What Was That
歌词:
[English]
A place in the city, a chair in the bed
I cover up all the mirrors, I can't see myself yet
I wear smoke like a wedding veil
Make a meal I won't eat
Step out into the street, alone in a sea
It comes over me
Oh, I'm missing you
Yeah, I'm missing you
And all the things we used to do
MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up
We kissed for hours straight
Well baby, what was that?
I remember saying then
"This is the best cigarette of my life"
Well, I want you just like that
Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm
And it knocks me out
I didn't know then
that you'd never be enough for me
Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything
Now, we wake from a dream
Well, baby, what was that?
What was that?
Baby, what was that?
Do you know you're still with me
When I'm out with my friends?
I stare at the painted faces that talk current affairs
You had to know this was happening
You weren't feeling my heat
When I'm in the blue light, down to be myself right
I face reality
I tried (I tried)
To let (To let)
Whatever has to pass through me, pass through
But this is still a problem, I know
It might not let me go
MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up
We kissed for hours straight
Well baby, what was that?
I remember saying then
"This is the best cigarette of my life"
Well, I want you just like that
Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm
And it knocks me out
I didn't know then
But you'd never be enough for me
Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything
Now, we wake from a dream
Well, baby, what was that?
What was that?
'Cause I want you just like that
(When I'm in the blue light, I can make it alright)
What was that?
(When I'm in the blue light, I can make it alright)
Baby, what was that?
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这首歌中的词汇:
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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cover /ˈkʌvər/ A2 |
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smoke /smoʊk/ A2 |
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wedding /ˈwedɪŋ/ A2 |
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meal /miːl/ A1 |
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street /striːt/ A1 |
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garden /ˈɡɑːrdən/ A1 |
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pupil /ˈpjuːpl/ B1 |
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cigarette /ˌsɪɡəˈret/ A2 |
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haze /heɪz/ B2 |
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sandstorm /ˈsændstɔːrm/ B2 |
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dream /driːm/ A1 |
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friends /frendz/ A1 |
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faces /ˈfeɪsɪz/ A1 |
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reality /riˈæləti/ B2 |
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problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A2 |
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语法:
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I cover up all the mirrors, I can't see myself yet
➔ 情态动词“can't”表示无能力
➔ 这句话表明说话者目前的情绪状态阻止了他们面对自己的倒影。“Can't see”表达了一种当下的无能为力。
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And all the things we used to do
➔ “used to”+不定式描述过去的习惯或状态
➔ “Used to do”表示过去习惯性的行为或例行程序，但现在已不再实行。
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Well baby, what was that?
➔ 一般过去时以问句形式
➔ 这个问题指的是过去的事件或经历，现在带着不确定或困惑的感觉进行反思。
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This is the best cigarette of my life
➔ 最高级形容词“best”与一般现在时
➔ 这句话用了一个最高级的形容词来表达与当时那支烟相关的品质（好）的最高程度。
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I didn't know then that you'd never be enough for me
➔ 过去简单时（'didn't know'），过去完成时条件句（'you'd never be enough'）
➔ 表达了对过去缺乏认识的现在的认识。“You'd never be enough”使用条件完成结构来描述过去无法改变的假设情况。
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Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything
➔ 现在完成时（'I have given'）隐含着“Since”，表示从过去到现在的一段时间
➔ 虽然动词形式是过去式，但“since”子句暗示了从那时到现在的一个持续的动作或状态，使现在完成时成为一个合适的选择。这句话也可以写成“Since I was seventeen, I have given you everything”。
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Do you know you're still with me When I'm out with my friends?
➔ 主要从句和从属从句中使用一般现在时，表示现在的状态和习惯性行为
➔ “Do you know”询问对方是否意识到自己在说话者生活中挥之不去的存在。“When I'm out with my friends”为这种挥之不去的存在设定了背景。
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Whatever has to pass through me, pass through
➔ 在充当名词性从句的“whatever”从句中使用祈使语气（“pass through”）
➔ 这使用了祈使语气“pass through”两次 - 第一次是作为充当主语的“whatever”从句的一部分，然后作为句子的主要动词，发出允许经验或情感自由流动而不受阻碍的命令。 “Whatever has to pass through me”指的是任何不可避免或必须经历的事情。
