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As slyas a fox，as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare，as brave as a bear As free as a bird，as neat as a word As quiet as a mouse，as big as a house All I wanna be，all I wanna be Oh all I wanna be Is everything As mean as a wolf，as sharp as a tooth As deep as a bite，as dark as the nigh As sweet as a song，as right as a wrong As long as a road，as ugly as a toad As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture Strong like a family，strong as I wanna be Bright as day，as light as play As hard as nails，as grand as a whale All I wanna be Oh all I wanna be，oh all I wanna be Is everything Everything at once Everything at once Oh oh everything at once As warm as the sun，as silly as fun As cool as a tree，as scary as the sea As hot as fire，cold as ice Sweet as sugar and everything nice As old as time，as straight as a line As royal as a queen，as buzzed as a bee Stealth as a tiger，smooth as a glide Pure as a melody，pure as I wanna be  “Everything at Once”是澳大利亚歌手 Lenka的第二张专辑 “Two”中的歌曲，因其灵动活泼的旋律与 Windows 8电脑操作系统敏捷多变的功能相契合而被选为 Windows 8广告歌曲，从而为大众所知和喜爱。 听歌时，大家首先会注意到，整首歌反复使用了 “as... as ...”结构。这一结构看似简单，但却是一个重要的英语句型。该结构的基本用法有两种，第一种是在两个 as中间加入一个形容词，表达一种正面衬托的概念，意为“像……一样……”，例如： He is as clever as that girl.（他像那个女孩一样聪明。）第二种是在两个 as中间加入一个副词，表示“尽可能……”，例如： He went there as quickly as he could.（他尽可能快地赶到了那里。） 其次，这首歌的歌词中使用的形容词非常地道，俨然就是一个英语常用形容词使用指南！很值得我们学习。例如， “As mean as a wolf，as sharp as a tooth/As deep as a bite，as dark as the night”这两句歌词就告诉大家，形容狼卑鄙应该用 mean，形容牙齿锋利用 sharp最合适，形容咬痕很深用 deep最恰当，形容夜色很深用 dark最地道。 接下来再看看这句话： All I wanna be is everything at once.喜欢看英语影视作品的同学常会看到 wanna这个词，与它相似的还有 gonna，其实这两个词就相当于我们平常说的 want to和 going to。这两个词在非正式场合的口语中很常用，可以使口语显得更加地道和流畅。但要注意，这两个词千万不要用在写作中，因为在书面表达中最忌使用口头语和过于口语化的表达。 最后一起看看这首歌所表达的含义。这首歌的精髓在于副歌 “All I wanna be is ev⁃ erything at once”。歌手 Lenka在主歌中提到了那么多个 “as ... as ...”，又在副歌中唱道： All I wanna be is everything at once，很明显，整首歌就是想要表达一种像万物一般自在随意的感觉。 |
