仔细品味每一句话，你会发现都有画面感了，这些话出自你之口会怎么样，原来学英语还有这么多乐趣

1. Do you know the song?

你听过这首歌吗？

2. Daddy I Love Him by Taylor Swift is one of my favorites off of folklore/poems, but some of the lyrics might feel a little bit confusing even if you try to translate them into your native language.

泰勒·斯威夫特的《Daddy I Love Him》是我在《folklore》及相关诗作里最喜欢的曲目之一，但即便把歌词翻译成母语，有些内容依旧会让人费解。

3. Let's talk about one lyric, specifically the lyric is Hannah's and Sarah's in their Sunday best clutching their pearls sigh what a mess.

我们来解读其中一句歌词：汉娜和萨拉身着礼拜盛装，大惊失色，连连叹息，直言这简直一团糟。

4. There is so much American culture written into these lyrics, so let's break it down now.

这句歌词里蕴含了大量美国文化，接下来我们逐一解析。

5. Remember whenever we're trying to understand something, we have to understand the context.

要记住，理解任何内容都必须结合背景语境。

6. What is the whole situation?

整首歌讲述了怎样的故事？

7. So what is the song about?

这首歌的主旨是什么？

8. The song is about how she feels judged that she has chosen to date this person.

这首歌讲述女主因恋爱选择而遭到他人指指点点。

9. She feels like everyone is gossiping about her.

她感觉所有人都在背后议论她。

10. She feels like people don't approve and are talking badly about her.

她察觉到众人并不认同她的选择，还在对她恶语相向。

11. But the point of the song is her saying I don't care what you think, I don't care about your opinion.

但这首歌想表达的核心是：她毫不在意旁人的看法与评价。

12. I'm going to follow my heart and I'm going to love the person I love.

我会遵从本心，去爱我所爱之人。

13. That's the context of the song.

以上就是这首歌的创作背景。

14. So what does this phrase mean?

那么这句短语该如何理解？

15. Sara and Hannah are two English names that are used for girls.

萨拉和汉娜是两个常见的英文女孩名。

16. But when we hear these names we think of someone who is ordinary and normal.

在美国人的印象里，听到这两个名字，就会联想到平凡普通的女孩。

17. Now I'm not trying to say these are bad names, I'm not saying that all Sarahs and Hannahs are really boring.

我并不是说这两个名字不好，也不是叫这两个名字的人都乏味无趣。

18. But just the picture that Americans get in their mind when we hear Sara and Hannah, we think of just a very normal ordinary girl.

只是美国人听到这两个名字时，脑海中浮现的都是最普通的女孩形象。

19. She probably did OK in school and then she went and got a normal job and she lives in a normal town.

她们通常学业平平，之后找一份普通的工作，在平凡的小镇上过着平淡的生活。

20. Then it continues and goes to "in their Sunday best".

接下来我们解析短语“in their Sunday best”。

21. What does that mean?

这句话是什么意思呢？

22. It means that these Hannahs and Sarahs are going to church.

它指这些女孩正穿戴整齐前往教堂做礼拜。

23. In the past, not so much today, but in the past people would really dress up to go to church.

如今人们不再讲究，但在过去，人们去教堂都会精心打扮。

24. They would wear their nicest clothes to go to church.

大家会穿上自己最好的衣服去教堂。

25. So Taylor is painting this picture of these very ordinary women dressing up in their nicest clothes to go to church.

泰勒描绘出这样一幅画面：一群普通的女子身着华服，前去教堂做礼拜。

26. Then what happens?

接下来发生了什么？

27. Then she says clutching their pearls, sigh what a mess.

歌词接着写到：她们大惊失色，叹息着说这简直一团糟。

28. Clutching their pearls is an idiom that we have in America.

“clutching their pearls”是一个美式习语。

29. We especially use this idiom in the south of America.

这个说法在美国南部尤为常用。

30. Taylor grew up in the south, she grew up near Nashville so she is very familiar with this phrase and she is very familiar with this southern culture.

泰勒在美国南部纳什维尔附近长大，所以她十分熟悉这个短语以及南部的风土人情。

31. Clutch means to grasp tightly.

Clutch 的意思是紧紧握住。

32. Imagine you are wearing a pearl necklace and you are clutching your pearl.

试想一下，你戴着珍珠项链，下意识地攥住项链。

33. It's the feeling of reacting in a judgmental way.

这个动作代表着带着批判的心态做出反应。

34. If you are clutching your pearls it means that someone said something or someone did something that was really shocking and you don't approve of it.

“clutching their pearls”形容因他人的言行感到震惊，同时对此表示不认同。

35. Imagine if you were training to be a doctor and your parents had spent so much time and money helping you go to medical school.

