Cabaret

• 가수: Liza Minnelli
• 앨범: Cabaret (Original Soundtrack)

가사:

[English]

[中文]

What good is sitting

坐在这里有什么好处

Alone in your room?

独自一人在你的房间里？

Come hear the music play

来听听音乐吧

Life is a cabaret, old chum

生活就是个歌舞厅，老朋友

Come to the cabaret

来歌舞厅吧

Put down the knitting

放下你的编织

The book and the broom

书和扫帚

It's time for a holiday

是时候度假了

Life is a cabaret, old chum

生活就是个歌舞厅，老朋友

Come to the cabaret

来歌舞厅吧

Come taste the wine

来尝尝酒

Come hear the band

来听听乐队

Come blow your horn

来吹响你的号角

Start celebrating

开始庆祝吧

Right this way your table's waiting

这边走，你的桌子在等着

What goods permitting

有什么好处呢

Some prophet of doom?

某个末日的先知？

To wipe every smile away

抹去每一个微笑

Life is a cabaret, old chum

生活就是个歌舞厅，老朋友

So come to the cabaret

所以来歌舞厅吧

I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie

我曾经有个女朋友叫艾尔西

With whom I shared for sordid rooms in Chelsea

我们在切尔西共用肮脏的房间

She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower

她可不是你所说的娇羞花

As a matter of fact she rented by the hour

事实上她是按小时租的

The day she died the neighbors came to snick her

她去世那天，邻居们来窃笑

Well, that is what comes from too much pills and liquor

这就是过量药物和酒精的后果

But when I saw her laid out like a queen

但当我看到她像女王一样躺着

She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen

她是我见过的最快乐的尸体

I think of Elsie to this very day

直到今天我还在想艾尔西

I remember how she'd turned to me and say

我记得她转向我说

"What good is sitting"

“坐在这里有什么好处”

"All alone in your room?"

“独自一人在你的房间里？”

"Come hear the music play"

“来听听音乐吧”

"Life is a cabaret, old chum"

“生活就是个歌舞厅，老朋友”

"Come to the cabaret"

“来歌舞厅吧”

And as for me, huh

至于我，哈

And as for me

至于我

I made my mind up back in Chelsea

我在切尔西时就下定了决心

When I go... I'm going like Elsie

当我走... 我会像艾尔西一样走

Start by admitting

首先承认

From cradle to tomb

从摇篮到坟墓

It isn't that long a stay

这并不是很长的停留

Life is a cabaret, old chum

生活就是个歌舞厅，老朋友

It's only a cabaret, old chum

这只是个歌舞厅，老朋友

And I love a cabaret...

我爱歌舞厅...

...

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이 노래의 어휘:

어휘	의미
cabaret /ˈkæbəreɪ/ B2	noun - 提供娱乐的餐厅或夜总会
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 在时间上排列声音的艺术
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 区分动物和植物与无机物的状态
table /ˈteɪbl/ A1	noun - 有平坦顶部和一个或多个腿的家具
wine /waɪn/ A2	noun - 由发酵葡萄制成的酒精饮料
celebrate /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt/ B1	verb - 通过社交聚会或愉快的活动来承认一个重要或快乐的日子或事件
happy /ˈhæpi/ A2	adjective - 感到或表现出愉快或满足
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - 由墙、地板和天花板围成的建筑的一部分
smile /smaɪl/ A2	noun - 嘴角向上弯曲的面部表情
queen /kwiːn/ A2	noun - 独立国家的女性统治者，特别是通过出生继承该职位的人
chum /tʃʌm/ B2	noun - 亲密的朋友
knitting /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ B1	noun - 通过交错纱线的环来制作衣物的工艺
prophet /ˈprɒfɪt/ B2	noun - 被视为神的意志的启发性教师或宣告者的人
hour /ˈaʊər/ A2	noun - 等于60分钟的时间段

문법:

• Life is a cabaret, old chum

  ➔ 一般现在时

  ➔ 用于陈述普遍的事实或永远有效的真理。

• Come taste the wine

  ➔ 祈使句

  ➔ 直接发出命令或邀请采取行动。

• What good is sitting alone in your room?

  ➔ 以'什么好处' + 名词组成的疑问句

  ➔ 询问某行为的价值或益处。

• Start celebrating

  ➔ 祈使句

  ➔ 表达开始庆祝的命令或建议。

• From cradle to tomb

  ➔ 表示时间段的介词短语

  ➔ 描述从出生到终结的人生整个时期。

• It's only a cabaret, old chum

  ➔ 只是 + 名词短语

  ➔ 用简单的谓语强调某事的微不足道或简单。

• I made my mind up back in Chelsea

  ➔ 过去式，'made' +所有格代词+名词短语

  ➔ 表达过去做出的决策或坚定的选择。