Learn English FASTER with Ed Sheeran

With just one song, you are going to learn phrasal verbs, past tense,

只需一首歌，您就可以学习短语动词、过去时、

vocabulary, pronunciation, and how to connect your words together in a

词汇、发音，以及如何以

beautifully smooth and natural way.

流畅自然的方式将单词连接在一起。

And you're going to do this all through the power of music.

而你将通过音乐的力量来做到这一切。

Hello everyone, Anna here from englishlikeanative.co.uk, and

大家好，我是来自 englishlikeanative.co.uk 的 Anna，

I'm here today to help you to learn English through song.

今天我来这里是为了帮助你们通过歌曲学习英语。

If you need a space to practice, then consider joining my Conversation Club,

如果您需要练习的空间，请考虑加入我的对话俱乐部，

which is a fantastic online community that gives you lots of opportunities

这是一个很棒的在线社区，为您提供大量

to read, write, speak, and listen.

阅读、写作、口语和听力的机会。

I'll leave a link in the description.

我会在描述中留下一个链接。

But now, let's learn English through song.

但现在，让我们通过歌曲来学习英语。

First, pronunciation.

第一，发音。

Ed Sheeran is from the UK and he sings with a British accent.

艾德·希兰来自英国，他唱歌带有英国口音。

So let's see what we can learn from him taking the first verse.

那么让我们看看我们可以从他的第一节经文中学到什么。

He starts by singing,

他首先唱道：

"When I was six years old.

“当我六岁的时候，

I broke my leg."

我摔断了腿。”

Ouch.

哎哟。

Now notice here, the S on the end of years /jɪəz/ is pronounced as a Z.

现在请注意，年/jɪəz/ 末尾的 S 发音为 Z。

Many times in British English, S will be pronounced as a Z.

在英式英语中，S 很多时候会发音为 Z。

So it's important to listen out and hear when it's an S and when

因此，仔细聆听何时是 S、何时

it's a Z in years /jɪəz/ it's a Z.

是 A 非常重要。 Z 年 /jɪəz/ 是 Z。

So, "When I was six years old."

所以，“当我六岁的时候。”

Now, you'll notice that years joins very nicely onto old.

现在，你会发现岁月与旧岁的结合非常好。

We do this a lot.

我们经常这样做。

We connect our words often not breaking and having a pause between words.

我们经常将单词连接起来，单词之间不会中断或停顿。

So he says, "When I was six years old, /jɪəzəʊld/."

所以他说，“当我六岁的时候，/jɪəzəʊld/。”

Then he reduces I — to /æ/.

然后他将 I — 简化为 /æ/。

So instead of saying I /aɪ/ with a nice diphthong sound, he does a simple — I /æ/.

因此，他没有用优美的双元音发音说“I /aɪ/”，而是简单地说了“I /æ/”。

"I /æ/ broke my leg.

“我/æ/断了我的腿。

I broke my leg.

我断了我的腿。

I broke my leg."

我断了我的腿。”

And this is because he's singing fast, it's right in the middle of a

这是因为他唱得很快，正好在句子的中间

sentence, and so it's just reduced.

，所以就减少了。

"When I was six years old /jɪəzəʊld/, I /æ/ broke my leg."

“当我六岁时/jɪəzəʊld/，我/æ/摔断了腿。”

Now I would play the song for you, but YouTube will hit me with

现在我会为你播放这首歌，但

a copyright strike if I do that, and I may lose the entire channel.

如果我这样做，YouTube 就会对我发出版权警告，而且我可能会失去整个频道。

So it will be up to you after this lesson to click on the link

因此，在本课结束后，您可以点击

in the description and listen to Ed Sheeran actually singing this.

说明中的链接并聆听艾德·希兰 (Ed Sheeran) 实际演唱的歌曲。

"When I was six years old, I broke my leg."

“我六岁时，摔断了腿。”

Then he says,

然后他说：

"When I was running from my brother and his friends."

“当我逃离我的兄弟和他的朋友们时。”

Now here, was /wɑːz/ is in its weak form.

现在，was /wɑːz/ 处于弱形式。

We use weak forms often.

我们经常使用弱形式。

So instead of saying was /wɑːz/, he says was /wəz/.

所以他没有说是/wɑːz/，而是说是/wəz/。

Was /wɑːz/ — was /wəz/.

