在国内的时候,觉得支付宝和微信比信用卡更受欢迎,但是来了英国之后,觉得信用卡还是最广泛的付款方式。且这里都是自己刷卡,有地方自动开启小额免密,所以很方便的。
今天要给大家推荐的这首歌呢,就跟信用卡相关。
这首歌叫Ka-ching,歌手是Shania Twain。这个歌名就是收银台那个抽屉打开时的声音,系不系很有意思?(歌词摘自百度,翻译是我原创)
We live in a greedy little world
that teaches every little boy and girl
to earn as much as they can possibly
then turn around and spend it foolishly
我们生活的世界充满贪婪
它让每个小孩学会
先拼尽全力挣很多钱
转身就挥霍掉这些钱
首先,押韵,也就是rhyme
world和girl押韵,元音因素都是/ɜː/,possibly和foolishly押韵,元音因素都是/i/。这样唱起来就朗朗上口是不是?
We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall
我们乱用信用卡
总是寅吃卯粮
我们深信不疑随便花
因此每周末都在买买买
to create a credit card mess就是乱花信用卡,这里面to create a … mess就是制造了…混乱的局面。换一下动词,to deal with/clean a … mess,就是要收拾残局。
e.g.
We have created a credit card mess, but there is no one who can really clean the mess.
a credit card, n.信用卡
别忘了,现在买买买,以后都要还的,如果不还,你的personal credit会受到影响。来看credit在personal credit中的意思:
如果你不为你借银行的钱负责,也就是如果你刷了信用卡但是不还钱,你的信用就会打折扣,你以后办别的事情,尤其跟钱相关的事情就麻烦啦~所以呢,what comes around goes around, 借了一定要还哦!
a debit card, n.储蓄卡
All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing--Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
我们总是想要更多
比我们之前想要的更多
快带我去最近的商场
你听到付款成功的声音了吗
是不是让你想唱歌
这声音真是太美妙了
有辣么多钻戒呢
它们给了你太多快乐
你活得像国王
坐拥金钱和物品
这段赶脚好像句子结构和词汇都比较基础,各位自行消化~但是,前两句在很多场合都可以直接拿来用:
e.g.
-I feel that we are drifting apart and I want to know why so that we don’t mess it up.
-Oh I feel the same and I think maybe all we ever want is more, a lot more than we had before.
-我赶脚咱们渐行渐远了,我想知道原因,这样咱们就不会把好好的感情弄没了。
-我也这么赶脚的。我觉得也许咱们都太贪婪的,比之前要的多太多。
When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more when you get bored
你没钱了去银行贷款
再次用你的房子抵押
账目合并起来你就又能去买买买了
打发无聊的时光
注意,这里是broke, 不是broken。有个美剧叫two broke girls破产姐妹,可不是two broken girls崩溃姐妹~
所以说I’m broke就是我木有钱了;说I’m broken就是我桑心桑成了太平洋要崩溃了…或者,我浑身要散架了…不管怎样,多一个n好像就悲催了好多😂😂😂
to get a loan就是去银行申请贷款,这里的get可以替换成take/ask for/apply for,而student loan学生贷款这个词组也经常出现。不过不要忘了loan是要还滴~天下没有免费午餐,尤其不要想跟银行要免费午餐。迟早都要还,不过在欧美国家,student loan是低息,甚至有些地方是零息,且还款时间很长,有的长达20年。这些优惠政策让毕了业的学生们安心工作,每个月稍微注意一下就能还上学生贷款。只是呢,我见过的老外好像每个月还是捉襟见肘,还了学生贷款就得拖欠房租,然而在两个都会damage his/her credit的选择中,还是会选择还了学生贷款。相比之下中国的大部分学生幸福多了,因为家长大多不会让孩子过得这么窘迫,虽然我也想argue一下,接受太多保护的宝宝们成长得太慢。
to consolidate在这里是个专有名词,就是合并账目的意思。至于具体操作,我这个技术盲就不误导大家了,咨询experts or people with relevant expertise吧!
All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing--Ka-ching!
Loats of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
(同上)
Let's swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh,yeah,ha
Come on I know you 've got it
Dig deeper in your wallet
咱们快动起来
在你口袋里再找找
噢耶
我知道你有钱的
快在你的钱包里找找
swing的主要意思是“摇摆”,引申为“动起来”。这也是个有很多意思的词,所以自己去我安利了很多次的oxford advanced learners’ dictionary里找吧!
好了,歌词分析到这儿,华丽丽的分割线来也~
话说,你们觉得信用卡怎么样?
What do you think of credit cards?
经常用吗?
How often do you swipe your card(s)?
用的是主卡还是副卡?
Are you a main-card holder or a secondary-card holder?
曾经欠账不还吗?
Have you ever missed your payment deadlines?
欢迎给我留言,告诉我你对信用卡的看法(づ ̄ 3 ̄)づ