Sixteen Tons

• 作者: Tennessee Ernie Ford

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

Some people say a man is made out of mud

有人说男人是泥土做的

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood

穷人是肌肉和血汗铸就

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

肌肉、血汗、皮囊和骨头

You've got a mind that's weak and a back that's strong

你头脑空空，脊梁却挺得笔直

You load sixteen tons and what do you get?

装载十六吨，又能得到什么？

Another day older and deeper in debt

徒增一日老去，债台更高筑

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I owe my soul to the company store

我把灵魂卖给了公司商店

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

St. Peter don't you call me to the company store

圣彼得啊，别叫我去公司商店

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I owe my soul to the company store, come on.

我把灵魂卖给了公司商店，来吧

(Hmmm....)

(嗯....)

I was born on a morning when the Sun didn't shine

我生在一个阳光不再的早晨

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

拿起我的铲子，我走向矿井

I loaded Sixteen tons of number nine coal and the straw boss said

我装了十六吨九号煤，监工说道

"WELL, BLESS MY SOUL!" 💪

“我的天哪！” 💪

You load sixteen tons and what do you get?

装载十六吨，又能得到什么？

Another day older and deeper in debt

徒增一日老去，债台更高筑

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I owe my soul to the company store, yeah.

我把灵魂卖给了公司商店，耶！

I was born one morning in the drizzling' rain

我生在一个细雨绵绵的早晨

Fighting' and trouble have been my middle name

争斗和麻烦是我的中间名

I was raised in the cane break by an ol' mama lion

我在甘蔗林里由老母狮养大

Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line

没有哪个高贵的女人能让我循规蹈矩

Sixteen tons and what do you get?

十六吨，又能得到什么？

Another day older and deeper in debt

徒增一日老去，债台更高筑

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I owe my soul to the company store.

我把灵魂卖给了公司商店

If you see me comin' better step aside

如果你看见我来，最好靠边站

A lot of men didn't; a lot of men died

很多人没那样做；很多人死了

One fist of iron and the other of steel

一只铁拳，另一只钢拳

If the left one don't gotcha then the right one will you load -

如果左拳没揍到你，右拳就会揍到你 - 装载

SIXTEEN TONS (What do you get?)

十六吨（你能得到什么？）

Another day older and deeper in debt

徒增一日老去，债台更高筑

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I owe my soul to the company store.

我把灵魂卖给了公司商店

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

St. Peter don't you call me to the company store

圣彼得啊，别叫我去公司商店

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

I OWE MY SOUL... (Super dramatic bend to a low F# 😉)

我把灵魂卖了... (超级戏剧性的低音 F# )

To the com-pa-ny-eeeeee STORE.

给 那 家 公 司 商 店！

St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

圣彼得啊，别叫我，我走不了

这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
man /mæn/ A1	noun - 成年男性
muscle /ˈmʌs.əl/ B1	noun - 可以收缩并产生运动的纤维组织
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - 在人体和动物体内循环的红色液体
debt /dɛt/ B1	noun - 通常是欠给他人的东西，通常是钱
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - 人类的精神或非物质部分
store /stɔːr/ A2	noun - 商品出售的地方
mine /maɪn/ B1	noun - 从地球上提取矿物的地方
load /loʊd/ B1	verb - 将负载放在某物上或放入某物中
call /kɔːl/ A2	verb - 给某人打电话或对某人喊叫
strong /strɔːŋ/ A2	adjective - 具有很大身体力量或强度
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - 生活了很长时间; 不年轻
iron /ˈaɪ.ərn/ B2	noun - 一种强硬的银灰色金属
fist /fɪst/ B1	noun - 手指弯曲向掌心的人的手
trouble /ˈtrʌb.əl/ B1	noun - 问题或困难

语法:

• You load sixteen tons and what do you get?

  ➔ 使用 'do' 进行强调的疑问句

  ➔ 'do' 在这里用于形成疑问句并强调动作

• Another day older and deeper in debt

  ➔ 用 'and' 来连接形容词进行比较

  ➔ 'and' 连接两个形容词，显示强度的增加

• St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

  ➔ 'do not' 在否定疑问句中的缩写

  ➔ 'don't' 是 'do not' 的缩写，在这里用来表示否定问句

• I owe my soul to the company store

  ➔ 'owe' 用于表达债务的现在时

  ➔ 'owe' 表示某人对某物或某人有义务或债务

• Come on.

  ➔ 祈使句，鼓励或催促某人做某事

  ➔ 用来鼓励某人继续或采取行动