英文歌: Sunshine on My Shoulders (附歌詞分析)

Title: 《Sunshine on My Shoulders》
Artist：John Denver

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy;
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry;
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely;
Sunshine almost always makes me high.

If I had a day that I could give you,
I'd give you a day just like today;
If I had a song that I could sing for you,
I'd sing a song to make you feel this way.

If I had a tale that I could tell you,
I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile;
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while.

Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.
Sunshine almost always…

歌詞大意


陽光照在我肩上使我幸福歡暢；
陽光照在我眼裏使我眼淚流淌；
陽光照在水麵上形成美麗風光；
陽光幾乎總能使我情緒高漲。

如果我有一天可以給你，
我要給你象今天一樣的；
如果我有歌可以為你唱，
我要唱首歌，使你感覺如這樣。

如果我有故事可以給你講，
我要給你講，肯定讓你笑容掛臉上；
如果我有願望可以為你祝福，
我要希望總能有陽光。

陽光幾乎總能使我情緒高漲。
陽光總是…

歌詞、句型分析

1．Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

　　=When the sun shines on my shoulders, it makes me happy.
　　陽光照在我肩上使我幸福歡暢。

2．Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.

　　=When the sun shines in my eyes, it can make me cry.
　　= When I see the sunshine, I feel like wanting to cry.
　　陽光照在我眼裏使我眼淚流淌.

3．Sunshine on the water looks so lovely．

　　=When the sun shines on the water, it makes the water look lovely.
　　陽光照在水麵上形成美麗風光。

4．makes me high

　　=makes me high spirited
　　使我情緒高漲
　　high等於in high spirits。
　　例: Her appearance always makes me high.
　　她的出現總使我興高采烈。

5.If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give you a day just like today

　　如果我有一天可以給你，我要給你象今天一樣的一天
　　這是一個虛擬語氣句子。 I'd =I would.
　　like是個介詞，表示“像……”。
　　例: His eyes are like two lamps.
　　他的眼睛像兩個燈泡。

6.If I had a song that I could sing for you, I'd sing a song to make you feel this way.

　　sing a song for…給……唱一首歌
　　例: He sang a love song for me.
　　他為我唱了一首情歌。