The Hanging Tree

• 作者: James Newton Howard, Jennifer Lawrence
• 专辑: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Soundtrack

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

Are you, are you comin' to the tree?

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下？

Where they strung up a man, they say, who murdered three

据说那里吊死了一个男人，他曾犯下三桩谋杀案

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们在午夜的绞刑树下相遇

Are you, are you comin' to the tree

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下

Where dead man called out for his love to flee?

死者在那里呼唤他的爱人逃离？

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相会

Are you, are you comin' to the tree

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下

Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free?

在那里我告诉你逃跑，为了我们都能获得自由？

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相会

Are you, are you comin' to the tree

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下

Where necklace of hope, side by side with me?

希望的项链，是否会与我并肩？

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相会

Are you, are you comin' to the tree

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下

Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free?

在那里我告诉你逃跑，为了我们都能获得自由？

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相会

Are you, are you comin' to the tree?

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下？

Where they strung up a man, they say, who murdered three

据说那里吊死了一个男人，他曾犯下三桩谋杀案

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相遇

Are you, are you comin' to the tree

你是否，是否会来到那棵树下

Where the dead man called out for his love to flee?

死者在那里呼唤他的爱人逃离？

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

这里发生过许多怪事，再多一件也不足为奇

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

如果我们午夜时分在绞刑树下相会

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这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
tree /triː/ A1	noun - 树
man /mæn/ A1	noun - 男人
murdered /ˈmɜːrdərd/ B2	verb - 谋杀
strange /streɪndʒ/ B1	adjective - 奇怪的
things /θɪŋz/ A1	noun - 东西
midnight /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ B1	noun - 午夜
hanging /ˈhæŋɪŋ/ B2	adjective - 悬挂的
dead /ded/ A2	adjective - 死的
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - 爱
flee /fliː/ B2	verb - 逃跑
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - 跑
free /friː/ A2	adjective - 自由的
necklace /ˈnekləs/ B1	noun - 项链
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - 希望

语法:

• Are you, are you comin' to the tree?

  ➔ 现在进行时表示未来的安排 (口语化)

  ➔ 使用现在进行时"are you comin'"，询问关于近期计划的事件。更标准的说法是"Are you coming...?"，省略'g'是口语化的。这暗示着说话者希望听众参与。

• Where they strung up a man, they say, who murdered three

  ➔ 带有"who"的关系从句， "strung up"中隐含的被动语态

  ➔ "who murdered three"是一个修饰"a man"的关系从句。"Strung up"暗示着其他人把这个人吊起来了（被动语态），尽管施事者没有被指明。

• Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

  ➔ 为了强调而使用助动词"did"的倒装句； "would"表达假设的情况

  ➔ "Strange things did happen"是"Strange things happened"的强调形式。 "Would"表达一种条件或假设的情况：如果我们相遇，它不会比已经发生的更奇怪。

• Where dead man called out for his love to flee?

  ➔ 运动动词("called out")之后的目的不定式("to flee")

  ➔ 短语"to flee"解释了死者呼喊的目的。他呼喊*是为了*他的爱人逃跑。

• Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free?

  ➔ 间接引语("told you to run"); "so"隐含"so that"; 条件式"would"

  ➔ "Told you to run"报告了过去的指示。 "So we'd both be free"表示目的或结果，暗示着"so that"我们都将获得自由。 "Would"表达了过去有条件的结果。