'

你有充分的理由离开

This I know, this I know

我知道，我知道

For the weeds have been steadily growin'

因为杂草一直在生长

Please don't go, please don't go

请别走，请别走

Are you going away with no word of farewell?

你一声不吭就要离开吗？

Will there be not a trace left behind?

不会留下一点痕迹吗？

Well, I could have loved you better

好吧，我本可以更爱你

Didn't mean to be unkind

并非有意不体贴

You know that was the last thing on my mind

你知道那并非我本意

...

...

As I lie in my bed in the mornin'

当我在清晨躺在床上

Without you, without you

没有你，没有你

Each song in my breast dies abornin'

我心中的每首歌都胎死腹中

Without you, without you

没有你，没有你

Are you going away with no word of farewell?

你一声不吭就要离开吗？

Will there be not a trace left behind?

不会留下一点痕迹吗？

Well, I could have loved you better

好吧，我本可以更爱你

Didn't mean to be unkind

并非有意不体贴

You know that was the last thing on my mind

你知道那并非我本意

That was the last thing on my mind

那并非我本意

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
lesson /ˈles.ən/ A2	noun - 教训
sand /sænd/ A1	noun - 沙子
wink /wɪŋk/ B2	noun - 眨眼 verb - 眨眼
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - 灵魂
turn /tɜːrn/ A2	verb - 转动
farewell /ˌferˈwel/ B2	noun - 告别
trace /treɪs/ B2	noun - 痕迹
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - 爱 noun - 爱
unkind /ʌnˈkaɪnd/ B1	adjective - 不友善的
reasons /ˈriːzənz/ A2	noun - 理由
weeds /wiːdz/ B1	noun - 杂草
grow /ɡroʊ/ A1	verb - 生长
bed /bed/ A1	noun - 床
mornin' /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - 早晨
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - 歌
breast /brest/ B1	noun - 胸部
dies /daɪz/ A1	verb - 死

Grammar:

• It's a lesson too late for the learnin'

  ➔ 动名词在介词短语"for the learning"中作名词

  ➔ 这里使用了动词的动名词形式 ("learn**ing**") 作为名词。“for the learn**ing**”这个短语充当介词“for”的宾语，表示目的或原因。

• Made of sand, made of sand

  ➔ 被动语态省略助动词和主语

  ➔ 这是一个简短的被动结构。它暗示“It is made of sand”或“They are made of sand”。为了简洁和诗意的效果，省略了助动词（“is”，“are”）和潜在的主语（例如，“it”，“they”）。

• In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'

  ➔ 现在进行时 ("turnin'")与省略结构

  ➔ "Is turnin'" 是现在进行时，表示正在发生的动作。“turnin'”中的撇号是省略的例子 - 省略了“g”以获得更口语化，更像歌曲的感觉。完整的句子是 “my soul is turning”。

• Will there be not a trace left behind?

  ➔ 将来时，倒装句用于提问

  ➔ 正常的句子顺序应该是“There will not be a trace left behind.”。为了形成问题，助动词“will”放在主语“there”之前。

• Well, I could have loved you better

  ➔ 第三条件句 - 非真实过去

  ➔ 这是第三条件句的一部分（尽管“if”从句是隐含的）。它表达了对过去未发生的事情的遗憾。结构是“could have” + 过去分词 (loved)。表明更好地爱的机会已经过去了。

• Didn't mean to be unkind

  ➔ 'Mean'之后的带目的不定式

  ➔ "To be unkind" 是一个不定式短语，表达了目的或意图。“Didn't mean to be unkind” 表明说话者的意图 *不是* 不友善的。 “Mean”在这里接不定式。

• You know that was the last thing on my mind

  ➔ 名词性从句作为直接宾语，带有指示代词 'that'

  ➔ 从句 “that was the last thing on my mind” 充当动词 “know” 的直接宾语。“that”一词引导名词性从句。