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Shania Twain 仙妮亚?唐恩
1965年08月28日出生在加拿大安大略省温莎市,
在提敏斯市长大。
由于家庭贫困,Shania 8岁时开始演出,
用她自己的话说"童年是伴随吉他度过的"。
21岁时父母车祸中双双遇难,
Shania开始肩负起家庭的重担,
同时也开始她的演唱生涯。
仙妮亚?唐恩在乐坛很快取得了成功,
并开始向海外拓展她的歌唱事业。
她的专辑在西班牙、意大利、
英格兰、加拿大和美国等国家十分畅销。
Shania是自八十年代Dolly Parton以来
第一位出现在Rolling Stone杂志的乡村歌手。
这首歌Ka-ching选自她的专辑Up。
播放音乐
We live in a greedy little world
that teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly
then turn around and
Spend it foolishly
We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall
All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing
Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more
when you get bored
All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing
Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
Let's swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh, yeah, ha
Come on I know you've got it
Dig deeper in your wallet
Oh
歌词大意
原声播放--请注意收听理解
We live in a greedy little world
that teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly
then turn around and
Spend it foolishly
我们生活在一个贪婪的狭小世界中
从孩提时代,这个世界就教导我们尽可能多地挣钱
然后回过头
愚蠢地把钱花光
as much as they can possibly "尽可能多的"
也常用as…as possible来表示
如: Come as soon as possibly. 尽可能早点来。
又如:
"I'll give them as much information as we can possibly supply,
because we want to get to the bottom of this."she said.
她说:"我将尽可能向他们提供资料,
因为我们要把这件事弄个水落石出。"
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We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall
我们陷入了信用卡的困境
我们花掉了那些本不属于我们的钱
我们的信仰正在消亡,慢慢被我们挥霍掉
每个星期天我们都在商场购物。
blow口语中有时表示 " 挥霍,浪费"的意思
blow it all, 这里指把钱全部挥霍掉。
一个人把事情搞砸了也可以用blow表示
I blow it, I am out. 我把事情搞砸了,我没戏了。
blow当名词讲是可以指"打击,殴打"
如:He gave me a heavy blow. 他给我重重地一击。
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All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing
我们想要更多
比以前拥有的要多得多
就带我到最近的商场去吧
听到收银台"咔-嚓"开关的声音了吗
它使我想唱歌
金钱是如此的美好。
ring这里指收银机开关"咔-嚓"的声音
ring的用法很多种,
除了常用的"响铃"之外,还可以表示打电话。
例如:I wonder when mother will ring?
我不知道妈妈什么时候打电话来。
此外,ring还有"回响"的意思
.如:Teacher's words are still ringing in my ears.
老师的话一直回响在我耳边。
除此之外,ring还有其他的意思,
例如戒指,树的年轮等等,
而:Wedding ring, 结婚戒指。
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Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
咔-嚓…
好多的钻石戒指
让我们欣喜若狂
你会活的像国王
拥有数不清的金银财宝
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When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more
when you get bored
当你破产时,就去借款吧
用你的房屋再办一次抵押贷款
有足够的钱在去花吧
感到无聊的时候
就去再花些钱吧
you're broke"一无所有,破产"
如:I'm broke. 我一无所有了
His firm has gone broke.他的公司破产了
看到broke我们马上联想到了它的过去分词broken破碎的。
broken heart, 破碎的心。
broken glass 碎玻璃
每个希望学好英语的人都希望把自己的broken English(蹩脚的英语)
变成fluent English(流利的英语)。
跟着知行英语,快乐学英语吧。
原声播放--请注意收听理解
Let's swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Come on I know you've got it
Dig deeper in your wallet
让我们摇摆吧
花更多的钱吧
加油,我知道你已明白了
更多地花钱吧
Dig deeper in your wallet
wallet, "钱包",和purse的意思一样
在这里我们来一起发散学习一下wallet这个单词
大家知道wallet-friendly 是什么意思吗?
我们知道Environmentally-friendly 是"对环境无害的,环保"的意思
而wallet-friendly则是 "经济型的,价格公道的"
如:Bus tickets in Beijing are wallet-friendly.
北京的公交车票价很实惠。
Dig deeper"挖的更深"。
把钱包挖的更深引申为从口袋里掏出更多的钱,花更多的钱。
知行英语提醒您 学英语要点滴积累