英语悠选

Matchmaker

m-a-t-c-h-m-a-k-e-r

A matchmaker is someone who tries to encourage(鼓励) people they know to form a romantic relationship or to get married（结婚）.

媒人 红娘

Here is an example:

My friend played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.

小说的开头是这样描述的：

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition（性情）, seemed to unite（联合，兼备） some of the best blessings（祝福，福分） of existence;
 and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress（悲痛） or vex（使烦恼） her.".

 简单来说，Emma Woodhouse 就是一个热心活泼心地善良的白富美。

 She believes she is a skilled matchmaker and repeatedly attempts to pair up her friends and acquaintances（相识的人）.

女主有了，男主当然也不能少：

Mr Knightley is Emma's only social and intellectual equal in Highbury.

那时，在等级分明的英格兰，

He has known Emma since she was a baby. 

He is an individual独特的, quick-witted机智的 gentleman, with a dry sense of humour冷幽默.

今天要特别隆重地

推荐给大家一首歌 

名字是

I was here

And the key word in this song is

Footprint

F-o-o-t-p-r-i-n-t

A footprint is a mark（印记） in the shape of a foot 

that a person or animal makes on a surface(表面).

脚印

Here is an example from this touching song

I want to leave my footprints on the sands of time.

我想在时间的沙滩上留下我的脚印。

This is the first sentence of the song “I was here”

Most songs simply make you happy or sad. 

But some are trying to do more, 

shedding light（发光；启迪） on an important social issue 

or prompting（鼓励） people to act.

"I Was Here"就是这样一首能让人思考的歌曲。

It is a song recorded by Beyoncé from her fourth studio album.

The music video for the song features Beyoncé performing the song live at the United Nations General Assembly.

在这首歌的MV里，

Beyonce 一袭白裙，

站在纽约联合国总部的大会议厅里，

背后的弧形幕布上播放着联合国人道主义援助的画面。

完美的唱功，感人的画面，加上动人的歌词。

超级震撼！

You have to watch the video!

这首歌完美的诠释了The power of music.

The song is aimed to create social media history with one billion people sharing the message of doing something good for another person.

Here are some sentences from this song:

“When I leave this world, I'll leave no regrets

Leave something to remember, so they won't forget

I was here

I lived, I loved

I did, I've done everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here”

我来过这个世界，

当我离开的时候，我不会带着一丝遗憾走。

So！趁年轻！ 

Just do it! Dream it! And try your best to make your dreams come true! 

Trying to help other people as your capacity allows.

努力的生活，Leave your mark.

You will know that you can make a difference. 

Even it is a tiny little bit of change

the world will be better place to live because of you.

今天推荐给大家的歌叫做

Flashlight

And the key word in this song is 

Flashlight

f-l-a-s-h-l-i-g-h-t

A flashlight is a small electric light(电灯) which gets its power from batteries（电池） and which you can carry in your hand.

手电筒 闪光信号灯

Here is an example:

I could see the beam of his flashlight waving around in the dark.

我可以看到他的手电筒光在黑暗中上下舞动。

"Flashlight" is a song recorded by British singer Jessie J for the soundtrack to the 2015 film ‘Pitch Perfect 2 ’.

但在电影完美音调2中这首歌是以纯人声

Acappella 的形式演唱的。

A-cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental （乐器）accompaniment。

无伴奏纯人声演唱。

And the lyrics describe a special person in your life who is always there for you.

Who shows support in the hard times and who guides you, like a flashlight, when you are lost in the dark.

Here are some sentences from the song:

When tomorrow comes

I'll be on my own

Feeling frightened（害怕） up

The things that I don't know

When tomorrow comes

I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight

You're getting me through the night

I really like the message of this song.

I think it fits the people who are just about to start a new journey or a new life.

We hope all of you can find someone to be your own flashlight.

也希望英语悠选能在你需要的时候成为你的flashlight. 

The song we are going to listen to today is 

The Lazy song

The key word in this song is obviously “Lazy”. 

If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything.

懒惰的；慢吞吞的

Here is an example:

We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.

我们会慵懒地吃顿午饭，然后躺在沙滩上晒太阳。

休假的时候当然要放纵自己一下，

就是要睡到自然醒，

就是要随心所欲

就是什么都不做。

"The Lazy Song" is recorded by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.

Actually, this song is quite old, it was released in 2011.

Back then, "The Lazy Song" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

It topped the charts in the UK and charted on most international markets within the top five.

