本期投稿人：陶宣同

英語專業學生，喜歡電影、音樂、書，渴望文藝小青年的生活，卻又無法擺脫流行文化的種種誘惑。英文是我獲取新鮮資訊的工具，沒有崇高的理想，只是為了滿足自己獵奇的愿望，我選擇了學習英文。不斷的發現、不斷的填充，學習外語真的是很開心的一件事！

 中文歌詞：這首歌的意想頗有跳躍性，歌詞中的比喻意也頗讓人費解。不妨看看我們的中文翻譯，如有異議，歡迎拍磚！……猜猜看，為何把盛夏比成“cinnamon”？“Little girls double-dutch on the concrete”在此表示什么？

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    Lyrics        

Put your records on   by Corinne Bailey Rae

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came likecinnamon
So sweet,
Little girlsdouble-dutchon theconcrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same.
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in a bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love thatAfro hairdo.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twasmore than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize, that you don't even have to try any longer.
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

    Words & Phrases        

1. Cinnamon：肉桂（桂皮香料）。 肉桂的味道香中帶辣，呈黃褐色；而夏天的氣候也是熱辣辣的，這是兩者的相似之處。

2. Double-dutch：具體解析，詳看“詞海拾貝”之系列詞匯“游轉‘荷蘭’”

在歌中，“double-dutch”是一種跳繩游戲。

3. concrete：pavement, street, sidewalk（人行道，用混凝土鋪成的路）

4. sapphire and faded jeans： 褪色的藍色牛仔褲，歌中喻指“comfort and relaxed”

5. Afro hairdo： 非洲式發型，歌中喻指“carefree and relaxed”

6. 'Twas：此為“It was”的縮寫形式

  中文歌詞

聆聽你的歌       by肯妮貝兒