A Century of Elvis – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Belle and Sebastian

歌词与翻译

这首歌以英语讲述，融合了叙事风格和独特人物视角，非常适合学习地道口语表达和如何用词营造氛围。歌词内容丰富，情感层次深刻，能培养理解复杂文本与幽默、含蓄表达相结合的能力。

[中文]

我们坐在客厅的沙发上，

方向坐反了，看着窗外。

很安静，然后我们看到在马路对面的停车场，

是猫王 - 看，就在邮递员的货车旁边，

他绕着邮递员的货车走，

看着敞开的车门。

他看起来好像在考虑上车，

但邮递员回来了，

他就大摇大摆地走了，

走过窗户，下了楼梯，

然后在楼梯底部，正好

在看门人的办公室旁边，

他开始舔人行道。

自从我们搬进那间新房子，现在每天晚上

大约在七点半左右，门外就会传来这种声音，

或者每晚八点左右。

如果我们去看看门外，

猫王就会站在那里，等着被放进来。

然后他会走进客厅，

也许会坐在椅子上，

甚至躺在地板上。

他话不多，

他只是在那里待一两个小时，看着电视。

我们和他聊一会儿，

然后大约十点左右，他会再次离开，

直到第二天晚上才会回来。

这附近有很多小路和东西，

房子周围 - 虽然它就在市中心，但看起来很像乡下，

它藏得很深 - 我想很安全，是为夜生活而建的。

It's dead hidden - safe i suppose, made for night living.

有很多松鼠和鸟，

斯图尔特说他看到过大约九只狐狸

当他跳过栅栏的时候，

去往普赖尔斯路。

有时你可以出去散步，

当你出去走了一小会儿，即使你也不知道

你自己在哪里了，

所以对其他人来说，找到你就更难了。

我想这就是他花那么多时间在那里的原因，

这就是他来那里居住的原因，或者也许只是

因为那些松鼠。

我在哪里读到过他很喜欢松鼠。

这是我们结婚礼物收到的两盘录像带 -

叫做E档案，E档案一和E档案二，讲述的是猫王

应该还活着。

有一次他来的时候，我们正在看其中一盘录像带，

但他什么也没说，只是坐在扶手椅上。

他有点摆弄他的衣领，我们看

完整盘带，然后当它结束时，他只是

站起来走进雾里，什么也没说。

最初几次他来的时候，我根本没和他说话，

我真的不知道该说什么。

凯伦和他聊了很多 -

她似乎比我更知道该怎么做。

他有一种非常奇怪的举止，

他会进入你的东西，翻看它们，然后他可能会

拿起一些东西，玩一会儿，

但他永远不会对任何东西发表任何评论。

在我看来很粗鲁。我只是看着凯伦做什么，

听她如何与他交谈，然后，

过了一段时间，我开始模仿她，告诉他一些事情，

真的不在乎他是否

回应或回复什么。我想第一次

我和他说话的时候，我们坐在夹层楼上，

我说我会告诉他我和小凯伦的事情，

以及我们是如何住在那里的。

我想他可能喜欢我们

住在那里的事实，因为他经常来，所以

我想他可能想知道这是怎么发生的。

我们是倒着来的，我告诉他。

首先，我们彼此认识了，

然后过了一段时间我们见面了，

当我们认识了大约

七年的时候，我们决定举行一个纪念日，

那次进行得很顺利，

所以在纪念日之后，我们度了一个蜜月，

那次也进行得很顺利，

所以在蜜月之后，我们决定结婚。

这就是我们现在住在那里的原因。

我过去常常认为我的爸爸是

猫王，但我还没告诉他。我也没告诉我爸爸。

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[英语]

We were sitting in the living room on the sofa,

The wrong way round, looking out the window.

It was quiet, and then in the car park across the road

We saw elvis - look, there beside the postman's van,

And he was walking round the postman's van,

Looking in the open door.

He looked as if he was thinking about getting in,

But then the postman came back,

And he swaggered off,

Walked past the window and down the stairs,

And then at the bottom of the stairs right

By the caretaker's office,

He started licking the pavement.

Every night now since we moved in that new house

There's this noise outside the door at just about half seven

Or eight o' clock every night.

And if we go and look outside the door,

Elvis'll be standing there waiting to be let in.

And then he wanders into the living room,

Maybe sits down on one of the chairs

Or even lies down on the floor.

