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第16章 Hotel California加州旅馆

There were voices down the corridor,

I thought I heard them say:

“Welcome to the Hotel California.”

Hotel California

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singer:Eagles

On a dark desertdesert adj.沙漠的, 不毛的, 荒凉的 highwayhighway n.公路, 大路 ,

Cool wind in my hair,Warm smell of eucalyptuseucalyptus n.[植]桉树

Rising up through the air.

忽然走廊尽头传来声音,

我似乎听见他们在说:

“欢迎来到加州旅馆。

加州旅馆

作词:享利

作曲:佚名

演唱:老鹰乐队

在夜晚的荒凉公路上,

清风吹着我的头发,

空气中充满桉树温馨的芬芳。

Up ahead in the distance,

I saw a shimmeringshimmery adj.微微发亮的 light.

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dimdim adj.暗淡的, 模糊的, 无光泽的, 悲观的, 怀疑的 ,

I had to stop for the night.

There she stood in the doorwaydoorway n.门口 ,

I heard the missionmission n.使命, 任务, 使团, 代表团 bell.

I was thinking to myself:

This could be heaven or this could be hell.

Then she lit up a candlecandle n.蜡烛

and she showed me the way.

There were voices down the corridorcorridor n.走廊 ,

I thought I heard them say:

“Welcome to the Hotel California.

我看到远处夜空灯火闪烁,

我感到头昏沉沉轻视线变模糊,

我只好驻足投宿。

她就站在门口,

我听到使命般的钟声。

我在心底暗自思忖:

这是地狱还是天堂。

她点亮了蜡烛为我带路。

忽然走廊尽头传来声音,

我似乎听见他们在说:

“欢迎来到加州旅馆。

“Such a lovelylovely adj.可爱的, 有趣的 place,

(Such a lovely place)

Such a lovely face.

“Plenty of room at the Hotel California,

Any time of year,

(Any time of year)

You can find it here.”

Her mind is tiffany twisted,

She got the Mercedes Benz,

She got a lot of pretty prettypretty adj.漂亮的, 可爱的, 优美的, 机灵的, 恰当的 boys

That she calls friends.

How they dance in the courtyardcourtyard n.庭院, 院子 .

Sweet summer sweet.

“多舒适的地方,

(多舒适的地方)

多可爱的脸庞。

“加州旅馆有许多的客房,

一年中任何时间,

(一年中任何时间)

你都可以在此投宿。”

她心里只想着贵重的东西,

她有豪华的奔驰轿车,

她结识很多可爱的男孩子做朋友。

他们在庭院尽情跳舞,

美好的夏季多甜蜜。

Some dance to remember some dance to forget.

So I called up the Captain,

“Please bring me my winewine n.葡萄酒, 酒 .”

(He said)

“We havent had that spirit here

(Since)

Nineteen sixtynine.”

And still those voices are calling from far away,

Wake you up in the middle of the night,

Just to hear them say,

“Welcome to the Hotel California.

记住一些舞友,

忘掉一些舞伴,

因此我唤侍者,

“请给我酒”。

(他说)

“(自从)1969年到现在我们没有那兴致”。

这时又从远处传来熟悉的声音,

夜半把你唤醒。

似乎听见他们在说:

“欢迎来到加州旅馆。

“Such a lovely place,

(Such a lovely place)

Such a lovely face.”

Living it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise

(What a nice surprise)

Bring you alibisalibis n.[律]犯罪现场, 辩解, 托辞 .

Mirrors on the ceiling

And pinkpink adj.粉红的 champagnechampagne n.香槟酒, 香槟色 on ice.(She said)

“We are all just prisonersprisoner n.战俘 here of our own device.”

“多舒适的地方,

(多舒适的地方)

多可爱的脸庞。”

他们在加州旅馆纵情欢乐。

多令人惊喜,

(多令人惊喜)

你有来此的理由。

锃亮的玻璃天花板,

冰镇的粉红香槟。(她说)

“我们只愿做这儿的战俘。”

And in the masters chambers,

They gathered for the feastfeast n.节日, 盛宴, 筵席, 宴会, 酒席 .

They stabbedstabbed v.刺,中伤,刺穿 it with their steelysteely adj.似钢的 knives,

But they just cant kill the beastbeast n.兽, 畜牲, 人面兽心的人 .

The last thing I remember (I was) running for the door,

I had to find the passage

Back to the place I was before.

“Relaxrelax vi.放松, 休息, 休养, 变从容 ,”said the night man,

“We are programmedprogram vt.规划, 拟……计划, 安排……入节目 to receivereceive vt.收到, 接到, 接收, 遭到, 受到, 接待, 接见 ,

You can check out any time you like,

But you can never leave.”

他们聚在华丽的房间,

享受盛宴,尽情欢乐。

他们用钢制的餐刀刺向兽肉,

但他们不能杀死内心的兽性。

我只记得最后跑向门口,

我得找到归去的路。

回到我以前来的地方。

“别紧张”夜班服务员说,

“我们将接待您的再次归来。

随您什么时候付账都可以,

但您会留恋忘返”。

二战后,美国经济迅速发展,进入空前的繁荣阶段。但在这表面辉煌的背后也滋生出各种社会问题。20世纪60年代至20世纪70年代间,在美国出现了被称为“反主流文化”(Counter culture)的一代人。

加州旅馆是比喻是象征,作者把加州比拟为整个美国,描写美国人的心理,反映出美国梦的写实状态。一个在沙漠艰难旅行的人,停下来住进加州旅馆(即美国),前面有(上帝的)钟声在召唤,又有蜡烛引路。“是天堂还是地狱”,是任何一个做美国梦的人常常发出的疑问。

《加州旅馆》是当时把乡村摇滚、民谣音乐珠联璧合的老鹰乐队的代表作品,也是他们艺术生涯中的旷世之作,受到了全球众多歌迷的喜爱,曾获得全美排行榜第一名和1977年美国的格来美大奖。