Pink Martini来自美国,却在法语乐坛打出了一片天地。

Pink Martini的领导者Thomas Lauderdale是个钢琴手,却组织了包括人声、弦乐、管乐与打击乐器群在内的14位顶尖音乐好手。

Pink Martini没有国际唱片公司庞大的预算撑腰,却因其多元、天赋、趣味被纽约客称作“美丽的”“成熟的”“令人兴奋异常的”乐队。

今天的这首Lilly是Pink Martini不多见的英文歌曲之一,一起来欣赏吧!值得一提的是,主唱名叫China Forbes,看到China这个单词,是不是觉得非常亲切呢?其实Forbes这个单词也很亲切有木有?

【Lilly】 

专辑名称:Hang on Little Tomato
专辑歌手:Pink Martini
发行日期:2004
专辑语种:英语.法语.意大利
专辑类型:
Electronic/Jazz/World
唱片公司:Naive Auvidis

听歌学口语

你还记得初学英语时我们小老师Lucy和Lily吗?没错,Lily或是Lilly是我们非常熟悉的名字,但由于它们的发音和汉语中的“丽丽”很相近,许多人常常直接把Lilly读作“丽丽”。事实上,汉语中[i]的发音和英语中[i]的发音还是有很大区别的。自己读一读“丽丽”,再和歌中的“Lilly”对比一下,是不是发现前者更为清脆,而后者更圆润自然呢?

[i]属于48个国际音标中的短元音,故发音要短促而轻快。发这个音的时候嘴唇要微微张开,舌尖抵下齿,舌前部抬高,整个口型呈扁平状。

诀窍:舌前部抬高

这个音的发音成败就在这一个小动作上。所谓舌前部抬高,是说舌尖抵住下齿后,舌头后面的部分微微抬起,抵住上颚,保持口型扁平,自然出声,就能发出标准的[i]。而如果舌前部动作没有到位,舌头懒懒躺在下面,发出的就是汉语中的“丽丽”了。

Lyrics

Lilly comes when you stop to call her
Lilly runs when you look away
Lilly leaves kisses on your collar
Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, stay!

Lilly comes when you stop to call her
Lilly runs when you look away
Lilly leaves kisses on your collar
Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, stay!

One day she passed him by
A twinkle in her eye
He said " she was meant for me!"
But when he turned around
He lost what he had found
Oh where can his Lilly be?

Lilly comes when you stop to call her
Lilly runs when you look away
Lilly leaves kisses on your collar
Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, stay!

He searched the city streets
He tempted her with treats
But nobody stopped to taste them
Some are in his pocket
Some are in a locket
He couldn't bring himself to waste them

Ever since she's gone
Some days he can't go on
She runined for another
Pressed up against the glass
He prays that she will pass
Now he's living with his mother

Lilly comes when you stop to call her
Lilly runs when you look away
Lilly leaves kisses on your collar
Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, stay!

Lilly comes when you stop to call her
Lilly runs when you look away
Lilly leaves kisses on your collar
Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, Lilly, stay!

Stay, stay, stay, stay