A day in the life
[ 2006-03-18 14:13 ]
 本網小評： 1967年1月17日，列儂在《每日郵報》上看到他的朋友Tara
Browne（塔拉·布朗尼）――愛爾蘭著名釀酒商Guinness的后代――的死訊后，創作了這首歌曲，但整首歌并沒有寄托哀思，這或許就是理解此支曲子的突破口。
在歌中，列儂羅列了一天中的四個事件。首先，他告訴大家……
 Lyric
A day in the life By John
Lennon
 I read a news today, oh boy,
About a lucky man who made the grade ,
And though the
news was rather sad,
Well, I just had to laugh.
I saw the photograph.
He blew
his mind out in a car,
He didn't notice that the lights have
changed,
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They've seen his face
before,
Nobody was really sure if he was from the
House of Lords .
I saw a film today, oh boy,
The English army had just won
the war,
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had a
look,
Having read a book, I'd
like to turn you on ...
Woke up, fell out of bed,
dragged a comb across my
head,
found my way downstairs and drank a
cup ,
and looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat
and grabbed my head,
made the bus in seconds flat,
found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
and
somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
I read a news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in
Blackburn Lancashire ,
and though
the holes were rather small,
they had to count them all,
now they know how
many holes it takes to fill the Albert
Hall ,
I'd love to turn you on.
Words and Phrases
1. a lucky man who made
the grade：一個成功的幸運兒。
2. He blew his mind
out：喪失心智，神志不清，通常指喝藥后的狀態。
3. the House of Lords：英國上議院，由皇室貴族組成。
4.
Having read the book：剛讀過書，意思指自己對整個事情的真相已經明了。
5. turn you
on：讓某人感興趣，通常指使對方嘗試"性"或"吸毒"方面的快感；正是由于這層隱諱的含意，英國BBC電臺認為《生命中的一天》在鼓勵人們吸毒，因而當時禁止播放這首歌曲。
6.
drank a cup：喝一杯茶或是咖啡，英國可能主要是茶。
7. found my way
upstairs：走到上面一層，英國有些公車有兩層，上層可以吸煙。
8. Blackburn
Lancashire：位于英國西北部，據說這里是英國著名的鬧鬼勝地。
9. Albert Hall：指the Royal Albert
Hall（皇家阿爾伯特大廳），是英國最大的音樂廳，成圓拱形，上下一共6層，滿座時可容納近萬人。
中文歌詞
生命中的一天 約翰·列儂
今天，我看到一則消息，噢，天哪
是關于一個功名顯赫的幸運者
盡管那消息相當悲哀
嗯，我只能發笑
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