今天呢，我给大家推荐一首很好听的英文歌，叫做I Am Me Once More. 歌手是个马来西亚姑娘，Zee Avi，中文名叫季小薇。在QQ音乐和网易云音乐里都可以找到哦。
这首歌很短，讲的故事也很简单：一个和前任分手的姑娘顿悟到，原来她并不需要他，她只需要自己；在一起的时候疲累难过是因为她并不是在做自己，分手后找回了自己，感觉棒棒哒。
听起来，这首歌好像是一首鸡汤歌。这样的顿悟其实并不是只有歌里的姑娘才有，那一刻醍醐灌顶，看明白了想通了，过去才能过去，才能好好过现在好好计划将来。所以咱们干了这碗鸡汤，你们听这首歌的时候，我来分析一下歌词中的英语语言点——我毕竟是英语老师嘛，force of habit。
我把歌词分段粘贴在此，歌词摘自百度百科，我听了几遍，基本上没有出入。如果你听出来任何出入，一定要留言告诉我哦！歌词比较简洁，有的语言点被隐藏了。我把歌词改得更通俗易懂，也就是“赘述”一下，配上“赘述”版的中文翻译，以及一些语言点的讲解。
No
I really don’t think so
that you’d think I’d be incapable
of being on my own
You think that I’m unable to be on my own, but I don’t think so.
你觉得我离了你不行，但是我不这么认为。
be on one’s own自己呆着时照顾好自己
be capable/incapable of doing sth.≈be able/unable to do sth.
e.g. Don’t push me when I’m mad, because I have no idea what I’m capable of.
No
I really don't think so
that I would for a second let you
back in through my door
You think that I would let you back in my life, through my door, but I don’t think I would let you do that for a even second.
你以为我会让你回到我身边，进我的家门，但是你想得太美了。
let sb. do sth. 允许某人做…vs. make sb. do sth. 逼某人做…
e.g. -I’m afraid I won’t let myself do it..
-Oh, in that case, I’ll have to make you (do it.)
（冷风嗖嗖地从后脖子吹过……）
2. (not) for a second…想都不要想
这句话语气很绝对，要慎用，否则，大家都没有面子。歌里这姑娘说I don’t think that I would for a second let you back in through my door, 就是说：进我的家门回到我身边，你想都不要想。这样强烈的语气，好像比较适合说给混账的前任~
I have spent
many a nights
I have wasted so many nights dwelling on the past, on us.
我已经浪费了太多时间，赖在过去不走，还想着以前的我们。
注意spend的过去式和过去分词是spent. 不要嫌我啰嗦哦，就这还有很多人说错呢。咱们就严谨一些嘛！不过这里的spend按照歌里的姑娘的心态，应该理解为waste。不难理解，在不合适的人身边，每一分钟都是浪费时间。
我的改写中，dwell on sth./doing sth., 可以理解为“赖在…不愿离开”，可以dwell on my bed不想上班，也可以dwell on the past因为everything seems sweeter in retrospect（回首过去时，一切好像都比现在好）
Even when you were by my side
I shed tears I couldn’t dry
I shed tears I couldn’t dry
We were so unhappy together that I cried more than I could remember.
其实你在我身边的时候，我都记不清楚我为你流了多少眼泪。
注意 more than中的than有连词的词性，后面可以跟句子，看改写的歌词
But I should thank you for
taking my blindfold off
now I ain't jaded no more, no more
And I take pride
in being the one that said goodbye
that could only mean
I am me, once more
But I think I should thank you for letting me see it clear that we would never be together. Now I’m no longer tired and bored of anything about us. And I am proud that I broke up with you, not the other way around, which means, I am me once more, not the one you expected me to be.
但是我还是该谢谢你，因为你让我明白了我们不可能在一起。现在好了，我再也不为任何与我们相关的事情而感到厌倦。并且我很骄傲，是我甩了你，而不是被你甩了。这就意味着我又做回了我自己，不再是那个你期待中的样子。
情态动词是英语中很重要的组成部分，欲知详情，可以参考我后期会写的关于情态动词用法的推文。在考试和交流中，情态动词用准确了能省很多麻烦呢。这里面出现should，本意是“应该”，或者理解成“得（děi）”。歌词里这么写，真是扬眉吐气的妹子，“我觉得我还是得谢谢你呢，因为毕竟我还是明白了咱俩没戏”。👍👍👍
jaded, a. ≈bored & tired, usually because you have too much to do厌倦的
I am me once more=I am who I am again, not who you expect me to be
You would turn your head the other way
so you wont have to listen to what I had to say
You assumed that I needed you
but you didn't realize that
I needed no one but myself
I needed no one but myself
You wouldn’t hear my side of the story, so you would just pretend you never hear it. When we were together, you took it for granted I needed you. But the truth was that I only needed myself.
你不愿听我怎么看我们之间，所以你就干脆把头扭一边，假装没听到。我们在一起的时候，你就自以为是，觉得我需要你。但事实是，我只需要我自己。
再次出现了情态动词，这里would是“愿意”的意思。所以在求婚的时候，要问Would you marry me?,而不是Could/Should/Might/Must you marry me?. 至少要记住这个用法，否则很可能好事儿变坏事儿呢。
assume, v. = take sth. for granted/take it for granted that…
(to think or accept that sth is true but without having proof of it)
就是自以为是，好讨厌😠😠😠
But I should thank you for
taking my blindfold off
now I amn't jaded no more, no more
And I take pride in being the one that said goodbye
That could only mean I am me, once more
That could only mean I am me, once more
That could only mean I am me, once more
(见上文）
好了，歌词分析完了，估计你已经听了好几遍这首歌了。之所以说这首歌适合英语学习，是因为它的歌词用词简单，都是常用词，句子也不长，语法都是高中学过的（当然估计也有不少人已经还给老师了）。如果你觉得这歌好听，循环播放几遍，很多歌词就能脱口而出了。此外，这虽然是个姑娘唱给前任的，但是也适合男生唱，且我也不觉得男生shed tears that I couldn’t dry多么难为情。毕竟真情流露嘛，且，谁说姑娘的前任是男生，男生的前任是姑娘呢…😆😄😁
I hope you love the song!
I wish that every girl and boy could be brave enough to shake off the past and move on.
What is meant to be is meant to be.
I am one of you, learning and loving.
See you soon!(づ￣ 3￣)づ
