有哪些故事性强的英文歌推荐
推荐霉霉Taylor Swift的歌。众所周知,霉霉的创作总和自己的感情经历有过,基本上新交上男友或者新分手都会有歌出现。所以必然故事性很强,拿其中比较有名的love story来简单分析一下:
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air
See the lights see the party the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know
That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go
And I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go
And I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
据说这首歌的创作背景是霉霉的父母强烈反对她和一个男生交往,霉霉得到了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的灵感,联系自己的生活实际写下了这首歌。而且不同于莎士比亚的悲剧结尾,霉霉的结尾两人用真挚的爱情感化了父母,过上幸福的生活。
从歌词来看,故事性非常强。开篇就指出了两人相识于年少,然后开始闪回。当年自己站在阳台上,在灯红酒绿中看见了翩翩少年罗密欧。父母不同意,于是自己只能哭泣。请求罗密欧带走自己,两人双宿双飞,快乐的过日子。
从语言方面,因为有很多叙述的成分,所以过去时,现在时和将来时的使用非常多元化。大家在听歌的时候可以顺便巩固一下时态哟~
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