most poeple know yesterday once more, but do you ever know this song by carpenter?
Sing
by karen carpenter
Sing! Sing a song.
Sing out loud.
Sing out strong.
Sing of good things, not bad,
Sing of happy, not sad.
Sing, sing a song.
Make it simple to last your whole life long.
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear.
Just sing, sing a song!
la, la, la…
Sing! Sing a song.
Let the world sing along.
Sing of love there could be.
Sing for you and me.
La, la, la…
歌词大意
唱吧，放声唱吧，
大声地唱吧，用力地唱吧。
歌唱美好不唱丑恶，
歌唱幸福不唱悲伤。
唱吧，放声唱吧，
轻松欢畅享受你的生活。
莫怕别人会听到
认为唱得不够好，
你就唱，放声唱！
啦，啦，啦……
唱吧，放声唱吧，
让整个世界跟着唱。
歌唱可能有的爱，
为你为我歌唱吧。
啦，啦，啦……
歌词、句型分析
1．sing out loud, sing out strong.
= sing out loudly, sing out strongly
loud和strong分别应该是loudly和strongly。
2．Make it simple to last your whole life long.
it是形式主语，真正的主语是to last your whole life long，意思是唱歌能使你一生一世轻松，这样一件事非常simple。
3．Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear.
Don't worry.别担心，不要怕
that引导的是从句的内容。
enough to 足以……做……
例如：The water is not hot enough to drink. 这水太凉，不能喝。
He is old enough to take care of himself. 他够大了，可以自己照顾自己了。
else要放在 somebody, nobody , anybody, something, nothing, anything, somewhere, no where, anywhere这些词的后边。如果想表达“别人，其他人”用other,
例如：other people, 不可以说 else people.
4．Just sing, sing a song!
Just 可译为“就”，“尽管”，意思是不顾虑任何东西。
例如： Don' t be afraid. Just do it 别害怕，放心去干吧。
5． Let the world sing along.
=Let all the people of the world sing along with you.
the world 指人们
sing along 意为“随着唱”，“跟着唱”。
例如：When I sang that old song , many middle aged people sang along without being aware of it, 我唱起那首老歌时，许多中年人不知不觉地随着唱起来。
6．Sing for you and for me.
for 表示“为”。
例如：He did that for me. 他为我做了那事。
He sang for the soldiers. 他为士兵们唱歌。
7．sing out唱出来，原义为“大声叫喊”、“大声讲、讲出”、“告密”、“大胆地唱,大声叫喊”、“自供”
例如：You should sing out your thoughts.你应把自己的思想讲出来。
8．sing of happy, not sad
= sing of happy things, not bad things.
sing of歌唱，歌颂，唱歌庆贺
例如：They sang of their friendship. 他们歌唱友谊。
We sing of his great deeds.我们歌唱他的丰功伟绩。
sing away 唱歌把...忘掉
sing up 使劲地唱
sing small 变得低声下气; 不再狂妄
sing low 谨慎小心地说话, 说话谦和有节制
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