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Cotton
Field
》歌词、句型分析
When
I
was
a
little
bitty
baby,
My
mama
would
rock
me
in
the
cradle,
In
them
old
cotton
field
back
home.
It
was
down
in
Louisiana,
Just
about
a
mile
from
Texarkana,
In
them
old
cotton
field
back
home.
And
when
them
cotton
ball
get
rotten
,
You
can't
pick
very
much
cotton,
In
them
old
cotton
field
back
home.
歌词大意
当我还是个小婴孩时,
妈妈常把我放在摇蓝里摇着我,
在家乡那片老棉花田里。
我的家乡在路易斯安那,
离泰克萨卡那一英里,
在家乡那片老棉花田里。
噢,当棉花桃腐烂时,
你就摘不到多少棉花,
在家乡那片老棉花田里。
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歌词、句型分析
1
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When
I
was
a
little
bitty
baby
,
my
mama
would
rock
me
in
the
cradle
in
them
old
cotton
field
back
home
.
=
When
I
was
still
an
infant
,
my
mum
would
rock
me
to
sleep
in
my
cradle
on
the
far
mback
in
my
hometown
.
当我还是一个小婴孩时,妈妈在家
乡那片老棉花田里常把我放在摇蓝
里哄我睡觉。
bitty
(形容词)意为:少许,一点点,细短的。
例:
a
little
bitty
baby
=
a
baby
infant
小不点,一丁点大的婴孩。
Rock
vt.
摇动,使前后(左右)
例:
The
earthquake
rocked
the
house
.
那场地震使房屋摇动着。
Rock:
一般是指激烈地咯咯摇动。
Swing:
指下垂的东西摆动。
Sway:
指树枝等的摇动。
cradle
:摇篮、发源地、婴儿时期。
例:
The
baby
is
sleeping
in
the
cradle
.
婴儿在摇篮里睡觉。
The
Yellow
River
,
cradle
of
Chinese
civilization
黄河——中国文明的摇篮
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The
girl
has
been
sickly
from
the
cradle
.
那个女孩从幼年起便身体虚弱。
From
the
cradle
to
the
grave
自生到死;一辈子。
in
them
old
cotton
field<
/p>
.此短语中的
them
,本应为
the
或
their
,
从用词上我们可以看出美国南部的乡下人没有受过良好的教育,用
them
来代替
the
或
their
,这是他们的习惯;另一方面,这种用法是
BlackEngl
ish
(黑人英文)的一个特征。因此,我们说这首歌曲与黑人有
关。
2
.
It
was
down
in
Louisiana
,
Just
about
a
mile
from
Texarkana
.
=
My
hometown
is
down
in
the
southern
state
of
Louisian
a
,
which
is
about
a
mile
fromTexarkana
.
我的家乡在路易斯安那,离泰克萨卡那一英里。
3
.
Oh
,
when
them
cotton
ball
get
rotten
,
you
can't
pick
very
much
cotton
in
them
old
cottonfield
back
home
.
=
Oh
,
when
the
cotton
balls
get
rotten
,
you
won't
have
any
harvest
in
their
old
cottonfield
.
噢,当棉花桃腐烂时,你就不会有什么收成。
cotton
< br>ball
之后应加上“
s
”表示
复数,此处又出现语法上的错误,
再次说明他们的文化水平很低。
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