跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第544期
Why do birds suddenly appear
Everytime you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
1. 押韻 appear near
2. suddenly 鼻腔爆破
言之有物
1. 詞鏈兒:long to do XX
long verb. 渴望
long for something 渴望XX
long to do something 渴望做XX
I've been longing to live in a house of my own.
我一直都渴望能住在自己的房子裏。
2. 詞鏈兒:be close to XX
瀕臨/幾乎
To us he was close to perfect. 對我們來說,他幾乎是完美的。
接近,靠近
活學活用
請用 long to do XX 隨意造句
Close To You Carpenters
Why do birds suddenly appear
爲什麼鳥兒忽然出現
Everytime you are near?
每一次你靠近時
Just like me, they long to be
就像我一樣,它們一直盼望着
Close to you
靠近你
Why do stars fall down from the sky
爲什麼星星從夜空墜落
Everytime you walk by?
每一次你走過時
Just like me, they long to be
就像我一樣,它們一直盼望着
Close to you
靠近你
On the day that you were born
你出生的那一天
The angels got together
天使們聚集在一起
And decided to create a dream come true
決定創造一個成真的美夢
So they sprinkled Moon dust in your hair
所以他們噴灑月亮的纖塵 於你金色的頭髮上
And put a starlight in your eyes so blue
於你澈藍的眼眸中 點綴了星輝
That is why all the girls in town
這就是爲什麼鎮上所有的女孩
Follow you, all around
都環繞着你
Just like me, they long to be
就像我一樣,她們一直盼望着
Close to you
靠近你
On the day that you were born
在你誕生的那一天
The angels got together
天使們聚在一起
And decided to create a dream come true
決定創造一個成真的美夢 於你金色的頭髮上
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
所以他們噴灑月亮的纖塵
And put a starlight in your eyes so blue
於你澈藍的眼眸中 點綴了星輝
That is why all the girls in town
這就是爲什麼鎮上所有的女孩
Follow you, all around
都環繞着你
Just like me, they long to be
就像我一樣,她們一直盼望着
Close to you
靠近你
Just like me, they long to be
就像我一樣,她們一直盼望着
Close to you
靠近你
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Close To You是卡朋特兄妹演唱的一首歌曲,收錄於專輯Yesterday Once More中。卡朋特兄妹是一對歐美兄妹組合,是上世紀70年代家喻戶曉的樂團。卡朋特兄妹共演唱過500餘首歌曲,幾乎都是自己做詞作曲。在全世界各地開過許多演唱會。主唱是妹妹卡倫卡朋特。
close to you是他們的成名曲之一,另一首則是yesterday once more(昨日重現)。這兩首歌受到很多明星的稱讚。除此之外,還有許多經典的Jambalaya、top of the world等等。可惜年輕的卡倫過早的因爲神經性厭食症離世於1983年2月4日,年僅33歲,卡朋特兄妹從此解散,也是一大遺憾……