好歌赏析，听歌学英语 —— This Masquerade 这假面

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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 "This Masquerade" was written and released in 1972 by American singer-songwriter --- Leon Russell, but it didn't get much attention on the music scene at the time. In 1973, the song was re-recorded by The Carpenters and became one of the most popular versions of the song.

It is already a very hard thing to be a man with a mask, and if you also wear a mask for your beloved other half, this hypocritical love will be even harder, and it will definitely end in failure!

做人做事还是要 --- 诚恳、朴实一点的好，就做原来的你“Just The Way You Are”，这样就会活得更轻松自在！

This Masquerade 这假面 --- by The Carpenters

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歌词：This Masquerade (1) 这假面（具）

Are we really happy (2) with this lonely game we play?

Are we really satisfied with playing this lonely game?

Looking for (3) the right words to say, searching but not finding understanding anyway.

I'm looking for the right words to say and search, but I can't find a tacit understanding anyway.

We're lost in this masquerade.

We are lost in this façade.

Both afraid to say we're just too far away from being close together from the start.

Both sides were afraid to say it, and we couldn't say we were very close together from the beginning.

We tried to talk it over (4) but the words got in the way (5).

We tried to talk about it, but the words couldn't be said (halfway through).

We're lost inside this lonely game we play.

We get lost in the lonely game we play.

Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes.

Every time I look in your eyes, the thought of leaving disappears.

And no matter how hard I try to understand the reason why we carry on this way.

And no matter how hard I try to understand why we continue this way.

We're lost in this masquerade.

We are lost in this façade.

We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way.

We tried to talk about it, but the words couldn't be said (halfway through).

We're lost inside this lonely game we play.

We get lost in the lonely game we play.

Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes.

Every time I look into your eyes, the thought of leaving disappears.

And no matter how hard I try to understand the reason why we carry on this way.

And no matter how hard I try to understand why we continue this way.

We're lost in a masquerade.

We are lost in a mask.

We're lost in a masquerade.

We are lost in a mask.

学习点 Learning Points：

1. Masquerade --- (n.) 假面具，比较常用的同义词 = Mask
2. Happy --- (adj.) 快乐、高兴；但很多时候解作 = 满意（满意就自然高兴咯）！Are you happy with him?= 你对他满意吗？
3. Look(ing) for --- 是比较常用的词组，意思是：找寻。
4. Talk it over --- In this phrase, the word Over is used, which means: to talk about it from beginning to end.
5. Words got in the way --- 字面的意思是：话语在路上 = 话说到唇边，说不出来。

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