I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. mean it /miːn ɪt/ 连读;元音前紧后松
2. bot‧tom /ˈbɒtəm $ ˈbɑː-/ 英美音元音不同;美音/t/弹舌
言之有物:
1. I just called to say I love you
我只是打电话对你说「我爱你」
词链儿:I just did/do XX to...
我做某事只是为了...
I just came here to see you.
我来只是为了见你。
2. I just called to say how much I care.
我只是打电话对你说「我多么在意你」
→how much I care 当做一个整体→我有多么在乎
care v. 关心,在意,在乎
I don't think that anyone knows how much I care.
我认为没有人知道我有多在乎。
3. And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
这就是藏在我心底最情真意切的话语。
① 词链儿:I mean it. 我是认真的。
词链儿:mean sth 当真/说到做到
Don't laugh! I mean it (= I am serious).
别笑!我是认真的。
I meant what I said earlier.
我刚才说的话是算数的。
I mean, if you don't mean it, who cares?
你要不是真心,谁管你真不真心?
图片源自《少男老爸》
② 词链儿:from the bottom of one's heart
真诚地;从内心(深处)
He thanked us from the bottom of his heart.
他由衷地感谢了我们。
I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart (=very sincerely).
我爱你,我的爱是发自内心的。
★原声例句:I came here today because I believe from the bottom of my heart...
我今天来这里是因为我从心底里相信…
★原声例句:And I thank you all very much from the bottom of my heart.
我从心底非常感谢你们/ 我衷心地/由衷地感谢你们。
...from the bottom of my heart, thank you…
打从心底里,谢谢你!
图片源自《我要当警察》
Jimmy, from the bottom of all our hearts, molto grazie.
吉米,我们真心实意的,谢谢你。
图片源自《警察世家》
And, Ivy, from the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry for how I hurt you.
艾薇,真的很抱歉,很抱歉我让你受伤。
图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》
活学活用:
请用 from the bottom of one's heart 随意造句
《电话诉衷情》(I just called to say I love you):美国黑人盲歌手Stevie Wonder(史提夫·汪达)演唱歌曲,1984年。曾用于美国电影《红衣女郎》中。歌曲中文翻译为《电话诉衷情》。这首歌不仅是当年全美全英排行榜冠军,而且还获得1984年第57届奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖。
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