好歌赏析，听歌学英语 —— Help Yourself 你自便（帮助你自己）

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The creation of songs is generally regarded as a mode of performing arts, a kind of leisure and entertainment for the public!

Personally, I think that songs are not just performance arts or entertainment, and most songs are works with multi-layered cultural connotations. Songs have both poetic charm and touching rhythms, which express the author's views and emotions, and some lyrics will have a complete story that reflects the values and phenomena of contemporary society. Because of such a rich connotation, listening to and singing nostalgic English songs is the most suitable tool for me to learn about the culture of Western countries and learn their language.

This column "Appreciation of Good Songs, Listening to Songs to Learn English" hopes to share nostalgic English old songs, so that friends who want to improve their English skills can have an easier channel to learn English. By sharing the author's inspiration when writing the song and the background of the time at that time, this is equivalent to providing a "context" for learning English, so as to improve English thinking> improve flexible understanding of English> and improve English expression skills.

Most of the nostalgic English songs shared in "Gemini Perspective" are slower and easy to master, and some of them have story content, with simple and beautiful words and correct grammar. It is well worth using as a reference for learning English. At the back of each song, learning points are also integrated, and some noteworthy points are given to the friends to wake up.

The song "Help Yourself" is an adaptation of the Italian song "Gli Occhi Miei" (meaning "My Eyes") by an English composer, Jack Fishman. The English lyrics have no connection to the original Italian lyrics.

The song was recorded and released in 1968 by British singer Tom Jones, and it was a hit in several English-speaking countries, topping pop charts everywhere.

The lyrics use a very humorous metaphor, comparing the singer's love, lips, arms, etc. to candy, as long as you (any girl) like it, please feel free to take it!

Help Yourself 你自便（帮助你自己）--- by Tom Jones

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歌词：Help Yourself (1) 你自便（帮助你自己）

Love is like candy on a shelf.

Love is like candy on a shelf.

You want to taste and help yourself.

If you want to taste it, you can help yourself (you are free, you are welcome).

The sweetest things are there for you.

The sweetest thing is there for you.

Help yourself, take a few.

Help yourself (you take care of yourself) and take a few.

That's what I want you to do.

That's what I want you to do.

We're always told repeatedly the very best in life is free.

We are always told over and over again that the best (things) in life are free.

And if you want to prove it's true.

And if you want to prove it to be true.

Baby I'm telling you.

Baby, I'm telling you.

This is what you should do.

Here's what you should do.

Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms, just say the word (2), and they (3) are yours.

To my lips, to my arms, please, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love in my heart, your smile has opened up the door.

For the love in my heart, please take care of yourself, your smile has opened the door.

The greatest wealth that exists in the world, could never buy what I can give.

Being, the greatest wealth in the world, can never buy what I can give.

So, help yourself to my lips, to my arms, and then let’s (4) really start to live.

So, to my lips, to my arms, please, and then let's really get to life.

Allell Wright. Baby!

Ok baby!

My heart has love enough for two, more than enough for me and you.

My heart has enough love, more than enough for me and you.

I'm rich with love, a millionaire.

I am rich in love, a millionaire (described as a lot of love).

I've so much, it's unfair.

I have so much (of love) that it's not fair.

Why don't you take a share?

Why don't you take a copy?

Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms, just say the word, and they are yours.

To my lips, to my bosom, please, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love in my heart, your smile has opened up the door.

For the love in my heart, please take care of yourself, your smile has opened the door.

The greatest wealth that exists in the world, could never buy what I can give.

Being the greatest wealth in the world, I can never buy what I can give.

So, help yourself to my lips, to my arms, and then let’s really start to live.

So, to my lips, to my arms, please, and then let's really get to life.

Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms, just say the word, and they are yours.

To my lips, to my bosom, please, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love in my heart, your smile has opened up the door.

For the love in my heart, please take care of yourself, your smile has opened the door.

学习点 Learning Points：

1. Help yourself --- literally means "help yourself", which is actually the meaning of our common polite phrase: "You are at your own convenience, I am not considerate". This is a very common phrase, usually a polite phrase that the host will say when he is entertaining guests, so everyone must remember.

2. The "word word" here should be a metaphor for "I love you", which means that as long as you say these three words, my lips and arms are all yours!

3. "They are" here means "my lips, my arms".

4. Let's --- is the colloquial shorthand for "Let us let us."

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