
语法在英文歌曲中的应用(DOC 15页).doc
15页语法在英文歌曲中的应用 虚拟语气虚拟语气不表示一个客观事实,而纯粹是说话人的主观看法,或是不可能实现的愿望和假设歌曲本身就是一种表达主观思想与放飞梦想的平台在各国歌曲中歌词中都会不约而同的表达内心的许多的愿望,英文歌曲也一样所以在英文歌曲中虚拟语气的应用就是更加频繁的英文歌词中的虚拟语气的用法与一般的英语中的用法有一定的相似性也有不同性与一般英语中相似的虚拟语气,有条件从句中的虚拟语气,名词中的虚拟语气,固定搭配条件从句中的虚拟语气里最简单的就是现在时间的虚拟语气如果条件状语从句中所描述的情况与现在事实不符,或对现在的的事实或者目前的状态的假设,从句谓语动词用一般过去时形式,主句用情态动词过去式(以would为主)+动词原形举例:1.Mmmmmm, if I could melt your heartMmmmmm, we'd never be apartMmmmmm, give yourself to meMmmmmm, you hold the key (选自 Frozen)分析:If I could melt your heart, we'd never be apart.这句是if 引导的虚拟语气we’d 即是we should.这种虚拟语气在日常口语中也是很容易见到的。
歌中两人已然分手,女主角在假想如果当初能够溶化男主角的心,现在可能就会在一起了 名词性从句中的虚拟语气又以宾语从句的虚拟语气最为典型宾语从句是否要用虚拟语气取决于终局的谓语动词英语里有一些动词要求它后面的从句用虚拟语气,但是,不同的动词要求宾语从句中虚拟语气形式的不同,我们习惯上把这些动词分为两类:一类是以wish为代表,另一类以suggest为代表,而suggest通常在英文歌曲中显得过于正式,所以很少涉及举例:2.Listen to the rhythm of the falling rainTelling me just what a fool I've beenI wish that it would go and let me cry in vainAnd let me be alone again (选自Rhythm of the Rain)分析:I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain.这种虚拟语气很简单,也是我们平时口语中用到最多的一种即是wish引导的虚拟语气此句用虚拟语气表达了作者失去心爱的女孩的一种悲伤的心情。
固定搭配中的也是我们日常英语中比较常见的一种意为要是,倘若是,只要,它所引出的从句可用任务,表示和事实一致或相反,即可用虚拟语气表示不能实现或相反的事情,用一般陈述语气表示事实,也可组成混合虚拟语气同时,它也可以一独立句型出现,不要主句,句末用惊叹号,表示希望和愿望,常和would,could等情态动词连用,而英文歌词中用独立句型的出现是十分普遍的使于强烈的表达感情:举例:3.If only tears were laughterIf only night was dayIf only prayers were answered Then we could hear God say (选自No Matter What)分析:这段歌词连续出现If only tears were laughter,If only night was day,If only prayers were answered .这段话用得是很地道的英语表达,是If Only…were引导的虚拟语气,作“要是,倘若是,只要……”讲对于英文歌曲中与日常英语中不同的虚拟语气从某种程度上可以说是虚拟条件从句的隐含,但还是并不相同的。
常见的隐含结构有介词词组,不定式,比较结构和一些以等待有相关的标志,而我们发现发现很多英文歌词中却只有单纯的隐喻形式唯一可以说是标志的就只是有助词would这样的虚拟语气是一定要根据上下文分析出来的举例:4.Take me as I am take my life I would give it all I would sacrifice Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for I can't help it theres nothing I want more You know it's true Everything I do I do it for you Theres no love like your love And no other could give more love Theres now here unless you are there All the time all the way Don't tell me its not worth trying for I can't help it theres nothing I want more I would fight for you I like for you Walk the wire for you you I die for you You know its true Everything I do I do it for you ( 选自 Everything I Do I Do It For You)分析:I would give it all I would sacrifice和 I would fight for you I like for you 这两句初看之下并不是很像虚拟语气。
但是根据歌词所表达的意思就可以分析出来此句为虚拟语气,这种虚拟在歌曲中运用的更加广泛一些这是因为歌词好多时候为了符合旋律,就会省略一些引导词这两句都表达出了作者能够为心爱的女孩牺牲和付出一切的感情5. A long long time agoI can still remember how that music used to make me smileAnd I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd maybe they'd be happy for a while ( 选自 American Pie)分析:That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while.这句话也是在歌中运用的比较广泛的虚拟语气,没有什么引导的词表达了作者想要令人们快乐的心理倒装句 语序就是指英语句子中各成分之间的相对顺序,英语句子中的核心成分是主语、谓语和宾语在英语长期的历史演变过程中它们的顺序被逐渐被固定下来,从而形成了一个相对固定的语序,即“主语+谓语+宾语”的顺序。
这个语序通常被称为“正常语序”或“自然顺序”,大多数英语句子都是采用这种语序但是这种语序也并非一成不变,有时也会打破常规改变这种语序,把谓语放在主语之前,从而起到强调或某种特定的修辞效果,这种语序变化就是倒装强调是引起语序变化的最主要原因,我们通常把所有要强调的成分放到句首,以达到强调的目的保持句子的平衡是引起语序变化的另一个原因鉴于此,英文歌词中的倒装是有一部分以上的原因但是其中也有部分原因是为了符合音符或者随着音符而变,产生歌词音符相得益彰的感觉根据谓语动词结构和位置的不同,倒装可以分为全部倒装和部分倒装两种全部倒装是指整个谓语动词放在主语前面在英语歌词中的全倒装中由地点和时间副词引出的全部倒装句运用的频率很高尤以地点副词“HERE”最多.举例:1.Here comes the rain againFalling from the starsDrenched in my pain againBecoming who we areAs my memory restsBut never forgets what I lostWake me up when September ends(选自 Wake Me Up When September ends)分析:Here comes the rain again这句是很简单的全倒装句,类似于我们很早就见过的Here comes the bus.在日常口语中也是很常见的。
这句原来的形式是The rain comes here again.2. Pistol shots ring out in the barroom nightEnter Patty Valentine from the upper hallShe sees the bartender in a pool of bloodCries out, "My God, they killed them all!"Here comes the story of the HurricaneThe man the authorities came to blameFor somethin' that he never donePut in a prison cell, but one time he could-a beenThe champion of the worldThree bodies lyin' there does Patty seeAnd another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously"I didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands"I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understandI saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops"One of us had better call up the cops."And so Patty calls the copsAnd they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin'In the hot New Jersey night (选自 Hurricane)分析:在Hurricane的这两段歌词中有两种不同的倒装句。
Here comes the story of the Hurricane这句是平常很容易见到的一种全倒装,还原完的全句是The story of the Hurricane comes here. 而Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see则是典型的主谓倒装句,这句也是在日常口语中很常见到的句型助动词Does提前至主语前此句还原回去了就不难理解了,可还原为Patty see three bodies lyin’ there.部分倒装则只是把谓语中的助动词、情态动词或系动词be等放在主句前面,实义动词或表语仍在主语后面某些否定词或否定副词放在句首,句子要求部分倒装,即助动词或be动词放在主语之间常见的否定副词有barely,hardly,little,seldom等举例:3.The only girl I care about has gone awayLooking for a brand new startBut little。












