I Heard It Through The Grapevine

• 作者: Marvin Gaye

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

I bet you're wondering how I knew

你一定在想我是怎么知道的吧

About your plans to make me blue

关于你让我伤心的计划

With some other guy you knew before

和你以前认识的某个男人在一起

Between the two of us guys

在我们两个男人之间

You know I loved you more

你知道我更爱你

It took me by surprise I must say

我必须说，这让我很吃惊

When I found out yesterday

当我昨天发现的时候

Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

难道你不知道我是从道听途说来的吗

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

I know a man ain't supposed to cry

我知道男人不应该哭泣

But these tears i can't hold inside

但是这些眼泪我无法抑制

Losing you would end my life you see

失去你，我的生命就结束了，你知道吗

Cause you mean that much to me

因为你对我来说太重要了

You could have told me yourself

你可以自己告诉我

That you loved someone else

说你爱上了别人

Instead I heard it through the grapevine

但我却从道听途说来的

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

People say believe half of what you see

人们说，你看到的要信一半

Some and none of what you hear

听到的，有些信，有些别信

But I can't help to be confused

但我还是感到困惑

If it's true please tell me dear

如果是真的，请你告诉我，亲爱的

Do you plan to let me go

你打算放我走吗

For the other guy you loved before

为了你以前爱的那个男人

Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

难道你不知道我是从道听途说来的吗

Not much longer would you be mine

你不再属于我了

Baby, i heard it through the grapevine

宝贝，我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

噢，我快要崩溃了

Honey, honey yeah

宝贝，宝贝耶

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

Honey, honey i know

宝贝，宝贝我知道

I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine, baby

我是从道听途说来的，你不再属于我了，宝贝

That you letting me go

你要离开我了

I say i heard it through the grapevine

我说我是从道听途说来的

Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

噢，我是从道听途说来的

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这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
knew /nuː/ A1	verb - 知道 (过去)
plans /plænz/ A2	noun - 计划 verb - 计划
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - 忧郁的
loved /lʌvd/ A1	verb - 爱 (过去)
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - 惊喜 verb - 使惊讶
heard /hɜːrd/ A1	verb - 听到 (过去)
grapevine /ˈɡreɪpvaɪn/ B2	noun - 小道消息
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - 失去
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - 思想
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - 哭
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - 眼泪
losing /ˈluːzɪŋ/ B1	verb - 失去
end /end/ A2	verb - 结束 noun - 终点
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - 相信
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ B1	adjective - 困惑的
true /truː/ A1	adjective - 真实的

语法:

• I bet you're wondering how I knew

  ➔ 间接疑问句

  ➔ 短语 "how I knew" 作为一个名词性从句，嵌入在主句中。不是像 "How did I know?" 这样的直接提问，而是表达了对对方想法的陈述。这种结构在英语中很常见，可以缓和问题或表达好奇。

• With some other guy you knew before

  ➔ 关系从句（简化）

  ➔ 短语 "you knew before" 是一个简化的关系从句，修饰 "some other guy"。完整的句子应该是 "some other guy *that/whom* you knew before"。关系代词 (that/whom) 被省略。

• Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

  ➔ 反问句

  ➔ 虽然不是字面意义上的附加疑问句，但 "Don't you know that..." 起着类似的作用，邀请同意或强调一个观点。它表达了对听众竟然不知道信息的不信任。

• Not much longer would you be mine

  ➔ 倒装 (为了强调)

  ➔ 通常情况下，句子应该是 "You would not be mine much longer"。“would” 和 "you" 的倒装强调了短语 "Not much longer”，吸引人们注意关系中剩余的有限时间。这是为了戏剧性的效果。

• I know a man ain't supposed to cry

  ➔ 非标准方言 ("ain't")

  ➔ "Ain't" 是一种非标准缩略语，通常在非正式讲话中使用或表示特定方言。在这种语境下，它代替了 "is not"。请注意，在标准英语中，“I know that a man is not supposed to cry” 将是常见的表达方式。

• But these tears i can't hold inside

  ➔ 省略 'that'

  ➔ 单词“that”可以在充当动词对象的定语从句中省略。完整的句子是“But these tears that I can't hold inside”。