是 /wɑːz/ — 是 /wəz/。

Can you hear the difference?

你能听出区别吗？

So he says, "When I was, when I was, when I was."

所以他说：“当我是的时候，当我是的时候，当我是的时候。”

And the A in and /ænd/ becomes the schwa.

和 /ænd/ 中的 A 变成 schwa。

So it becomes and /ənd/, and /ənd/, rather than and /ænd/, which is a little bit

于是就变成了and/ənd/，and/ənd/，而不是and/ænd/，明亮一点

brighter, takes a bit more effort, it's more relaxed to help everything to flow.

，需要多一点努力，更轻松地帮助一切流动。

And you'll hear this a lot with the word and /ænd/, it's

你会经常听到 and /ænd/ 这个词，它

normally weakened to /ənd/, /ənd/.

通常弱化为 /ənd/, /ənd/。

"I was running from my brother and his friends."

“我正在逃离我的兄弟和他的朋友。”

So he sings,

所以他唱道：

"When I was six years old, I broke my leg.

“当我六岁的时候，我摔断了腿。

When I was running from my brother and his friends."

当我逃离我的兄弟和他的朋友们时。”

Now, the next time we hear and /ænd/ is the very next sentence.

现在，我们下次听到 and /ænd/ 就是下一个句子。

And is then reduced to simply /ən/, /ən/, so he takes the D off.

然后简化为 /ən/, /ən/，所以他把 D 去掉。

He sings,

他唱道：

"And /ən/ tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down."

“并且/ən/尝到了我滚下的山草的甜香。”

So instead of saying, "And /ænd/ tasted the sweet perfume," we've

因此，我们不再说“/ænd/ 尝到了甜蜜的香水”，而是

got /ən/ — and /ən/ untasted."

/ən/ — 和 /ən/ 未尝过。”

And that's to make it flow easily, "And /ən/ tasted the sweet perfume of the..."

这是为了让它更容易流动，“并且 /ən/ 尝到了...”

And here, of /ɒv/ is weak.

在这里， /ɒv/ 很弱。

So instead of /ɒv/, we have of /əv/, /əv/.

所以我们用 /əv/, /əv/ 来代替 /ɒv/。

"And tasted the sweet perfume of /əv/ the mountain grass."

“并且尝到了 /əv/ 山草的甜香。”

Now here you'll notice that mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, we have that ending

现在在这里你你会注意到那座山 /ˈmaʊntɪn/，我们的结尾是

/tɪn/ rather than /teɪn/, which is what I hear regularly from students

/tɪn/ 而不是 /teɪn/，这是我经常从学生那里听到的，

because that's how it looks.

因为它看起来就是这样的，

But the pronunciation is — /ˈmaʊntɪn/, /ˈmaʊntɪn/, /ˈmaʊntɪn/.

但发音是 - /ˈmaʊntɪn/, /ˈmaʊntɪn/, /。 ˈmaʊntɪn/。

And with the word 'grass', there is a divide in the UK — some British

对于“grass”这个词，在英国有一个分歧——一些英国

accents will have a short /æ/, you'll hear grass /ɡræs/, but RP

口音会有短的 /æ/，你会听到grass /ɡræs/，但 RP

and more Southern-based accents are a long /ɑː/ vowel, grass /ɡrɑːs/.

和更多的南方口音是长的。 /ɑː/元音，草/ɡrɑːs/，

So he sings,

所以他唱道，

"And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass /ɡrɑːs/ I rolled down."

“尝到了山草的甜香/ɡrɑːs/我滚了下来。”

Right, so in the next section, I is treated differently.

对了，所以在下一段，我被区别对待。

We have one version where it's weakened to /æ/, and then we have one full version.

我们有一个版本，它被削弱为 /æ/，然后我们有一个完整版本。

He sings,

他唱道，

"Well, I was younger then..."

“好吧，我那时更年轻……”

So, "Well I /æ/, well /æ wəz/, I was, I was younger then, take me back to when.

所以，“好吧，我/æ/，好吧/æ wəz/，我是，我那时更年轻，带我回到那时。

I..."

我……”

Okay, so when he sings that I, it's before a beat, so he has a pause

好吧，所以当他唱“我”时，它在一个节拍之前，所以他

before it, a pause after it, so he has time to make it important.

在它之前有一个停顿，在它之后有一个停顿，所以他有时间让它变得重要。

"I /aɪ/ found my way.