试想你一直在学医，父母耗费大量时间和金钱供你就读医学院。

36. You spent years and years studying.

你也为此寒窗苦读多年。

37. But right before you graduate you tell your parents mom dad I'm going to quit school, I'm going to drop out of school.

可就在毕业前夕，你告诉父母自己打算退学。

38. I think I want to work at Starbucks and make coffee for the rest of my life.

你说只想去星巴克做咖啡师，以此度过余生。

39. Your parents would be shocked and horrified by what you just said.

听到这番话，你的父母一定会震惊不已、难以接受。

40. They would clutch their pearls because it's something shocking and they don't approve.

他们就会做出“clutch their pearls”的反应，因为这件事既出人意料，又不被他们认可。

41. The last part of this phrase is sigh what a mess.

短语的最后一部分是“sigh what a mess”。

42. So she is creating a whole picture here.

泰勒在这里勾勒出了一整幅场景。

43. You have the Sarah and the Hannahs, ordinary people that just went to an ordinary school and got an ordinary job in their ordinary town, they're going to church.

萨拉、汉娜这类普通人，在平凡的小镇上学、工作，此刻正前往教堂。

44. They're shocked at what Taylor is doing and they are judging her.

她们对泰勒的所作所为感到震惊，并开始对她评头论足。

45. They are sighing and thinking Taylor is just making a whole mess of her life.

她们连连叹气，认为泰勒把自己的生活搞得一塌糊涂。

46. I can't believe she did that.

真不敢相信她会做出这种事。

47. Did you see who she was dating?

你们看到她交往的对象了吗？

48. I just can't believe it, it's so disgusting.

实在让人无法理解，简直不成体统。

49. That's the feeling that she is trying to give.

这就是泰勒想要传递出的旁人的心态。

50. She's trying to say, I don't know you Sarah, I don't know you Hannah.

她想表达的是：我并不认识你们这些路人。

51. I don't care that you're talking about me.

我也完全不在乎你们在背后议论我。

52. 'Cause I am Taylor Swift, I'm so rich, I am so successful.

因为我是泰勒·斯威夫特，我拥有财富与成就。

53. I followed my dreams and I did it and I fell in love.

我追寻并实现了梦想，也勇敢地坠入爱河。

1. Do you know the song?

你听过这首歌吗？

2. Daddy I Love Him by Taylor Swift is one of my favorites off of folklore/poems, but some of the lyrics might feel a little bit confusing even if you try to translate them into your native language.

泰勒·斯威夫特的《Daddy I Love Him》是我在《folklore》及相关诗作里最喜欢的曲目之一，但即便把歌词翻译成母语，有些内容依旧会让人费解。

3. Let's talk about one lyric, specifically the lyric is Hannah's and Sarah's in their Sunday best clutching their pearls sigh what a mess.

我们来解读其中一句歌词：汉娜和萨拉身着礼拜盛装，大惊失色，连连叹息，直言这简直一团糟。

4. There is so much American culture written into these lyrics, so let's break it down now.

这句歌词里蕴含了大量美国文化，接下来我们逐一解析。

5. Remember whenever we're trying to understand something, we have to understand the context.

要记住，理解任何内容都必须结合背景语境。

6. What is the whole situation?

整首歌讲述了怎样的故事？

7. So what is the song about?

这首歌的主旨是什么？

8. The song is about how she feels judged that she has chosen to date this person.

这首歌讲述女主因恋爱选择而遭到他人指指点点。

9. She feels like everyone is gossiping about her.

她感觉所有人都在背后议论她。

10. She feels like people don't approve and are talking badly about her.

她察觉到众人并不认同她的选择，还在对她恶语相向。

11. But the point of the song is her saying I don't care what you think, I don't care about your opinion.

但这首歌想表达的核心是：她毫不在意旁人的看法与评价。

12. I'm going to follow my heart and I'm going to love the person I love.

我会遵从本心，去爱我所爱之人。

13. That's the context of the song.

以上就是这首歌的创作背景。

14. So what does this phrase mean?

那么这句短语该如何理解？

15. Sara and Hannah are two English names that are used for girls.

萨拉和汉娜是两个常见的英文女孩名。

16. But when we hear these names we think of someone who is ordinary and normal.

在美国人的印象里，听到这两个名字，就会联想到平凡普通的女孩。

17. Now I'm not trying to say these are bad names, I'm not saying that all Sarahs and Hannahs are really boring.

我并不是说这两个名字不好，也不是叫这两个名字的人都乏味无趣。

18. But just the picture that Americans get in their mind when we hear Sara and Hannah, we think of just a very normal ordinary girl.

