It´s not easy

• 作者: Lucky Dube

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

Uuuhhh! yeaahh haahh ahh

呜！耶！哈！啊！

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Lord of mercy!

主啊，怜悯我！

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I remember the day I called mama on the telephone

我记得那天我给妈妈打电话。

I told her mama I'm getting married, I could hear her voice

我告诉她，妈妈，我要结婚了，我能听到她的声音。

On the other side of the telephone, she was smiling

在电话的另一端，她在微笑。

And she asked me a question that I proudly answered

她问了我一个问题，我骄傲地回答了。

She said, "Son did you take time to know her?"

她说：“儿子，你花时间了解她了吗？”

I said mama she's the best but today it hurts me so

我说，妈妈，她是最好的，但今天我好痛。

To go back to mama and say mama I'm getting divorced

要回去告诉妈妈，妈妈，我要离婚了。

Oh I'm getting divorced

哦，我要离婚了。

This choice I made didn't work out

我做的这个选择没有奏效。

The way I thought it would

不像我想象的那样。

This choice I made. It hurts me so mama,

我做的这个选择，妈妈，我好痛。

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This choice i made, didnt work out the way i thought it would, this choice of mine oh!

我做的这个选择，不像我想象的那样，我的这个选择啊！

Mama said me.

妈妈对我说。

It's not easy to understand it son

儿子，这不容易理解。

But I hope you'll make it, you'll be happy again. 2x

但我希望你能挺过去，你会再次快乐的。 2x

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I remember in church, when the preacher man read the scriptures

我记得在教堂里，当牧师诵读经文的时候。

You looked so beautiful, so beautiful and so innocent

你看起来那么美丽，那么美丽，那么纯真。

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I did not know that behind that beauty

我不知道在那美丽背后。

Lies the true colors that will destroy me in the near future

隐藏着在不久的将来会毁灭我的真实面目。

This choice I made didn't work out to be what i thought it be

我做的这个选择，并没有像我想象的那样。

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Oh!, mama

哦！妈妈！

This choice i made didnt work out the way i thought it would now am hurting.

我做的这个选择，并没有像我想象的那样，现在我好痛。

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I remember when I held you

我记得我牵着你的手。

By the hand preacher man read the scriptures

牧师诵读经文。

Putting words in your mouth.

将誓言放进你的嘴里。

Maybe what the preacher man said

也许牧师说的话。

Was not something that was within you.

并不是你内心真实的想法。

Now I know what they mean when they say

现在我明白他们所说的。

"Beautiful woman is another man's play thing"

“美丽的女人是另一个男人的玩物”是什么意思了。

Oh! Lord! I'm hurting now

哦！主啊！我现在好痛。

This choice I made didn't work out

我做的这个选择没有奏效。

The way I thought it would, this choice of mine oh!

不像我想象的那样，我的这个选择啊！

Mama said to me

妈妈对我说。

It's not easy to understand it son

儿子，这不容易理解。

But I hope you'll make it, you'll be happy again.

但我希望你能挺过去，你会再次快乐的。

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这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A2	verb - 记得
hear /hɪr/ A1	verb - 听到
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - 声音
smiling /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ A2	verb - 微笑
proudly /ˈpraʊdlɪ/ B2	adverb - 自豪地
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - 伤害
divorced /dɪˈvɔːrst/ B2	adjective - 离婚的
choice /tʃɔɪs/ B1	noun - 选择
easy /ˈiːzi/ A1	adjective - 容易
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ B1	verb - 理解
happy /ˈhæpi/ A1	adjective - 快乐
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A2	noun - 教堂
scriptures /ˈskrɪptʃərz/ B2	noun - 经文
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfl/ A2	adjective - 美丽
innocent /ˈɪnəsnt/ B1	adjective - 无辜的
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ B1	noun - 美丽
destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ B2	verb - 摧毁
true /truː/ A1	adjective - 真的
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - 未来

语法:

• I remember the day I called mama on the telephone

  ➔ 省略关系代词的关系从句

  ➔ 完整的句子是：“I remember the day *that* I called mama...”。关系代词“that”在作为关系从句的宾语时可以省略。

• I said mama she's the best but today it hurts me so To go back to mama and say mama I'm getting divorced

  ➔ 使用'so'作为强调词。使用目的不定式'to go back'

  ➔ “it hurts me *so*” - “so”加强了受伤的感觉。“*To go back* to mama” - 不定式表示受伤的原因，即返回的动作。

• This choice I made didn't work out The way I thought it would

  ➔ 省略关系代词的关系从句；过去第三类条件句（与过去简单时混合）

  ➔ “This choice *that* I made...” - 省略了关系代词。“The way I thought it *would*” - 暗示“would work out”，但并没有发生。

• It's not easy to understand it son But I hope you'll make it, you'll be happy again.

  ➔ 使用'it'作为形式主语; 使用'make it'作为习语。

  ➔ “*It*'s not easy *to understand it*” - 'it'是一个形式主语，真正的主语是'to understand it'。“You'll *make it*” - 意味着你会成功，克服困难。

• I did not know that behind that beauty Lies the true colors that will destroy me in the near future

  ➔ 否定副词短语后的倒装（'behind that beauty'）。

  ➔ 通常，句子是：“The true colors lie behind that beauty.”但是，当以副词短语“behind that beauty”开头时，我们倒置主语和谓语以进行强调。