On a dark 1)desert highway, 2)cool wind in my hair
3)Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My 4)head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to 5)stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the 6)mission bell
And I was 7)thinking to myself, this could be Heaven or this could be hell
听歌学英语
1. desert,有荒凉无人和沙漠两个意思,在这里译成沙漠更恰当。
2. cool wind in my hair ,意思是冷风吹乱我的头发。
3. warm smell of colitas,烤烟的味道,colitas是一个西班牙语,在这里隐指大麻。
4. head grew heavy,头越来越沉重,指疲累状态,同时也是吸食大麻后会出现的一个现象。grow这个词跟系动词差不多,但是更强调变化的过程。还有一些词如get,become都是这样用的。
5. stop for the night,指旅客停下来住店过夜。
6. the mission bell,指教堂的钟声。
7. think to oneself, 心想,沉思,跟它相似的结构是say to oneself,表示自言自语。