这首歌这么老，为什么今天还要拿出来推荐给大家呢？

因为谁都有懒的时候嘛！

你有没有遇到过歌里这样的情况

Today I don’t feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don’t feel like pickin’ up my phone,

So leave a message at the tone

‘Cause today I swear I’m not doing anything,

Nothing at all

就是神马都不想做。

只想静静的赖在床上，

听听音乐，

发发呆，

晒晒太阳！

这个时候如果一个人

最适合

准备好食物，

电影，美剧，

在这一天里各种吃各种看，

让自己开心。

如果两个人，

放下手边琐事，

可以在这一天跟你爱的人一起，

如果她跟你讲：“我都没有和你一起看雪看星星看月亮，从诗词歌赋谈到人生哲学……”

那你就要立刻像尔康一样跟她说：“我的错我的错都是我的错，我不该和别人一起看雪看星星看月亮，从诗词歌赋谈到人生哲学……我答应你今后只和你一起看雪看星星看月亮，从诗词歌赋谈到人生哲学……”

With this lazy song, we wish you a wonderful holiday! 

今天推荐大家的歌叫做

What makes you beautiful

The key word in this song is 

Beautiful

If you describe(描述) something as beautiful, you mean that it is very attractive（吸引力）.

美丽的，美好的

Here is an example:

It's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.

那是个美好的夜晚，你让一切成为可能。

男童鞋们快快记住这句话，一定说给你的女朋友听哦。

And the song we are going to recommend to you is 

WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL 

It is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction.

"What Makes You Beautiful" is a powerful pop song.

It served as their debut single(首支单曲) from their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011).

作为one direction的第一张专辑，一周内卖出超过13万张。

在英国、美国、澳大利亚等各大榜单中巨均问鼎榜首。

也让5位英国鲜肉收获了无数老中青女性的爱。

歌词写得非常讨巧励志：

“Don't need make-up，To cover up

Being the way that you are is enough”

基本上就是在跟一姑娘说：

你知不知道你自己很漂亮啊，

你从什么时候开始这么美腻的呢？

你根本不用化妆好吗，素颜就能亮瞎我的眼

姑娘，你知道我最欣赏你什么吗？

就是你辣么美，你自己竟然都不知道！！！！

If only you saw what I saw 

You'll understand why I want you so desperately（不顾一切地）

Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe it 

你竟然不知道你自己很美。

哈哈哈

好想看看这个姑娘到底长得什么样？

Anyway, 

男孩这个对待女孩的态度绝对是要提倡的。

姑娘们，我们要抬头挺胸的自信的生活。

你本来就很美，

那就，

释放你的美！

Say hello 

The key word in this song is 

Follow

F-O-L-L-O-W

If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place.

跟随

Here is an example:

All we have to do is follow the map.  

我们所要做的就是按照地图走。

今天这首歌里这两个人可不是跟着地图走，

那是跟着什么走呢？

你听：

"If I find him if i just follow;Would he hold me and never let me go; I don't know"

The name of the song is “Say Hello”

This song is performed by Rosie Thomas and appears on the album These Friends Of Mine.

It tells a story about two strangers trying to say hello to each other.

一个喜欢上陌生男孩的女孩，很害羞不敢表白。

却开始悄悄幻想和男孩的对话：

Would he hold me and never let me go.

Would he let me borrow his old winter coat.

他会不会像电影男主人公一样把我包裹在他的温暖的大衣下，再也不让我离开呢？

会吗 会吗

想想就很害羞呢...

而这个男孩其实也默默的喜欢着这个女孩，

男孩想

If I see her standing there alone

At the train station three stops from her home

I have half a mind to say what I'm thinking anyway

从车站到她的家，我要什么时候上前跟他表白比较好呢？

就这样，终于有一天，男孩鼓足勇气跟女孩说话了！

Hey there, how you doing?

嘿，那边的朋友,你好么?

Hi, my name’s Mary!

嘿，我的名字叫玛丽！

Hi!

嗨！

整首歌只有2分钟左右，

却讲述了一个完整的爱情故事。

听完这首歌，

你有没有想say hello to some one special呢？

附完整歌词：

If I find him if i just follow

如果我找到他，只是跟随他

Would he hold me and never let me go

他会不会抓紧我再也不让我走

Would he let me borrow his old winter coat

他会不会让我借去他的陈旧的冬大衣

I don't know

我不知道

I don't know

我不知道

If I see her standing there alone

如果我看见她独自站在那里

At the train station three stops from her home

在离她家到火车站三站的地方

I have half a mind to say what I'm thinking anyway

无论如何我只敢说出一半的心思

I don't know

我不知道

I don't know

我不知道

There's airplane in the sky

还有飞机在天空

With a banner right behind

正背后有一面旗帜

Loneliness is just a crime

孤独只是一种罪行

Look each other in the eye

看进彼此的眼眸

And say hello

说你好

Oh oh oh oh哦噢哦噢

And say hello

说你好

Oh oh oh oh oh

噢哦噢哦噢

Hey there, how you doing?

嘿，那边的朋友,你好么?

Hi, my name’s Mary!

嘿，我的名字叫玛丽！

Hi!

嘿!

今天要给大家推荐的电影叫做

leap year

闰年

And the key words in this movie is

Leap year

A leap year is a year which has 366 days. 

