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先给大家推荐一首非常好听的慢摇。歌词里有很多俚语,不过你应该看得懂。
Don’t Mess with My Man
NIVEA ft Jagged Edge
[Spoken]
Uh, I like it baby (yeah)
Uh, one time for the club (ye-eah)
Two time for my thugs, uh-huh
Three times for my ladies, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon (ooh, oh)
Uh, Nivea y’all.. JE y’all... (oooh)
Uh-uh, JE y’all
[Nivea]
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me
So I’m tellin everybody let him be
Cause he’s mine and I can’t take no pigeons tryna take my baby
So I thought I had to let you know
Find someone that you can call your own
Cause now you’re walkin in the danger zone
And if I touch you I’ll be wrong
Don’t mess with my man, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don’t mess with my man, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Here’s a little advice for you, find your own man
[JE]
It was hard to find a girl that’s really down for me
Seems like a lot of niggas tryin me
Cause they tryna take my baby, oh what the hell
So now you really better check yourself
Messin with my girl is bad for your health and
So you know you will be dealt with
Better find your own girl
Don’t mess with my girl, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don’t mess with my girl, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Here’s a little advice for you, find your own girl
[Nivea]
Girl I’m warning you, if you want my man
You should just keep your hands to yourself, now-now
[JE]
And playa I’m warning you, if you want my girl
I suggest that you look but don’t touch, now-now
[N] It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man
[JE] It’s hard to find a girl that’s really down for me, don’t mess with my girl
[N] Hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man
[JE] So hard to find a girl that’s down for me, don’t mess with my girl
对了,就是这首,Don’t Mess with My Man,由NIVEA和Jagged Edge合作的慢摇,很有意思,对不对?不过——等一下,看到NIVEA这个名字呢,你肯定会有如下联想:
NIVEA全系列产品惊喜上市!NIVEA(妮维雅)维生素型润唇凝露5ml VIP价:16.81元;NIVEA(妮维雅)深层润肤乳液200ml VIP价:27.55元……
错了!你以为我要打广告吗?大错特错。我们这个歌手NIVEA,是一个漂亮可爱的MM,专长就是Rap和节奏蓝调,有关她的介绍我们刚好在这一期的泛阅读中有所涉及;而Jagged Edge呢,是一个R&B四重唱组合,他们成立于美国佐治亚州的首府亚特兰大,成员包括了双胞胎兄弟Brandon “Case Dinero” Casey和Brian “Brasco” Casey,又名Quick的Kyle Norman,和最后加入的又名Wingo Dollar的Richard Wingo。在最初的时候,一共有六名成员,但是逐渐有一些成员离开,最终形成了四个人的演唱组合。不久之后,他们的试音带被四人演唱组合Xscape的成员Kandi Burress所听到,在她的建议下,Richard Wingo代替了原来的一名成员,从而形成了现有的固定阵容。并且在她的引荐之下,他们被介绍给了著名的制作人Jermaine Dupri,并且很快就和Jermaine Dupri的唱片公司So So Def签约,名字也被改为Jagged Edge。
好了,歌手背景介绍完毕,现在我得让你仔细看歌词,发现一点蹊跷没有?
对了,Don’t Mess with My Man分明是一首男女对唱的歌曲嘛,意思也非常清晰啊,女孩对她的同伴说:“It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man”(找一个像哥哥一样的男孩子真难,所以别来骚扰我的男朋友!),男孩也警告他的朋友:“It’s hard to find a girl that’s really down for me, don’t mess with my girl(找一个心仪的女孩很难啊,你别来骚扰我的女朋友哦!)”,所以,这问题就来了,这一首对唱歌曲同时唱到了don’t mess with my man和don’t mess with my girl,为什么歌曲名字要用don’t mess with my man呢?my girl哪去了?这分明是性别歧视——对男性的性别歧视嘛!
在解释这个问题之前,我们先来看看mess这个词。
mess作名词的时候有以下几种意思:
1. 伙食费;食堂;集体用膳人员;伙食[C][U]
The officers are at mess.
军官们正在用餐。
The whole mess burst out laughing.
全食堂的人都突然笑了起来。
2. 一份食品(常指半流质的);(猎物等吃的)杂食;足够吃一顿的量[C]
He caught a large mess of fish.
他捕到足够饱餐一顿的鱼。
3. 混乱、凌乱的状态[U](这也是高中课本上最常用的)
Her hair was in a terrible mess.
她的头发乱极了。
4. 脏乱的东西;(狗、猫的)屎[U][C]
Would you please clean up the mess?
请你把这些肮脏的东西清理掉好吗?
5. 困境,狼狈的处境,一团糟[S]
She made a pretty bad mess of it.
她把事情搞得一团糟。
6. 【口】肮脏的人,邋遢的人[C]
He is a mess!