“我/aɪ/找到了我的路。

I can't remember what the next bit is, but that's, that's what happens.

我不记得下一点是什么，但那就是，那就是发生的事情。

We have a shorter, weaker, "I was /æ wəz/, I was younger

我们有一个更短，更弱的，“我是/æ wəz/，那时我更年轻

then, take me back to when I."

，带我回去 接下来，他对“

Next, he treats the word my slightly differently too.

我 ” 这个词的处理也略有不同。

He turns it into /mæ/, which happens a lot.

他把它变成了/mæ/，这种情况经常发生。

"Found my /mæ/ heart," he sings, "Found my /mæ/ heart," rather

“找到我的/mæ/心，”他唱道，“找到我的/mæ/心，”而不是

than "Found my /maɪ/ heart."

“找到我的/maɪ/心。”

So, "I found my /mæ/ heart and broke it here."

所以，“我找到了我的/mæ/心，并在这里打破了它。”

So all together he sings,

所以他一起唱，

"Well, I was younger then, take me back to when

“好吧，我那时还年轻，带我回到 我找到我的/的

I found my /mæ/ heart and broke it here

时候 。” mæ/ 心在这里破碎了，

Made friends and lost them through the years."

结识了朋友，却在这些年里失去了他们。”

Okay, so next we have — "And I've, and I've."

好吧，接下来我们——“And I've，and Ive。”

"I've" being in the contraction of "I have".

“I've” 是“I have” 的缩写形式。

"And I have."

“我有。” 但是

But "And I've" when put together, sounds like "An dive, an dive" — "And I've".

“我有”放在一起时，听起来就像“一次潜水，一次潜水”——“我已经”

So we have,

，

"And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long.

“我还没有看到咆哮的田野 。” 这么久。

And I've, and I've not seen..."

我已经，而且我还没有看到......”

Okay.

好的。

We have the word roaring fields.

我们有“roaring fields”这个词。

So here roaring ends with I N G.

所以这里“roaring”以 ING G 结尾

So it should have in RP an /ŋ/ sound.

。所以它在 RP 中应该有一个 /ŋ/ 声音。NG

N G represents an /ŋ/ with the back of the tongue high.

代表一个 /ŋ/ 但从我所 听到

But from what I can hear, Ed Sheeran is actually doing an N sound instead.

的来看，Ed Sheeran 实际上是在发出 N 音，

And I think this is because it's easier to get the flow of the lyric throughout

我认为这是因为更容易让歌词贯穿整

that particular part of the song.

首歌的特定部分

So he says roaring, roaring.

。说“roaring, roaring”

And the front of the tongue comes up for the N, roaring, roaring.

，舌尖抬起来表示“N”，“roaring, roaring”，

This happens often in many dialects.

这在许多方言中经常发生。

You'll hear the NG being switched for an N.

你会听到 NG 变成了 N。

So he sings, "And I've not seen the roaring fields in

所以他唱道：“而我没有。看了这么久咆哮的田野

so long, I know I've grown."

，我知道我已经长大了。”

Now he sings the line leading into the chorus.

现在他唱起了副歌部分的歌词。

He sings,

他唱道，

"But I can't wait to go home."

“但我等不及要回家了。”

So I can't wait.

所以我等不及了。

Can't wait.

不能。等一下，

You'll notice here both ts are dropped, "But I can't wait to go home."

你会注意到这里两个 t 都被删除了，“但我迫不及待地想回家。”

And that's kind of given him more of a, a regional accent.

这让他带有更多的地方口音。

The other thing you'll notice here is the vowel in can't often I hear

你会注意到的另一件事是元音。在 can't 中，我经常听到

students giving a short vowel here, which is very prominent in American

学生在这里发出一个短元音，这在美式英语中非常突出

English, can't, can't with a /æ/, /æ/, /æ/, like you'd have in can, but for

，can't, can't 带有 /æ/, /æ/, /æ/，就像在 can 中一样，但对于

British English, you want to have a long /ɑː/ sound — I can't, I can't.

英式英语，你想要长 /ɑː/ 音——我不能，我不能。

Open the mouth, drop the jaw — /ɑː/.

张开嘴，放下下巴 — /ɑː/。

I can't.

我不能。

And then if you're singing along to the song, drop the t,

然后，如果你正在跟着这首歌唱歌，请放下

"And I can't wait to go home."

