Who's Making Love

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

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[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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Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:

Vocabulaire	Significations
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

Grammaire:

• All you fellows, gather 'round me

  ➔ 祈使语气

  ➔ 动词 "gather" 是祈使语气，用于向 "fellows" 发出命令或指示。

• And let me give you some good advice

  ➔ "Let" + 宾语人称代词 + 不定式 (不带 "to")

  ➔ 结构 "let me give" 使用 "let"，后跟一个宾语人称代词 ("me") 和动词的原形 ("give")。它表达了允许或授权说话者做某事。

• What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now

  ➔ 用 "gonna" 表示将来时 (非正式)

  ➔ "Gonna" 是 "going to" 的口语缩写，表示未来的意图。重复强调了该意图。

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

  ➔ 关系从句（简化）中省略了关系代词

  ➔ 从句 "you never even thought of" 修饰 "something"。关系代词 "that" 或 "which" 被省略。

• While you were out making love

  ➔ 过去进行时 (进行中的动作)

  ➔ 过去进行时 "were making" 描述了过去正在进行的动作，与另一个动作或事件同时发生。它表明在过去的某个时间点，你 "were making love"。

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

  ➔ 带有不定式的被动语态："is made to be beat"

  ➔ "is made to be beat" 使用被动语态来表示女性遭受殴打。虽然在语法上不常见，并且在正式写作中可能不正确，但它强调了被殴打的行为。

• I know there are some women gives the other excuse

  ➔ 主谓一致错误 ("women gives")

  ➔ 主语 "women" 是复数，所以动词应该是 "give" 而不是 "gives"。这可能是在非正式语音或歌曲歌词中使用的故意语法错误。

• Reason why I ask this question

  ➔ 使用 "why" 引导原因的从属子句

  ➔ "why" 用作从属连词，用于介绍提问的原因。完整的句子可能是 "The reason why I ask this question is..."。 在这首歌中 "the reason" 被省略了，这在口语中很常见。