他真邋遢!
而mess是动词的时候,就麻烦了,因为有很多词组。先来看看它作及物动词用的时候:
1. 使就餐,供给……膳食
2. 弄脏,弄乱[(+up)]
I was used to him messing up the kitchen.
我对他把厨房弄脏已经习惯了。
3. 弄糟,毁坏[(+up)]
I messed it up.
我把事情搞糟了。
4. 粗暴地对待,殴打[(+up)]
The gang messed him up.
那帮人把他揍了一顿。
当它作不及物动词的时候:
1. 准备伙食,供膳
2. 集体用膳[Q][(+with/together)]
In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers.
在这个兵营里,士兵不和军官一起用餐。
3. 搞乱,陷入混乱;把事情弄糟[(+up)]
She messed up on the math test.
她数学考砸了。
4. 摆弄,玩弄,骚扰,打扰[(+with)](歌曲中就是这个意思嘛!)
Don’t mess with that gun.
不要摆弄那支枪。
5. 鬼混,无所事事[(+around/about)]
He spent all day Sunday just messing about.
他星期天胡混了一整天。
6. 干预[(+in)]
You’d better not mess in the affairs of others.
你最好不要干涉他人的事情。
那么我们来设计一下:
——————————————————方案一———————————————
你看看,如果我把歌名改成Don’t mess with my man and my girl怎么样?不行!这就有歧义啦!不要去骚扰我的男朋友和女朋友?这不仅有男朋友,还有女朋友,还前仆后继的呢!我分特!
——————————————————方案二———————————————
把my man去掉可以吗?不行!因为mess作不及物动词的时候,加上with就必须得带宾语啦!所以don’t mess with就是一个病态短语!
——————————————————方案三———————————————
把with my man一起去掉!还是不行!你看看上面的解释,mess单个词的意思和mess with就完全不同啦!
所以啊,这个疑惑就解开了咯!可能你还要问,为什么不用don’t mess with my girl作歌曲名啊,这更简单了,因为这首歌收录在NIVEA的专集里,所以当然是用她的唱词作为歌名啦!
看看,客官您看看,这一个小歌曲里面,居然有这么多讲究,美国人多么麻烦啊!不过这种严谨的作风正是我们四个现代化建设所需要的哦!(小生被鸡蛋和西红柿砸下去……)
编辑/孙栎栎
Don’t Mess with My Man
NIVEA ft Jagged Edge
[Spoken]
Uh, I like it baby (yeah)
Uh, one time for the club (ye-eah)
Two time for my thugs, uh-huh
Three times for my ladies, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon (ooh, oh)
Uh, Nivea y’all.. JE y’all... (oooh)
Uh-uh, JE y’all
[Nivea]
It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me
So I’m tellin everybody let him be
Cause he’s mine and I can’t take no pigeons tryna take my baby
So I thought I had to let you know
Find someone that you can call your own
Cause now you’re walkin in the danger zone
And if I touch you I’ll be wrong
Don’t mess with my man, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don’t mess with my man, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Here’s a little advice for you, find your own man
[JE]
It was hard to find a girl that’s really down for me
Seems like a lot of niggas tryin me
Cause they tryna take my baby, oh what the hell
So now you really better check yourself
Messin with my girl is bad for your health and
So you know you will be dealt with
Better find your own girl
Don’t mess with my girl, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Got my niggas, got my girl, so find your own and leave mine alone
Don’t mess with my girl, I’ma be the one to break it to ya
Here’s a little advice for you, find your own girl
[Nivea]
Girl I’m warning you, if you want my man
You should just keep your hands to yourself, now-now
[JE]
And playa I’m warning you, if you want my girl
I suggest that you look but don’t touch, now-now
[N] It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man
[JE] It’s hard to find a girl that’s really down for me, don’t mess with my girl
[N] Hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man
[JE] So hard to find a girl that’s down for me, don’t mess with my girl
对了,就是这首,Don’t Mess with My Man,由NIVEA和Jagged Edge合作的慢摇,很有意思,对不对?不过——等一下,看到NIVEA这个名字呢,你肯定会有如下联想:
NIVEA全系列产品惊喜上市!NIVEA(妮维雅)维生素型润唇凝露5ml VIP价:16.81元;NIVEA(妮维雅)深层润肤乳液200ml VIP价:27.55元……
错了!你以为我要打广告吗?大错特错。我们这个歌手NIVEA,是一个漂亮可爱的MM,专长就是Rap和节奏蓝调,有关她的介绍我们刚好在这一期的泛阅读中有所涉及;而Jagged Edge呢,是一个R&B四重唱组合,他们成立于美国佐治亚州的首府亚特兰大,成员包括了双胞胎兄弟Brandon “Case Dinero” Casey和Brian “Brasco” Casey,又名Quick的Kyle Norman,和最后加入的又名Wingo Dollar的Richard Wingo。在最初的时候,一共有六名成员,但是逐渐有一些成员离开,最终形成了四个人的演唱组合。不久之后,他们的试音带被四人演唱组合Xscape的成员Kandi Burress所听到,在她的建议下,Richard Wingo代替了原来的一名成员,从而形成了现有的固定阵容。并且在她的引荐之下,他们被介绍给了著名的制作人Jermaine Dupri,并且很快就和Jermaine Dupri的唱片公司So So Def签约,名字也被改为Jagged Edge。
好了,歌手背景介绍完毕,现在我得让你仔细看歌词,发现一点蹊跷没有?
