【英文歌曲】歌词精讲《四月的爱》和《沙滩上的情书》

一、四月的爱
1、本曲大意
这是一首叙述在四月春天时谈恋爱的歌。

在四月份恋爱使一切似乎都变得美好起来。

但歌者提醒说四月的爱有时候是稍纵即逝的。

因此如果你（妳）确定她（他）就是你（妳）所要的爱人，那就不要轻易让她（他）溜走。

2、英文歌词
April love is for the very young. Every stars a
wishing star that shines for you. April love is all the seven wonders. One little kiss can tell you this is tru e.
*Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring showers, rain to grow the flowers for her first
bouquet. But April love can slip right through your fing ers, so if she is the one, don’t let her run away. (Repeat*)
3、歌词翻译
四月的爱是给年轻人谈的恋爱。

每颗星星都是为你闪耀的许愿星。

四月的爱就像所有七大奇景那样不可思议。

轻轻的一个吻就能告诉你此话不假。

有时候四月天会突然下起阵雨，
雨水滋长花朵，男孩子就收集花朵做成第一束花送给女孩子。

但四月的爱可能会从你的指缝间溜走。

因此，如果她就是你所爱的人，
不要让她跑掉。

4、重点分析
1.April love is for the very young.
=April love is for young people.
四月的爱是给年轻人谈的恋爱。

*April love代表春天的爱, 这时万物都很清新, 生机蓬勃。

2.Every stars a wishing star that shines for you.
=Every star is a star (which) you can make wishes on a nd it shines just for you.
每一颗星星都是为你闪耀的许愿星。

a.a wishing star 许愿星
=a star which you can make wishes on
make a wish on a star 对某颗星许愿
b.shine vi. 闪耀, 照耀 (常与介词on并用)
动词三态: shine、shone、shone。

例:The moon shone on the lake as the couple sat on the shore.
（那对情人坐在湖岸时，月光映照在湖面上。

）
3.April love is all the seven wonders.
→
April love is as wonderful and incredible as all the se ven wonders.
四月的爱就像所有七大奇景那么不可思议。

a.the seven wonders 世界七大奇景 (埃及金字塔为其中之一)
b.incredible adj. 不可思议的
例:Something incredible happened to me the other day. （前几天有一件不可思议的事发生在我身上。

）
4.Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring showers, rai n to grow the flowers for her first bouquet.
→
Sometimes it will suddenly rain in April, and rain will grow the flowers which a boy will collect
to make the first bouquet for his girlfriend.
有时候四月天会突然下起阵雨，雨水滋长花朵，男孩子就收集花朵做成第
一束花送给女友。

a.shower n. 阵雨; 淋浴
b.take a shower 洗澡 (淋浴)
take a bath 洗澡 (盆浴)
例:As soon as Ann got home, she took a shower.（安一回到家就冲澡。

）
c.collect vt. 收集
例:The teacher was collecting the students papers.
（老师正在收集学生们的考卷。

）
*papers此处用复数, 表『考卷』; 表『纸张』时, 则不可数, a
piece of paper (一张纸); some paper (若干张纸)。

d.bouquet n. 花束
a bouquet of... 一束……
例:The young man gave his girlfriend a bouquet of roses. （那年轻人送他的女友一束玫瑰花。

）
5.But April love can slip right through your fingers, so
if she is the one, don’t let her run away.
但四月的爱可能会从你的指间溜走；因此，如果她就是你所爱的人，别让她跑掉。

slip vi. 溜走, 滑落 & n. 差错
a slip of the tongue 说溜嘴, 口误
例:The mountain climber slipped on a patch of ice.
（那登山者在一片冰地上滑倒了。

）
*patch n. 一块地, 小块地
I didn’t mean to call you an idiot; it was just a sl ip of the tongue.
（我无意骂你白痴，只是我的口误。

）
二、沙滩上的情书
1、本曲大意
这首歌叙述一位男孩子与女友分手之后，男孩子每当看到浪花拍打在沙滩时，总会想起以前与他的女朋友在一起的时光而触景伤情。

2、英文歌词
On a day like today, we passed the time away
writing love letters in the sand. How you laughed
when I cried each time I saw the tide take our love letters from the sand.
You made a vow that you would ever be true.
But some how that vow meant nothing to you.
Now my broken heart aches with every wave that
breaks over love letters in the sand.
3、歌词翻译
记得那天，就像今天一样，我们一起借着在沙滩上写情书打发时间。

我记得每次我看着潮水冲走我们写在沙滩上的情书而哭泣时，妳发笑的样子。

妳曾经发誓妳会永远真心地对待我。

但不知怎地妳对于妳的誓言并不认真。

如今，随着每个波浪打散了我们写在沙滩上的情书，我那破碎的心便痛了起来
4、重点分析
1.On a day like today, we passed the time away writing
love letters in the sand.
I remember one day, a day just like today, when we kil led time together by writing love letters in the sand. 我记得有一天，就像今天一样，我们在一起借着在沙滩上写情书来打发时间。

pass ones time away 打发时间
=kill time
例:We passed our time away by playing cards.
=We killed time by playing cards.
（我们借着玩牌来打发时间。

）
2.How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tid
e take our love letters from the sand.
I remember how you laughed when I cried whenever I saw
the tide take our love letters from the sand.
我记得每次我看着潮水冲走我们写在沙滩上的情书而哭泣时，妳笑的模样。

each time 每一次, 每当
=whenever
例:Each time I saw him, I felt happy.
=Whenever I saw him, I felt happy.
（每一次我见到他时便感到快乐。

）
3.You made a vow that you would ever be true.
→You vowed to me that you would be true to me forever. =You vowed to me that you would be faithful to me fore ver.
妳曾经发誓妳会永远真心地对待我。

a.vow n. 誓言 & vt. 发誓
vow + that子句立誓要……
=vow to V
例:He vowed that he would study hard.
=He vowed to study hard.
（他立誓要用功读书。

）
b.true a. 忠实的 (与介词to 并用)
be true to sb/sth 对某人/某事物忠实
=be faithful to sb/sth
例:One who is true to his word is worth associating wit h.
（遵守诺言的人是值得交往的。

）
4.But somehow that vow meant nothing to you.
→But somehow you didn’t take your vow seriously.
但不知怎地妳对于妳的誓言并不认真。

somehow adv. 不知怎地, 未知何故
例:I think hes right, but somehow I’m not quite sure. （我想他是对的，但不知怎地我就是不敢十分确定。

）
5.ones broken heart n. 某人破碎的心
heart-breaking a. 令人心碎的
broken-hearted a. 心碎的
例:I saw a heart-
breaking report about starving children in Africa last ni ght. When I saw it, I was broken-hearted.
（昨天晚上我看了一则令人心碎的报导，这则新闻报导了非洲饥饿的儿童。

看了这则报导，真令我感到心碎。

）
6.ache vi. 疼痛。