只是美国人听到这两个名字时，脑海中浮现的都是最普通的女孩形象。

19. She probably did OK in school and then she went and got a normal job and she lives in a normal town.

她们通常学业平平，之后找一份普通的工作，在平凡的小镇上过着平淡的生活。

20. Then it continues and goes to "in their Sunday best".

接下来我们解析短语“in their Sunday best”。

21. What does that mean?

这句话是什么意思呢？

22. It means that these Hannahs and Sarahs are going to church.

它指这些女孩正穿戴整齐前往教堂做礼拜。

23. In the past, not so much today, but in the past people would really dress up to go to church.

如今人们不再讲究，但在过去，人们去教堂都会精心打扮。

24. They would wear their nicest clothes to go to church.

大家会穿上自己最好的衣服去教堂。

25. So Taylor is painting this picture of these very ordinary women dressing up in their nicest clothes to go to church.

泰勒描绘出这样一幅画面：一群普通的女子身着华服，前去教堂做礼拜。

26. Then what happens?

接下来发生了什么？

27. Then she says clutching their pearls, sigh what a mess.

歌词接着写到：她们大惊失色，叹息着说这简直一团糟。

28. Clutching their pearls is an idiom that we have in America.

“clutching their pearls”是一个美式习语。

29. We especially use this idiom in the south of America.

这个说法在美国南部尤为常用。

30. Taylor grew up in the south, she grew up near Nashville so she is very familiar with this phrase and she is very familiar with this southern culture.

泰勒在美国南部纳什维尔附近长大，所以她十分熟悉这个短语以及南部的风土人情。

31. Clutch means to grasp tightly.

Clutch 的意思是紧紧握住。

32. Imagine you are wearing a pearl necklace and you are clutching your pearl.

试想一下，你戴着珍珠项链，下意识地攥住项链。

33. It's the feeling of reacting in a judgmental way.

这个动作代表着带着批判的心态做出反应。

34. If you are clutching your pearls it means that someone said something or someone did something that was really shocking and you don't approve of it.

“clutching their pearls”形容因他人的言行感到震惊，同时对此表示不认同。

35. Imagine if you were training to be a doctor and your parents had spent so much time and money helping you go to medical school.

试想你一直在学医，父母耗费大量时间和金钱供你就读医学院。

36. You spent years and years studying.

你也为此寒窗苦读多年。

37. But right before you graduate you tell your parents mom dad I'm going to quit school, I'm going to drop out of school.

可就在毕业前夕，你告诉父母自己打算退学。

38. I think I want to work at Starbucks and make coffee for the rest of my life.

你说只想去星巴克做咖啡师，以此度过余生。

39. Your parents would be shocked and horrified by what you just said.

听到这番话，你的父母一定会震惊不已、难以接受。

40. They would clutch their pearls because it's something shocking and they don't approve.

他们就会做出“clutch their pearls”的反应，因为这件事既出人意料，又不被他们认可。

41. The last part of this phrase is sigh what a mess.

短语的最后一部分是“sigh what a mess”。

42. So she is creating a whole picture here.

泰勒在这里勾勒出了一整幅场景。

43. You have the Sarah and the Hannahs, ordinary people that just went to an ordinary school and got an ordinary job in their ordinary town, they're going to church.

萨拉、汉娜这类普通人，在平凡的小镇上学、工作，此刻正前往教堂。

44. They're shocked at what Taylor is doing and they are judging her.

她们对泰勒的所作所为感到震惊，并开始对她评头论足。

45. They are sighing and thinking Taylor is just making a whole mess of her life.

她们连连叹气，认为泰勒把自己的生活搞得一塌糊涂。

46. I can't believe she did that.

真不敢相信她会做出这种事。

47. Did you see who she was dating?

你们看到她交往的对象了吗？

48. I just can't believe it, it's so disgusting.

实在让人无法理解，简直不成体统。

49. That's the feeling that she is trying to give.

这就是泰勒想要传递出的旁人的心态。

50. She's trying to say, I don't know you Sarah, I don't know you Hannah.

她想表达的是：我并不认识你们这些路人。

51. I don't care that you're talking about me.

我也完全不在乎你们在背后议论我。

52. 'Cause I am Taylor Swift, I'm so rich, I am so successful.

因为我是泰勒·斯威夫特，我拥有财富与成就。

53. I followed my dreams and I did it and I fell in love.

我追寻并实现了梦想，也勇敢地坠入爱河。

54. Honestly the whole song is a masterpiece and hopefully that helps you understand these two lines a little bit better.

说实话，整首歌堪称佳作，希望以上讲解能帮助大家更好地理解这两句歌词。

54. Honestly the whole song is a masterpiece and hopefully that helps you understand these two lines a little bit better.

说实话，整首歌堪称佳作，希望以上讲解能帮助大家更好地理解这两句歌词。