Tighten Up

• Por: Archie Bell & the Drells
• Álbum: I Can't Stop Dancing

Letra:

[English]

[中文]

Hi everybody. I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don't

大家好。我是来自德克萨斯州休斯顿的Archie Drell和Drells乐队。我们不仅

Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a

会唱歌，而且跳舞和走路一样棒。在休斯顿，我们刚刚开始了一种

New dance called the Tighten Up. This is the music we tighten up to.

新的舞蹈，叫做“拧紧”。这就是我们跳“拧紧”的音乐。

First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten

首先，鼓手把鼓点“拧紧”。来吧，鼓手。我要你现在就把它

It up for me now. oh yeah

为我“拧紧”。哦耶

Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah

现在把贝斯“拧紧”。把它“拧紧”。哈哈，耶

Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah

现在让吉他加入进来。哦耶

Tighten up on that organ now.

现在把风琴“拧紧”。

Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now.

耶，跳“拧紧”。耶，现在。

I said if you can do it now,

我说，如果你现在能做到，

It sure would be tough.

那一定很难。

Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow.

现在听着。来吧。让它更柔和。

Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up.

让我们现在“拧紧”。跳“拧紧”。

Everybody can do it now. So let's do it.

现在每个人都可以做到。所以让我们开始吧。

We're gonna tighten up. Let's do the tighten up.

我们要“拧紧”。让我们跳“拧紧”。

You can do it now. So baby get to it.

你现在可以做到。所以宝贝，开始吧。

Let's do your left now. Let's do your right.

现在让我们做左边。让我们做右边。

You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.

你可以做到。但不要只是轻轻地做。

Come on and tighten up. Tighten it up now.

来吧， “拧紧”。现在把它“拧紧”。

Come on now drum. Tighten it up.

来吧，鼓。把它“拧紧”。

Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah

把贝斯“拧紧”。哦耶

Now look here. I want that guitar to fall in on that.

现在听着。我希望吉他能加入进来。

Tighten it up now. Oh yeah

现在把它“拧紧”。哦耶

Now tighten it up organ.

现在把风琴“拧紧”。

There everybody, tighten it up.

好了，大家，把它“拧紧”。

Now look here. We gonna make it mellow for ya now.

现在听着。我们要让它现在为你变得柔和。

We gonna make it mellow now.

我们要让它现在变得柔和。

Tighten up. You can tighten up.

“拧紧”。你可以“拧紧”。

Vocabulário nesta música:

Vocabulário	Significados
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - 跳舞 noun - 舞蹈
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - 走路 noun - 步行
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 音乐
drums /drʌmz/ A1	noun - 鼓
drummer /ˈdrʌmər/ A2	noun - 鼓手
bass /beɪs/ A2	noun - 低音 noun - 贝斯吉他
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1	noun - 吉他
organ /ˈɔːrɡən/ A2	noun - 风琴
mellow /ˈmeloʊ/ B2	adjective - 醇厚的 verb - 变得醇厚
tighten /ˈtaɪtn/ B1	verb - 拧紧
tough /tʌf/ B1	adjective - 困难的
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - 落下

Gramática:

• We don't only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.

  ➔ 关联连词 (不但…而且), 比较级

  ➔ 隐含地使用“不但…而且”结构（“而且”被省略但可以理解）。“Just as good as”是一个简单的比较，使用“as + 形容词 + as”。

• In Houston we just started a new dance called the Tighten Up.

  ➔ 过去时

  ➔ "Started"是动词"start"的过去式，表示过去已完成的动作。

• This is the music we tighten up to.

  ➔ 关系从句末尾的介词

  ➔ 介词 "to" 放在句末，这是一种常见的（虽然有时有争议）结构。隐含的关系代词是 "that" 或 "which"。“This is the music (that/which) we tighten up to.”

• Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten it up for me now. oh yeah

  ➔ 祈使语气，宾语+不定式

  ➔ "Come on" 是一个鼓励性的祈使句。“I want you to tighten it up” 使用了 “want + 宾语 + to-不定式” 的结构，表示希望某人执行一个动作。

• I said if you can do it now, It sure would be tough.

  ➔ 条件句 (混合型)

  ➔ 这是一个混合条件句。这是一个不寻常的结构，其中条件指的是现在 (“if you can do it now”)，而结果是关于困难的一般性陈述。

• But don'tcha just do it light.

  ➔ 缩写，否定祈使句，方式副词

  ➔ “Don'tcha” 是 “don't you” 的缩写。“Don't do it” 是否定祈使句。“Light” 在这里用作副词（尽管是非正式的），用于描述做事的方式 *不应该* 做的（轻轻地）。