对了,Don’t Mess with My Man分明是一首男女对唱的歌曲嘛,意思也非常清晰啊,女孩对她的同伴说:“It was hard to find a brotha that was down for me, don’t mess with my man”(找一个像哥哥一样的男孩子真难,所以别来骚扰我的男朋友!),男孩也警告他的朋友:“It’s hard to find a girl that’s really down for me, don’t mess with my girl(找一个心仪的女孩很难啊,你别来骚扰我的女朋友哦!)”,所以,这问题就来了,这一首对唱歌曲同时唱到了don’t mess with my man和don’t mess with my girl,为什么歌曲名字要用don’t mess with my man呢?my girl哪去了?这分明是性别歧视——对男性的性别歧视嘛!
在解释这个问题之前,我们先来看看mess这个词。
mess作名词的时候有以下几种意思:
1. 伙食费;食堂;集体用膳人员;伙食[C][U]
The officers are at mess.
军官们正在用餐。
The whole mess burst out laughing.
全食堂的人都突然笑了起来。
2. 一份食品(常指半流质的);(猎物等吃的)杂食;足够吃一顿的量[C]
He caught a large mess of fish.
他捕到足够饱餐一顿的鱼。
3. 混乱、凌乱的状态[U](这也是高中课本上最常用的)
Her hair was in a terrible mess.
她的头发乱极了。
4. 脏乱的东西;(狗、猫的)屎[U][C]
Would you please clean up the mess?
请你把这些肮脏的东西清理掉好吗?
5. 困境,狼狈的处境,一团糟[S]
She made a pretty bad mess of it.
她把事情搞得一团糟。
6. 【口】肮脏的人,邋遢的人[C]
He is a mess!
他真邋遢!
而mess是动词的时候,就麻烦了,因为有很多词组。先来看看它作及物动词用的时候:
1. 使就餐,供给……膳食
2. 弄脏,弄乱[(+up)]
I was used to him messing up the kitchen.
我对他把厨房弄脏已经习惯了。
3. 弄糟,毁坏[(+up)]
I messed it up.
我把事情搞糟了。
4. 粗暴地对待,殴打[(+up)]
The gang messed him up.
那帮人把他揍了一顿。
当它作不及物动词的时候:
1. 准备伙食,供膳
2. 集体用膳[Q][(+with/together)]
In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers.
在这个兵营里,士兵不和军官一起用餐。
3. 搞乱,陷入混乱;把事情弄糟[(+up)]
She messed up on the math test.
她数学考砸了。
4. 摆弄,玩弄,骚扰,打扰[(+with)](歌曲中就是这个意思嘛!)
Don’t mess with that gun.
不要摆弄那支枪。
5. 鬼混,无所事事[(+around/about)]
He spent all day Sunday just messing about.
他星期天胡混了一整天。
6. 干预[(+in)]
You’d better not mess in the affairs of others.
你最好不要干涉他人的事情。
那么我们来设计一下:
——————————————————方案一———————————————
你看看,如果我把歌名改成Don’t mess with my man and my girl怎么样?不行!这就有歧义啦!不要去骚扰我的男朋友和女朋友?这不仅有男朋友,还有女朋友,还前仆后继的呢!我分特!
——————————————————方案二———————————————
把my man去掉可以吗?不行!因为mess作不及物动词的时候,加上with就必须得带宾语啦!所以don’t mess with就是一个病态短语!
——————————————————方案三———————————————
把with my man一起去掉!还是不行!你看看上面的解释,mess单个词的意思和mess with就完全不同啦!
所以啊,这个疑惑就解开了咯!可能你还要问,为什么不用don’t mess with my girl作歌曲名啊,这更简单了,因为这首歌收录在NIVEA的专集里,所以当然是用她的唱词作为歌名啦!
看看,客官您看看,这一个小歌曲里面,居然有这么多讲究,美国人多么麻烦啊!不过这种严谨的作风正是我们四个现代化建设所需要的哦!(小生被鸡蛋和西红柿砸下去……)
编辑/孙栎栎