Dance with My Father

英文歌词:

 

Back when I was a child

 

Before life removed all the innocence

 

My father would lift me high

 

And dance with my mother and me then

 

Spin me around till I fell asleep

 

Then up the stairs he would carry me

 

 

 

And I knew for sure I was loved

 

If I could get another chance

 

Another walk

 

Another dance with him

 

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

 

How I love, love, love

 

To dance with my father again

 

 

 

When I and my mother would disagree

 

To get my way I would run from her to him

 

He'd make me laugh just to comfort me

 

Then finally make me do just what my mama said

 

Later that night when I was asleep

 

He left a dollar under my sheet

 

 

 

Never dreamed that he would be gone from me

 

If I could steal one final glance

 

One final step

 

One final dance with him

 

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

 

Cause I love, love, love

 

To dance with my father again

 

 

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door

 

And I'd hear how my mother cried for him

 

I pray for her even more than me

 

I pray for her even more than me

 

I know I'm praying so much too much

 

But could you send back the only man she loved

 

I know u don't do it usually

 

But dear lord she's dying

 

To dance with my father again

 

Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dream

 

学习笔记：

1.before life removed all the innocence

 

用很形象化的手法，描绘小时候的天真懵懂；在写作中运用这种形象化的手法，能给考官感觉到文章符合英文严谨的习惯。

 

所以一般烤鸭们在写类似意思的句子的时候，能写出when I was innocent 就已经很不错了，以后烤鸭们可以借鉴一下这种写法。

 

2.I play a song that would never, ever end

 

用ever进行再次强调，never和ever两个词在尾音押韵，很朗朗上口。

 

在雅思口语中强调“永远不”时，可以尝试着开始使用，能给考官感觉很地道的。

 

3.comfort

 

既可以做动词也可以做名词，一般在使用时，会较常用到其形容词形式comfortable。

 

这里需要说明一下make sb. comfortable 的意思是使某人舒适，但comfort sb. 的意思是安慰某人，二者的意思不太相同。

 

4.if I could steal one final glance

 

steal 用的很有特色，有一种做贼的意味，由于父亲已经离去了，所以歌者的这种愿望是不可能实现的。在西方宗教上这种愿望是有违上帝的旨意，所以歌词在描述时，使用了略带罪恶感的steal。

 

5.be dying to do

 

渴望做某事，可以用来替换desire to do的老套说法。

 

或者在口语中也可使用，略带夸张幽默的说法。