“我等不及要回家了”。

Okay, so you can see.

好的，这样你就可以看到了。

That you can learn a lot of great pronunciation tips through music.

您可以通过音乐学习很多很棒的发音技巧。

All you have to do is listen, and listen, and listen, and listen, and then

你所要做的就是听、听、听、听，然后

start singing along following exactly the same pronunciation as the singer.

按照与歌手完全相同的发音开始唱歌。

So, what about grammar?

那么，语法呢？

Before we get into that, if you are enjoying this lesson, please give it

在我们开始之前，如果您喜欢本课程，请点

a like and subscribe to this channel for more English learning content.

赞并订阅此频道以获取更多英语学习内容。

It really does help me a great deal.

它确实对我有很大帮助。

Okay, so, grammar.

好吧，语法。

Castle on the Hill is all about Ed Sheeran's childhood memories,

《山上的城堡》讲述的是艾德·希兰的童年回忆，

which makes it perfect for practising the past simple tense.

这使得它非常适合练习过去简单时态。

So let's look at some examples from the song.

让我们看一下这首歌中的一些例子。

"I was six years old when I broke my leg."

“我摔断腿时才六岁。”

As you can see, Ed Sheeran is using the past tense to describe

正如您所看到的，Ed Sheeran 使用过去时来描述

something that happened in the past.

过去发生的事情。

'Was' is the past tense of 'be' and 'broke' is the past form of 'break'.

'was' 是 'be' 的过去式，'broke' 是 'break' 的过去式。

There are also examples of the past continuous tense.

还有过去进行时的例子。

This is when we describe actions that were happening or ongoing

这是我们描述 过去某个特定时刻

at a specific moment in the past.

正在发生或正在进行的动作的时候

For example, Ed sings, "I was running from my brother and his friends."

。 例如，艾德唱道：“我正在逃离我的兄弟和他的朋友。”

"I was running."

“我正在跑步。”

"I was running from my brother."

“我正在逃离我的兄弟。”

The structure here is 'was' plus the verb with -ing, so 'was running'.

这里的结构是“was”加上带有-ing的动词，所以“was running”。

Okay, what about phrasal verbs?

好吧，那么短语动词呢？

These are a combination of a verb and one or two particles

这些是一个动词和一个或两个助词的组合

like 'up', 'back' or 'on'.

，如“向上”、“向后”或“在”。

They're super common in everyday English and Castle on the Hill

它们在日常英语中非常常见，山上的城堡

gives us a couple of great examples.

给了我们几个很好的例子。

In the song, Ed Sheeran sings,

在这首歌中，艾德·希兰唱道：

"Take me back to when..."

“带我回到……”

The phrasal verb here is 'take back', which means, in this context, to

这里的动词短语是“take back”，在这种情况下，意思是

return to a place or a previous time.

回到某个地方或以前的时间。

He's asking to go back in time to his childhood.

他要求回到他的童年。

It can also mean that you've been reminded strongly about a time in the past.

这也可能意味着你强烈地想起了过去的某个时刻。

You might say,

你可能会说，

"Oh, that smell of roses takes me back to the dressing room of

“哦，玫瑰的香味让我回到了 伦敦阿德尔菲剧​​院

the Adelphi Theatre in London."

的更衣室 。”

It reminds me of that place and that time.

它让我想起了那个地方和那个时间。

Another example in the song is,

歌曲中的另一个例子是

"Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long."

“我和我的朋友们已经很久没有呕吐了。”

Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long.

我和我的朋友们已经很久没有呕吐了。

The phrasal verb, 'thrown up', means, to vomit.

短语动词“吐出”的意思是呕吐。

Let's move on to general vocabulary.

让我们继续讨论一般词汇。

One of the main themes of Castle on the Hill is nostalgia, and we can all be

《山上城堡》的主题之一是怀旧，我们

a little nostalgic from time to time.

时不时都会有点怀旧。

Ed Sheeran is looking back on his childhood with fond memories, and there

艾德·希兰 (Ed Sheeran) 带着美好的回忆回顾了自己的童年，

are a few useful expressions that you can learn to talk about your past.

您可以学习一些有用的表达方式来谈论您的过去。

He sings,

他唱道：

"When I was six years old."

“当我六岁的时候。”

And he uses this to start the story about his childhood.

他以此来开始讲述他的童年故事。

This is very common.