There is a leap year every four years.

闰年

Here is an example:

A leap year is a year when February has 29 days.

闰年的时候2月份有29天。

在爱尔兰有一个古老的传说。

如果女孩在闰年的2月29日像心爱的男孩求婚的话，

这个男孩一定会接受，

两个人会幸福的生活一辈子。

The girl in this film – Anna - plans to go to Dublin, Ireland to propose (求婚) to her boyfriend on Feb.29th.

但旅途中突然出现的坏天气，让Anna滞留在一个爱尔兰小乡村。

At this beautiful town, Anna met a guy called Declan.

She asked Declan to bring her to Dublin to meet her boyfriend.

在两个人开着一辆小破车去都柏林的路上，发生了许多有趣又有爱的故事。

其中有一段台词是这样的：

I want to say, may you never steal, lie or cheat.（steal:偷窃）

But if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows（悲伤）.

And if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life.

And if you must cheat, then please cheat death, 

because I couldn't live a day without you.

 有没有很感动。

AND

One of the most important reasons why we want to recommend this film to you is the beautiful scenery(风景)。

爱尔兰的风光实在太美太美太美了。

将来有机会一定要到爱尔兰去看一看。

I hope you also like this romantic comedy film---Leap Year, 闰年。

悠选Special-随波逐流 Smile

今天要推荐给大家的电影是

当当当当!

随波逐流

Just go with it

The key word in this movie is

Smile

s-m-i-l-e

笑容，微笑

Here is an example from the moive:

I love your smile, your smile is magic.

我喜欢你的微笑，你的笑容拥有神奇的魔法。

JUST GO WITH IT

随波逐流这部电影笑点密集，

一定会让大家大笑不止哒。

故事是这样的：

Danny 是一个整形医生

He uses unhappy marriages as an excuse to get women, 

And to avoid romantic commitment（承诺） that may lead to heartbreak.

他通过撒谎骗女孩这件事，

只有他的好朋友兼助手Katherine知道。

One day, he met a dream girl.

他希望能和这个女孩正式的交往。

但由于种种可笑的误会，

他不得不骗这个女孩说，自己的助手Katherine是他的前妻，and they are divorced. 

就这样一连串搞笑的事情开始了。

此处省略100分钟笑点密集，可以毫无压力放松大笑的情节。

At the end of the movie,

Danny told his true love that:

(soundbite)

“I love the most is that you fix your teeth,

you always do anything for anybody else and don't need anything back,

you are the only one person that I never lie to her,

I just trust you more than anybody in the world,

you know every secret about me,

I love your smile,

That smile is the magic,

When I am in the operating room,

All I think about is, 20 more minutes I get to see that smile.”

She is good,.

She is very nice.

There is only one problem.

She is not you.”

别的女孩也很好，但她们不是你。

无论别人再怎么优秀，我爱的人只有你。

Yes, there are so many excellent men around you.

But they are not the one. 

世界上那么多阴差阳错，才换来命中注定。

有时候真爱就在你身边。

flipped 怦然心动

The key word in this movie is

Flipped

F-L-I-P-P-E-D

If you flip a switch（开关）, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.

快速翻转，轻弹；

说到这个词，不得不表扬一下翻译这个电影题目的人。

把flipped 翻译成怦然心动 简直太美太贴切。

The movie is a story about young love.

故事是这样的：

Once in a while, there is a girl called Juli Baker.

这个叫做Juli的小女孩坚定不移的相信3件事情：

The sanctity（神圣） of trees；

The wholesomeness(卫生性) of the eggs from her backyard；

And that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski.

诶，重点来了。

She will kiss Bryce Loski.

So who is Bryce Loski?

Bryce是前不久刚刚搬到这个社区来的男孩。

从见到他的第一面起， Juli就爱上了这个棕色眼睛的男孩。

于是，她勇敢的向Bryce告白了。

Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. 

He thinks Juli Baker is just a little weird girl.

毕竟，哪个小学生会在自己家后院养鸡呢。

但是，突然有一天。

Bryce sunddenly felt that Juli and her family are kind of cool.

However, 在追了bryce6年后，Juli开始怀疑自己的感情。

后来，因为梧桐树和鸡蛋，Juli and Bryce stopped talking with each other.

有时，人们往往在失去时才明白自己曾经拥有的爱情是那么珍贵和美好。

After Juli stopped talking to Bryce, the boy started to feel emptiness in his heart because of Juli’s absence(缺席).

她们两个最后有没有和好呢？

亲自去看看就知道了。

This is a really cute and lovely story.

其中有一段话说的非常的好。

(soundbite/trailer)

“But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent（色彩斑斓）, and when you do, nothing will ever compare. ”

有一天你会遇到一个彩虹般绚丽的人，从此以后，其他人就不过是匆匆浮云了。 

新的一年，希望大家都有这样一个人陪在身边。