Tighten Up

• 作者: Archie Bell & the Drells
• 专辑: I Can't Stop Dancing

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

Hi everybody. I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don't

大家好。我是来自德克萨斯州休斯顿的Archie Drell和Drells乐队。我们不仅

Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a

会唱歌，而且跳舞和走路一样棒。在休斯顿，我们刚刚开始了一种

New dance called the Tighten Up. This is the music we tighten up to.

新的舞蹈，叫做“拧紧”。这就是我们跳“拧紧”的音乐。

First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten

首先，鼓手把鼓点“拧紧”。来吧，鼓手。我要你现在就把它

It up for me now. oh yeah

为我“拧紧”。哦耶

Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah

现在把贝斯“拧紧”。把它“拧紧”。哈哈，耶

Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah

现在让吉他加入进来。哦耶

Tighten up on that organ now.

现在把风琴“拧紧”。

Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now.

耶，跳“拧紧”。耶，现在。

I said if you can do it now,

我说，如果你现在能做到，

It sure would be tough.

那一定很难。

Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow.

现在听着。来吧。让它更柔和。

Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up.

让我们现在“拧紧”。跳“拧紧”。

Everybody can do it now. So let's do it.

现在每个人都可以做到。所以让我们开始吧。

We're gonna tighten up. Let's do the tighten up.

我们要“拧紧”。让我们跳“拧紧”。

You can do it now. So baby get to it.

你现在可以做到。所以宝贝，开始吧。

Let's do your left now. Let's do your right.

现在让我们做左边。让我们做右边。

You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.

你可以做到。但不要只是轻轻地做。

Come on and tighten up. Tighten it up now.

来吧， “拧紧”。现在把它“拧紧”。

Come on now drum. Tighten it up.

来吧，鼓。把它“拧紧”。

Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah

把贝斯“拧紧”。哦耶

Now look here. I want that guitar to fall in on that.

现在听着。我希望吉他能加入进来。

Tighten it up now. Oh yeah

现在把它“拧紧”。哦耶

Now tighten it up organ.

现在把风琴“拧紧”。

There everybody, tighten it up.

好了，大家，把它“拧紧”。

Now look here. We gonna make it mellow for ya now.

现在听着。我们要让它现在为你变得柔和。

We gonna make it mellow now.

我们要让它现在变得柔和。

Tighten up. You can tighten up.

“拧紧”。你可以“拧紧”。

这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - 跳舞 noun - 舞蹈
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - 走路 noun - 步行
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 音乐
drums /drʌmz/ A1	noun - 鼓
drummer /ˈdrʌmər/ A2	noun - 鼓手
bass /beɪs/ A2	noun - 低音 noun - 贝斯吉他
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1	noun - 吉他
organ /ˈɔːrɡən/ A2	noun - 风琴
mellow /ˈmeloʊ/ B2	adjective - 醇厚的 verb - 变得醇厚
tighten /ˈtaɪtn/ B1	verb - 拧紧
tough /tʌf/ B1	adjective - 困难的
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - 落下

语法:

• We don't Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.

  ➔ 关联连词（不仅...而且）

  ➔ 原始句子的结构在语法上是非正式的，但可以理解。更正式的结构是：“我们不仅唱歌，而且跳舞和走路一样好”或“我们不仅唱歌而且跳舞……”。这强调了该团体擅长唱歌和跳舞。

• In Houston we just started a New dance called the Tighten Up.

  ➔ 过去时 (Started)

  ➔ 动词“started”（开始）表示过去开始和结束的动作。上下文暗示舞蹈的流行开始于相对较近的时间。

• This is the music we tighten up to.

  ➔ 子句末尾的介词

  ➔ 虽然通常最好避免在正式写作中以介词结尾，但在非正式的口语和歌词中很常见。介词“to”支配动词“tighten up”。

• Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten It up for me now.

  ➔ 祈使语气和宾语代词 (It)

  ➔ “Come on”用于鼓励行动。“Tighten it up”是命令式的，直接命令鼓手。“it”这个代词指的是鼓。

• I said if you can do it now, It sure would be tough.

  ➔ 条件句 (第一类型/很可能)

  ➔ 这类似于第一类型条件句，但使用方式非常规。 这表明，如果现在可以进行“收紧”，那将是非常困难的。 这是一个有趣的评论，暗示根本不应该困难。

• You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.

  ➔ 缩写和否定祈使句 (Don'tcha)

  ➔ “Don'tcha”是“don't you”（不要）的口语缩写。这是一个否定祈使句，建议不要轻描淡写地跳舞。使用“light”（轻）表示没有热情或精力。