这很常见。

I would say,

我会说，

"Hey, you know, when I was 12 years old, I spiral fractured my femur.

“嘿，你知道，当我 12 岁时，我的股骨螺旋骨折。

It was a really bad break."

那是一次非常糟糕的骨折。”

And that is a true story.

这是一个真实的故事。

I talked about it in another video, I can put a link below.

我在另一个视频里讲过，我可以在下面放一个链接。

Another common phrase we would use when being nostalgic is,

我们怀旧时常用的另一个短语是

"Ah, those were the days."

“啊，那些日子。”

Which we often use to talk about good times in the past.

我们经常用它来谈论过去的美好时光。

It means that you are just remembering it with fondness.

这意味着你只是怀着喜爱的心情记住它。

Like if I say,

就像我说：

"Ah, I remember the days before we had children when I could go to

“啊，我记得在我们有孩子之前的日子，我可以随时上床睡觉

bed whenever I liked, have a lie in on the weekend, go out on a whim.

，周末睡个懒觉，随心所欲地出去。

Those were the days."

那些日子就是这样。”

So I'm saying, I remember those fondly.

所以我想说，我深深地记得那些。

I remember that time fondly.

我深情地记得那段时光。

Other vocabulary he uses to express nostalgia include, 'I still remember'.

他用来表达怀旧之情的其他词汇包括“我仍然记得”。

He sings,

他唱道：

"I still remember those old country lanes."

“我仍然记得那些古老的乡间小道。”

And what he's saying is, I don't just remember — I STILL remember.

他的意思是，我不仅记得——我仍然记得。

This adds a sense of love to the memory saying, I've held onto this.

这给记忆增添了一种爱的感觉，说：我一直坚持着这一点。

I still have it.

我还留着呢。

I do still have this with me because it was so profound.

我至今还保留着这句话，因为它是如此深刻。

It affected me so deeply.

它对我影响如此之深。

I loved this place.

我喜欢这个地方。

I loved this time.

我很喜欢这一次。

So I still remember it.

所以我至今还记得。

You could use it in the negative as well.

您也可以将其用于否定。

It's about the profoundness of the memory.

这是关于记忆的深度。

I still remember the days when I went to bed hungry because we

我仍然记得那些因为 没有足够的食物

didn't have enough food to eat.

而饿着肚子睡觉的日子

I still remember that.

。 我仍然记得那件事。

It affected me so deeply, so profoundly that that memory

它对我的影响是如此之深，以至于

will stick with me forever.

我将永远铭记在心。

I still remember it.

我仍然记得它。

Another phrase he uses is, "And I miss the way you make me feel."

他用的另一句话是，“我想念你给我的感觉。”

"And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real."

“我想念你给我的感觉，这是真实的。”

So when you say you miss something, then you're expressing that feeling of loss.

所以当你说你想念某件事时，你就是在表达那种失落的感觉。

That you wish you still had that thing, or that you could still experience it.

你希望你仍然拥有那个东西，或者你仍然可以体验它。

I miss it.

我很想念它。

I miss the way you make me feel.

我想念你给我的感觉。

I miss the roaring fields and the smell of the grass.

我想念咆哮的田野和青草的气味。

I miss it.

我很想念它。

Okay, now, your homework is in two parts.

好的，现在，你的作业分为两部分。

Part one, you have to write a few sentences about your childhood.

第一部分，你必须写几句话关于你的童年。

It could be a fond memory, the place where you grew up.

它可能是一个美好的回忆，是你长大的地方。

A game you used to play with your friends, anything, post it in the

您曾经与朋友一起玩的游戏，任何东西，都可以将其发布在

comments below and take a moment to read some of the other comments too.

下面的评论中，并花点时间阅读其他一些评论。

Part two of your homework is to go to the link that I've put in the description and

你的作业的第二部分是转到我在描述中放入的链接并

listen to Ed Sheeran singing this song.

听艾德·希兰演唱这首歌。

I want you to listen over and over again while reading the lyrics.

我希望你在阅读歌词时一遍又一遍地听。

Then sing along until you know this song off by heart and make this your shower

然后跟着唱，直到您熟记这首歌，并使其

song for at least the next seven days.

至少在接下来的 7 天里成为您的淋浴歌曲。

And that my friend is how you are going to improve your English.

我的朋友就是你如何提高你的英语。