He doesn't say much,

He just stays there for an hour or two, watching the tv.

We talk to him a bit,

And then around ten o' clock, he'll go away again,

And not come back until the next night.

There's a lot of lanes and stuff around here,

Around the house - although it's right in the middle

Of the city it seems quite like the country,

It's dead hidden - safe i suppose, made for night living.

There's a lot of squirrels and birds,

And stuart says he's seen about nine foxes

There when he's jumped over the fence on

His way to prior's road.

Sometimes you can go out walking,

And when you've been out for a wee while even you don't know

Where you are anymore,

So it would be pretty hard for anyone else to find you.

I suppose that's why he spends so much time there,

That's why he's come to live there, or maybe it's

Just the squirrels.

I read about somewhere that he likes squirrels quite a lot.

There's these two videos that we got for wedding presents -

Called the e-files, e-files one and e-files two about how elvis is

Supposed to be still alive.

And one time when he came round we were watching one of

Those, but he didn't say anything he just sat on the armchair.

He was playing with his collar a bit, and we watched

It right through and then when it finished he just

Got up and walked off into the mist and didn't say anything.

The first few times he came round i didn't speak to him at all,

I wasn't really sure what to say.

And karen spoke to him quite a lot -

She seemed to know what to do more than i do.

He had quite a strange manner though,

He'd go into your stuff and look through it, then he'd maybe

Pick something up and play with it for a wee while,

But he'd never make any comment about any of it.

Seemed pretty rude to me. i just watched whatever karen did,

And listened to how she talked to him and then,

After a while i started to copy that, and tell him a few things,

Not really bothered about whether he

Responded or said anything back or not. i think the first time

I spoke to him we were sitting up on the mezzanine and

I said that i would tell him about me and wee karen,

And how it was that we'd come to be living there.

I thought he probably liked the fact that we were

Living there because he came round so much, so

I thought he might want to know how it was that it came about.

We did it all over backwards, i told him.

First of all we got to know each other,

And then a while after that we met,

And when we'd known each other for

About seven years we decided to have an anniversary,

And that went quite well,

So after the anniversary we had a honeymoon,

And that went well too,

So after that we decided that we would get married.

That's why we're living there now.

I used to think my dad was

Elvis, but i haven't told him that yet. i haven't told my dad either.

重点词汇

词汇	含义
living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/ B1	noun / adjective - 生存 / 与生命或存在相关
park /pɑːrk/ A2	noun - 公园
walking /ˈwɑː.kɪŋ/ A2	verb / noun - 走路 / 散步
fox /fɒks/ B1	noun - 狐狸
fence /fɛns/ B2	noun - 篱笆
live /lɪv/ B1	verb - 活着 / 居住
mind /maɪnd/ B2	noun / verb - 心智 / 在意
park /pɑːrk/ A2	noun - 公园
door /dɔːr/ A2	noun - 门
sound /saʊnd/ B2	noun / verb / adjective - 声音 / 发声 / 似乎
office /ˈɒf.ɪs/ B1	noun - 办公室
touch /tʌtʃ/ B2	verb / noun - 触摸 / 接触

重点语法结构

• He looked as if he was thinking about getting in.

  ➔ 过去进行时

  ➔ 短语“看起来他在思考”使用过去进行时来描述过去的持续动作。

• There's this noise outside the door at just about half seven.

  ➔ 现在时

  ➔ 短语“有这个噪音”使用现在时来陈述当前情况的事实。

• He started licking the pavement.

  ➔ 过去时

  ➔ 短语“开始舔”使用过去时来指示过去完成的动作。

• He just stays there for an hour or two, watching the tv.

  ➔ 现在时与动名词

  ➔ 短语“呆在那里看电视”将现在时与动名词结合在一起，以描述正在进行的动作。

• I suppose that's why he spends so much time there.

  ➔ 现在时与情态动词

  ➔ 短语“我想这就是原因”使用现在时与情态动词结合，以表达信念或假设。

• I thought he probably liked the fact that we were living there.

  ➔ 过去时与情态动词

  ➔ 短语“我认为他可能喜欢”使用过去时与情态动词结合，以表达过去的信念或假设。

• I haven't told him that yet.

  ➔ 现在完成时

  ➔ 短语“我还没有告诉他”使用现在完成时来指示与现在相关的动作。