跟著泰勒絲學英文！- 迷你英文課：英語精讀講義

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was one of the most successful of all time. 講解

泰勒絲的「時代巡迴演唱會」（Eras Tour）是史上最成功的巡演之一。

There's no doubt that our Queen Tay Tay is on top of the world. 講解

毫無疑問，我們的女王泰泰（Tay Tay）正處於世界之巔。

Even if you don't listen to her songs, 文法

即使你不聽她的歌，

you've definitely heard them.

你也絕對聽過。

Even if you think you haven't,

哪怕你覺得自己沒聽過，

you have. 文法

其實你也聽過。

Look, we all know our Queen writes great songs about boys and heartbreak.

聽著，我們都知道我們的女王擅長寫關於男孩和心碎的好歌。

But she also writes great songs about her relationship with the media

但她也寫了很多關於她與媒體關係的超讚歌曲，

and her reputation, 文化背景

還有關於她的名譽（reputation）的，

which coincidentally is the name of the album

這恰好也是這張專輯的名字，

our first song today comes from.

也就是我們今天第一首歌的來源。

I'm going to explain some of my favorite Taylor Swift lyrics

我將解釋一些我最喜歡的泰勒絲歌詞，

that are about her reputation and her relationship with the press. 用詞

這些歌詞是關於她的名譽以及她與媒體的關係。

Lyric number one today is

今天的第一句歌詞是

Look What You Made Me Do,

「看看你逼我做了什麼」（Look What You Made Me Do），

Look What You Made Me Do,

「看看你逼我做了什麼」，

Look What You Made Me.

「看看你把我逼成了什麼樣」（Look What You Made Me）。

The lyrics seem quite simple,

這些歌詞看似很簡單，

but they're not.

但其實不然。

Look what you made me do 語氣意圖

「看看你逼我做了什麼」

implies that she did something

暗示了她做了一些

she didn't want to.

她不想做的事情。

Look what you made me shows that 文法

「看看你把我逼成了什麼樣」則表明

she turned into something else, 片語動詞

她變成了另一種樣子，

like she stopped trusting people as much. 文法

比如她不再像以前那樣信任別人了。

The simple addition of omitting or adding

僅僅是省略或加上

just that one word do

「do」這一個詞，

changes the meaning of the sentence completely.

句子的意思就完全改變了。

The play on words is brilliant 慣用語

這種文字遊戲非常絕妙，

and so very catchy.

而且非常洗腦。

Of course.

當然啦。

Lyric number two,

第二句歌詞，

You need to calm down. 片語動詞

「你需要冷靜點」（You need to calm down）。

You're being too loud. 文法

「你太吵了」（You're being too loud）。

This song was written about the fight she had with the rapper

這首歌寫的是她和饒舌歌手

Kanye West and his ex-wife Kim Kardashian.

肯伊·威斯特（Kanye West）及其前妻金·卡戴珊（Kim Kardashian）的糾紛。

When the media responded to how she talked about that

當媒體對她談論此事的方式做出回應，

and said that she was being too much, 用詞

說她做得太超過了，

she was being too loud

她太吵了，

and they told her to calm down.

然後他們叫她冷靜點。

Calm down means to relax

Calm down 的意思是放鬆，

or be less angry about the situation.

或者對當下情況不要那麼生氣。

The being too loud part could be taken figuratively or literally. 用詞

being too loud 這一部分可以從字面上理解，也可以作比喻。

Literally, you're being too loud,

字面上來說，你太吵了，

you're making too much noise

你製造了太多噪音；

or figuratively, like I said before,

而作比喻的話，就像我之前說的，

you're being too much, too extra. 用詞

你戲太多了，太誇張了。

Too loud is often used against members of the LGBTQ+ community 語氣意圖

Too loud 經常被用來攻擊 LGBTQ+ 族群成員，

and, in fact,

事實上，

Taylor references GLAAD, 文化背景

泰勒絲在這首歌中提到了 GLAAD（同性戀者反詆毀聯盟），

a society that fights for LGBTQ+ rights

一個為 LGBTQ+ 權利而戰的組織，

in this song

就在這首歌裡，

and she has the cast of Queer Eye in the video.

