Take Me Home, Country Roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees:
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.

Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.

All my memories gather round her,
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.

Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.

I hear her voice in the morning hours,
She calls me.
The radio reminds me of my home Far away,
And driving down the road,
I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.

Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.

Take me home，country roads.
Take me home, country roads.

歌词大意

　　西弗吉尼亚，简直就象天堂一样——在那里可以看到蓝岭及雪兰多河。那里的生活源远流长，比大树悠久，比高山年少，如微风渐进。乡村路，请带我回到属于我的家——西弗吉尼亚，乡村路，请带我回家。
　　我一直想着我妈妈，她是个矿工的太太从来没有见过大海。矿场上的灰尘总是将天空染成黑色。在回忆中，我仿佛品尝到了以前常喝的家里自制的酒。想到这些，不禁潸然泪下。
　　我听到她在早晨呼唤我。收音机的声音使我想起远方的家乡。就在我开车回家的路上，我有一种早就该回家的感觉

歌词、句型分析

1．Almost heaven west Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
　　=West Virginia is where there are mountains and Shenandoah River is almost heaven.
　　=West Virginia is a place which is almost as beautiful as heaven – there you will find many beautiful landscapes including the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River.
　　西弗吉尼亚，简直就象天堂一样——在那里可以看到蓝岭及雪兰多河。

2．Life is old there, older than the trees.
　　=West Virginia has been around for a long time, and people there live a very traditional life.
　　like a breeze:像微风一样
　　例如: Smile is like sunshine and like a breeze. It makes others happy.
　　微笑如阳光，又如微风，令人高兴。
　　这一节大概意思是：那里生活久远，指很早便有生命存在，与树比，比树老，与山比，则比山年轻，徐徐生长如清风。

3．Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong
　　= Country roads, please take me home to the place where I belong.
　　belong to 属于
　　例如:This book belongs to me.这本书是我的。
　　belong还可以跟表示地点的介词短语。
　　例如: Put the chair back at the corner. It always belongs in the corner.
　　把椅子放回到墙角处。它总是放在那儿的。

4．Mama n. 妈妈（小孩用以称呼母亲）
　　此处的Mountain Mama是指在西弗吉尼亚有很多的山，而这些山就象慈母一样孕育我，所以此处Mountain Mama就是指West Virginia。

5．The radio reminds me of my home far away.
　　the radio可能是汽车上的收音机可能是收音机里
　　放的音乐或歌曲使他更怀念家乡。
　　reminds sb of sth:使人想起
　　例如: This song reminds me of my hometown too.这首歌也使我想起故乡。
　　This picture reminds me of my college life.这张照片使我想起我上大学时的生活。
　　far away: in a remote place在很远的地方
　　例如: My home is far away from here.我的家离这儿很远。

6．And driving down the road, I get a felling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
　　=While I’m driving down the road I start to feel that I should have gone home a long time ago.
　　在我驱车回家的路上，我有一种早就该回家的感觉。
　　should have done sth表示“本当做……”
　　例如: You should have gone there.你本应当去那里。

7．All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
　　= All my memories gather around her, who is a miner's lady, and also a stranger to blue water
　　=I keep thinking of my mother, who is a miner’s wife, and who has nefer seen an ocean before.
　　 be a stranger to…:对…陌生的人；对…不懂的
　　例如: I am a stranger to art.我是个不懂艺术的人。
　　Blue water = blue oceans