Hello in There

• 가수: John Prine
• 앨범: Tree of Forgiveness

가사:

[English]

[中文]

We had an apartment in the city

我们在城市里有一套公寓

And me and Loretta liked living there

我和洛雷塔喜欢住在那里

Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown

好吧，孩子们长大已经很多年了

A life of their own

他们有了自己的生活

And left us alone

把我们留在了这里

John and Linda live in Omaha

约翰和琳达住在奥马哈

And Joe is somewhere on the road

乔在路上的某个地方

We lost Davy in the Korean War

我们在朝鲜战争中失去了戴维

And I still don't know what for

我至今不知道为什么

Don't matter anymore

这已经不重要了

You know that old trees just grow stronger

你知道老树只会长得更强壮

And old rivers grow wilder every day

而老河流每天都变得更加狂野

Old people just grow lonesome

老人们只会变得孤独

Waiting for someone to say

等待有人来说

"Hello in there, hello"

“你好啊，里面的人，您好”

...

...

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more

我和洛雷塔不再多说话

She sits and stares through the back door screen

她坐着透过后门的纱窗凝视

And all the news just repeats itself

所有的新闻都在重复

Like some forgotten dream

就像某个被遗忘的梦

That we've both seen

我们都曾见过

Someday I'll go and call up Rudy

总有一天我会去给鲁迪打电话

We worked together at the factory

我们曾在工厂一起工作

But what could I say if he asks, "What's new?"

但如果他问我‘有什么新鲜事？’我该怎么回答

"Nothin', what's with you?

“没什么，你呢？”

Nothin' much to do"

“没什么好做的”

You know that old trees just grow stronger

你知道老树只会长得更强壮

And old rivers grow wilder every day

而老河流每天都变得更加狂野

Old people just grow lonesome

老人们只会变得孤独

Waiting for someone to say

等待有人来说

"Hello in there, hello"

“你好啊，里面的人，您好”

So if you're walkin' down the street sometime

所以如果你有一天在街上走

And spot some hollow, ancient eyes

看到一些空洞而古老的眼睛

Please don't just pass 'em by and stare

请不要只是路过而不去关注

As if you didn't care

就好像你不在乎一样

Say, "Hello in there, hello"

说一声‘你好啊，里面的人，您好’

...

...

이 노래의 어휘:

어휘	의미
apartment /əˈpɑːrtmənt/ A2	noun - 公寓
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - 城市
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - 孩子们
grown /ɡroʊn/ A1	verb - 长大
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 生活
lost /lɔːst/ A1	verb - 失去
war /wɔːr/ A2	noun - 战争
trees /triːz/ A1	noun - 树木
rivers /ˈrɪvərz/ A1	noun - 河流
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - 人们
lonesome /ˈloʊnsəm/ B2	adjective - 寂寞
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - 门
news /nuːz/ A2	noun - 新闻
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - 梦
factory /ˈfæktəri/ A2	noun - 工厂
street /striːt/ A1	noun - 街道
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - 眼睛
ancient /ˈeɪnʃənt/ B2	adjective - 古老的

문법:

• Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown

  ➔ 过去完成时

  ➔ 过去完成时 ('it'd been' - it had been) 强调了孩子们长大这件事发生在叙述者所指的时间*之前*。 它突出了时间上的距离。 我们用它来表明某件事发生在过去另一件事之前。

• And I still don't know what for

  ➔ 间接疑问句 / 省略

  ➔ 这是一个嵌入在陈述句中的间接疑问句。它是 "I still don't know *what he died for*." 的缩写。 省略号表示省略了多余的词。 这使得它听起来像对话一样自然。

• You know that old trees just grow stronger

  ➔ 普遍真理 / 一般现在时

  ➔ 一般现在时 "grow" 用于表达关于老树的普遍真理或普遍事实。 这赋予该陈述一种永恒性和普遍性的感觉。

• Waiting for someone to say

  ➔ 现在分词作形容词

  ➔ "Waiting" 充当修饰 "old people" 的形容词，描述他们的状态。 它显示了他们持续的行动，并增加了忧郁的语气。

• Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more

  ➔ 主语代词重复 (强调) 和频率副词

  ➔ 主语 "Me and Loretta, we" 的重复是一种略微非标准但有效的方式来强调主语。频率副词 "much" 表示对话量减少。"More" 的意思是“更多”。

• Like some forgotten dream That we've both seen

  ➔ 关系代词被省略的关系子句

  ➔ "That we've both seen" 是一个修饰 "dream" 的关系子句。 关系代词（that/which）在作为关系子句的宾语时可以省略。

• But what could I say if he asks, "What's new?"

  ➔ 第二条件句 (假设)

  ➔ 这句话使用了第二条件句，这是现在或将来的假设情况。 结构是 “if + 过去式，would/could/might + 动词原形”。 这表示不确定性和事件发生的可能性很低。

• As if you didn't care

  ➔ 'As if' 子句 (表达不真实的情况)

  ➔ 短语 “as if” 引入了一个子句，表达了与事实相反的内容。 过去时 “didn't care” 意味着您 *确实* 关心，即使观察您的人可能另有想法。 它强调了外表和现实之间的脱节。