City of New Orleans
歌词:
[English]
Riding on the city of new orleans,
Illinois central monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
Good morning america how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Dealin' card with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Oh won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steam.*
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream.*
Nighttime on the city of new orleans,
Changing cars in memphis, tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.
Good night, america, how are you?
Don't you know me i'm your native son,
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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这首歌中的词汇:
词汇 | 含义 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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train /treɪn/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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cars /kɑːrz/ A1 |
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riders /ˈraɪdər/ A2 |
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conductors /kənˈdʌktər/ B1 |
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/meɪl/ A2 |
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southbound /ˈsaʊθbaʊnd/ B1 |
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pulls /pʊlz/ A1 |
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houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ A1 |
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farms /fɑːrmz/ A1 |
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fields /fiːldz/ A1 |
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freight /freɪt/ B1 |
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graveyards /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/ B2 |
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rusted /ˈrʌstɪd/ B1 |
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automobiles /ˈɔːtəməbiːlz/ B2 |
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B1 |
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score /skɔːr/ A2 |
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wheels /wiːlz/ A1 |
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sons /sʌnz/ A1 |
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fathers /ˈfɑːðər/ A1 |
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mothers /ˈmʌðər/ A1 |
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babes /beɪbz/ A2 |
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asleep /əˈsliːp/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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nighttime /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ A2 |
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home /hoʊm/ A1 |
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morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1 |
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darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1 |
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towns /taʊnz/ A1 |
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people /ˈpiːpl/ A1 |
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dream /driːm/ A1 |
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steel /stiːl/ A2 |
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sings /sɪŋz/ A1 |
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blues /bluːz/ B1 |
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语法:
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Riding on the city of New Orleans...
➔ 现在分词作动词
➔ “Riding”是动词“ride”的现在分词,此处用于句首,并作为动词使用,表示正在进行的动作。它是“We are riding”的缩写形式。
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I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
➔ 简单将来时与时间从句
➔ “I'll be gone”使用简单将来时来表达一个未来的动作。“when the day is done”是由“when”引导的时间从句,表示未来动作完成的时间。
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
➔ 双重否定和非标准英语
➔ “ain't no one”是双重否定。在标准英语中,应该是“isn't anyone”或“is no one”。 “ain't”的使用也是非标准的。
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Passin' trains that have no names,
➔ 现在分词'Passin''作为修饰语和关系从句
➔ “Passin'”是“pass”的现在分词,用作修饰词,描述火车的类型。“that have no names”是一个关系从句,进一步描述了这些火车。
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Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
➔ 祈使语气和动名词短语用作直接宾语
➔ “Feel”是祈使语气,表示命令。“the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor”充当动词“feel”的直接宾语。“Rumblin'”是修饰“wheels”的动名词。