When I Was Your Man

• By: Bruno Mars
• Album: Unorthodox Jukebox

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now

同张床，感觉却大了那么一点点

Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same

电台里放着我们的歌，但听起来却变了味

When our friends talk about you

当朋友们谈起你

All it does is just tear me down

只会让我更加失落

'Cause my heart breaks a little

因为我的心会微微刺痛

When I hear your name

当我听到你的名字

It all just sounds like ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

一切听起来都像 喔喔，喔喔

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Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize

太年轻，太愚蠢，没有意识到

That I should've bought you flowers

我应该给你买花的

And held your hand

并且牵着你的手

Should've gave you all my hours

应该把我的所有时间都给你

When I had the chance

当我有机会的时候

Take you to every party

带你去参加每个派对

'Cause all you wanted to do was dance

因为你只想跳舞

Now my baby's dancing

现在我的宝贝在跳舞

But she's dancing with another man

但她却和别人跳舞

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My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways

我的骄傲，我的自负，我的需求，和我的自私

Caused a good strong woman like you

让像你这样坚强优秀的女人

To walk out my life

离开了我的生活

Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made

现在我永远，永远无法收拾我造成的烂摊子

And it haunts me every time I close my eyes

它在我每次闭上眼睛时都困扰着我

It all just sounds like ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

一切听起来都像 喔喔，喔喔

Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize

太年轻，太愚蠢，没有意识到

That I should've bought you flowers

我应该给你买花的

And held your hand

并且牵着你的手

Should've gave you all my hours

应该把我的所有时间都给你

When I had the chance

当我有机会的时候

Take you to every party

带你去参加每个派对

'Cause all you wanted to do was dance

因为你只想跳舞

Now my baby's dancing

现在我的宝贝在跳舞

But she's dancing with another man

但她却和别人跳舞

Although it hurts

即使这很伤人

I'll be the first to say that I was wrong

我会第一个承认我错了

Oh, I know I'm probably much too late

我知道现在道歉可能太晚了

To try and apologize for my mistakes

想为我的错误道歉

But I just want you to know

但我只是想让你知道

I hope he buys you flowers

我希望他会给你买花

I hope he holds your hand

我希望他会牵着你的手

Give you all his hours

把他的所有时间都给你

When he has the chance

当他有机会的时候

Take to every party

带你去参加每个派对

'Cause I remember how much you loved to dance

因为我记得你有多么喜欢跳舞

Do all the things I should have done

做所有我应该做的事情

When I was your man

当我是你的男人时

Do all the things I should have done

做所有我应该做的事情

When I was your man

当我是你的男人时

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
feels /fiːlz/ A1	verb - 感觉
sound /saʊnd/ A1	verb - 听起来 noun - 声音
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - 朋友
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - 说话
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - 心脏
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - 名字
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - 年轻
flowers /ˈflaʊ.ərz/ A1	noun - 花
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - 手
chance /tʃæns/ A2	noun - 机会
party /ˈpɑːr.ti/ A1	noun - 派对
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - 跳舞 noun - 舞蹈
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - 骄傲
ego /ˈiː.ɡoʊ/ B2	noun - 自我
selfish /ˈsel.fɪʃ/ B1	adjective - 自私的
strong /strɒŋ/ A1	adjective - 坚强
woman /ˈwʊm.ən/ A1	noun - 女人
haunts /hɔːnts/ B2	verb - 经常出没
mistakes /mɪˈsteɪks/ A2	noun - 错误
hurts /hɜːrts/ A1	verb - 使受伤

Grammar:

• Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now

  ➔ 比较形容词与“a little bit”

  ➔ 短语“a little bit bigger”表示尺寸上略有不同。“a little bit”修饰比较形容词“bigger”，表示略有增加。

• All it does is just tear me down

  ➔ 以“All”开头的分裂句

  ➔ 这句话强调了朋友谈话的唯一作用，即“tear me down（让我崩溃）”。“All it does is + 动词”结构突出了这种特定行为是唯一的结果。

• Too young, too dumb to realize

  ➔ 形容词 + "too" + 形容词 + "to" + 不定式

  ➔ 此结构表示该主语过于年轻和愚蠢，以至于他们不可能或难以意识到某些事情。它描述了一种过去的状态。

• That I should've bought you flowers

  ➔ 情态动词 "should have" + 过去分词

  ➔ "Should have bought"表达了对过去没有做的事情的遗憾。这意味着买花是正确或应该做的事情。

• Caused a good strong woman like you To walk out my life

  ➔ 使役动词 'caused' + 宾语 + 带 'to' 的不定式

  ➔ 动词 'caused' 表示说话者的行为导致了该女子离开。“caused someone to do something” 是一种常见的使役结构。

• Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made

  ➔ 一般现在时与频率副词 'never' 用于强调

  ➔ 'never' 的重复加剧了失落感和不可能。 它强调说话者绝对没有机会纠正自己的错误。

• Although it hurts I'll be the first to say that I was wrong

  ➔ 从属连词 'although' 引导让步从句

  ➔ 'Although' 引入与主句形成对比的陈述。 它承认痛苦，但强调了说话者承认错误的意愿。