並且請了《酷男的異想世界》（Queer Eye）的卡司出演這首歌的 MV。

So, this song became somewhat of an anti-hate anthem. 用詞

所以，這首歌在某種程度上變成了一首反仇恨頌歌。

What an icon! 文法

真是個偶像！

Lyric number three is one of the first songs that made me pay attention to Taylor.

第三句歌詞出自最早讓我開始關注泰勒絲的歌曲之一。

Shake it off, 片語動詞

「把它甩掉」（Shake it off），

shake it off.

「把它甩掉」。

Here again,

在這裡，

she's talking about her relationship with the media

她再次談論了自己與媒體的關係，

and about how the media loves to criticize her,

以及媒體如何喜歡批評她，

but she's not going to let it bother her. 文法

但她不會讓這些事煩擾到自己。

She's going to forget about it and continue with her life.

她會把這些拋在腦後，繼續自己的生活。

The final lyric we'll talk about today is

我們今天最後要討論的一句歌詞是

New money, 用詞

「暴發戶」（New money），

suit and tie, 慣用語

「西裝筆挺」（suit and tie），

I can read you like a magazine. 慣用語

「我看透你就像看本雜誌那麼簡單」（I can read you like a magazine）。

Ain't it funny, 用詞

「好不好笑」（Ain't it funny），

rumors fly, 片語搭配

「流言四起」（rumors fly），

and I know you heard about me.

「我也知道你聽說過我」（and I know you heard about me）。

Sing with me.

跟我一起唱。

New money, suit and tie refers to superficial material things 片語搭配

New money, suit and tie 指的是膚淺的物質層面，

because the press say that her relationships have no depth. 慣用語

因為媒體說她的感情關係沒有深度。

They're just superficial.

只是很膚淺的。

So, she's responding to that

所以，她正在對此做出回應，

when she says,

當她說，

I can read you like a magazine,

「我看透你就像看本雜誌那麼簡單」，

she's directly referring to a form of media here,

她在這裡直接提到了一種媒體形式，

which is clever.

這一點非常巧妙。

But she's also talking about the fact that

但她同時也表達了這樣一個事實：

she can read her potential lover.

她能看透她潛在的愛人。

Like, she can just look at that person

也就是說，她只需看著那個人，

and know what they're thinking

就能知道他們在想什麼，

or know how they're feeling.

或者知道他們感覺如何。

Ain't it funny,

Ain't it funny，

rumors fly.

rumors fly。

Ain't here is like a spoken word of isn't 文化背景

Ain't 在這裡就像是 isn't 的口語表達，

and it comes from AAVE,

它源自非裔美國人白話英語（AAVE）。

African American Vernacular English.

即非裔美國人白話英語。

And it's in a lot of songs

許多歌曲裡都有，

and Taylor's are no exception. 片語搭配

泰勒絲的歌也不例外。

Rumors fly is a strong collocation

Rumors fly 是一個強烈的詞彙搭配，

about how news, especially gossip or rumors,

指的是消息，特別是八卦或謠言，

get told again and again. 文法

被反覆傳播。

And that's why she says,

這就是為什麼她說，

I know you've heard about me 片語搭配

「我知道你聽說過我」，

because Taylor is often the topic of gossip columns. 用詞

因為泰勒絲經常成為八卦專欄的話題。

Many Swifties believe that because Travis Kelce is her 13th boyfriend, 文化背景

許多斯威夫特粉絲（Swifties）相信，因為特拉維斯·凱爾斯（Travis Kelce）是她的第13任男友，

there are no more blank spaces. 文化背景

已經沒有空白格（blank spaces）了。

So, she'd have no more names to write

也就是說，她再也沒有名字要寫進歌裡了，

as in he's endgame 講解

因為他就是最終歸宿（endgame）。

So, did I leave out any of your favorite Taylor lyrics? 片語動詞

所以，我有漏掉你最喜歡的泰勒絲哪句歌詞嗎？

Write them in the comments 片語搭配

在留言區寫下來吧，

and we'll have a sing-along later on. 片語搭配

我們稍後一起來大合唱。