Who's Making Love

• By: Johnnie Taylor
• Album: The Very Best Of Johnnie Taylor

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

All you fellows, gather 'round me

伙计们，都围过来听我说

And let me give you some good advice

让我给你们一些忠告

What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now

我现在要问你们一个问题

You better think about it twice

你们最好仔细想想

While you're out cheating on your woman

当你们在外拈花惹草的时候

There's something you never even thought of, and that is

有些事情你们可能从未想过，那就是

Who's making love to your old lady

谁在和你老婆亲热

While you were out making love (hear me now)

当你们在外寻欢作乐的时候 (听着)

Who's making love to your old lady

谁在和你老婆亲热

While you were out making love

当你们在外寻欢作乐的时候

I've seen so, so many fellows

我见过太多太多的人

Fall in that same old bag

掉进同样的陷阱

Thinking that a woman is made to,

以为女人天生就该

To be beat on and treated so bad

被你打骂和虐待

Oh, fellows, let me ask you something

哦，伙计们，让我问你们一件事

I'm sure that you never even dreamed of,

我相信你们做梦也没想到

Who's making love to your old lady

谁在和你老婆亲热

While you were out making love

当你们在外寻欢作乐的时候

Who's making love to your old lady

谁在和你老婆亲热

While you were out making love

当你们在外寻欢作乐的时候

I know there are some women gives the other excuse

我知道有些女人会找借口

I'm not tryin' to run your life, boy it's up to you

我不想左右你的人生，一切都取决于你

Oh, you oh, you,

哦，你，哦，你

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Reason why I ask this question

我问这个问题的原因是

I used to be the same old way

我曾经也是那样

When I decided to straighten up

当我决定改邪归正的时候

I found it was a bit too late

我发现已经有点晚了

Oh, that's when it all happened

哦，就在那时，一切都发生了

Something I never, never dreamed of

我从未，从未梦想过的事情

Somebody was-a lovin' my old lady

有人正在爱着我的女人

While I was out making love

当我在外寻欢作乐的时候

Somebody was-a lovin' my old lady

有人正在爱着我的女人

While I was out making love

当我在外寻欢作乐的时候

Now who's making love to your old lady

现在，谁在和你老婆亲热

While you were out making love

当你们在外寻欢作乐的时候

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fellows /ˈfel.oʊz/ B1	noun - 伙计们，男人们
advice /ədˈvaɪs/ B1	noun - 建议
cheating /ˈtʃiːtɪŋ/ B2	verb - 欺骗
woman /ˈwʊm.ən/ A1	noun - 女人
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - 爱 verb - 爱
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - 老的
lady /ˈleɪ.di/ A2	noun - 女士
many /ˈmen.i/ A1	adjective - 许多
fall /fɑːl/ A2	verb - 落下
bag /bæɡ/ A1	noun - 袋子
beat /biːt/ B1	verb - 打
treated /ˈtriː.tɪd/ A2	verb - 对待
sure /ʃʊr/ A2	adjective - 确定的
dreamed /driːmd/ B1	verb - 做梦
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 生命
question /ˈkwes.tʃən/ A2	noun - 问题
reason /ˈriː.zən/ B1	noun - 理由
straighten /ˈstreɪ.tən/ B2	verb - 弄直
late /leɪt/ A1	adjective - 晚的

Grammar:

• All you fellows, gather 'round me

  ➔ 祈使语气

  ➔ "gather 'round me" 这个短语是一个直接的命令或请求。祈使语气用于发出命令、指示或提出请求。

• And let me give you some good advice

  ➔ 使用 "let" 来表达许可/建议

  ➔ "Let me give" 表达了提供建议的意愿。“Let”作为许可或温和的命令。

• What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now

  ➔ 非正式缩写 "gonna"

  ➔ "Gonna" 是 "going to" 的口语缩写，用于表达未来的意图。在口语英语和非正式语境中很常见。

• You better think about it twice

  ➔ "Had better" 缩写为 "better"

  ➔ "You better" 是 "You had better" 的缩写，表达了一个强烈的建议或警告，如果被忽略，将会产生负面后果。它暗示了一种义务感。

• While you're out cheating on your woman

  ➔ 现在进行时用来描述现在正在发生的动作或习惯性动作

  ➔ "You're out cheating" 使用现在进行时来描述正在重复发生或在当前时间左右发生的动作。它创造了一种持续行为的感觉。

• There's something you never even thought of, and that is

  ➔ 存在 "there is/there are"

  ➔ "There's something" 介绍了以前未考虑过的某件事的存在。缩写形式 "there's" 通常使用。

• Thinking that a woman is made to, To be beat on and treated so bad

  ➔ 被动语态 ("is made to be beaten")

  ➔ "is made to be beat on and treated" 这个短语使用被动语态来强调女性是行动 (殴打和虐待) 的接受者，而不是行动者。

• I know there are some women gives the other excuse

  ➔ 主谓一致错误

  ➔ 正确的形式应该是 "give"，因为主语是复数 "women"。