Easy On Me , by British singer and songwriter Adele, has been at the top of Billboard’s The Hot 100 and Global 200 lists this week.
英国歌手兼词曲作家阿黛尔 (Adele) 创作的《Easy On Me》本周荣登 Billboard 热门 100 和全球 200 强排行榜榜首。
In today’s Everyday Grammar, we will explore how the emotional song can teach you about English grammar. You will learn about subject and object pronouns, expressions, the imperative form, and more.
在今天的日常语法中，我们将探讨这首情感歌曲如何教您英语语法。您将学习主语和宾语代词、表达方式、命令形式等。
Let’s start by exploring the name of the song.
我们先来探讨一下这首歌的名字。
The song’s name is Easy On Me . The name probably comes from some of the words you hear in the song - go easy on me , or go easy on me, baby.
这首歌的名字是《Easy On Me》。这个名字可能来自于你在歌曲中听到的一些词——对我宽容一点，或者对我宽容一点，宝贝。
So go easy on me
所以对我宽容一点
Go easy on me baby
对我放轻松吧宝贝
The words use the imperative or command form of the verb go .
这些词使用动词 go 的命令式或命令形式。
As is often the case with this form, the subject pronoun, you , is missing.
正如这种形式的常见情况，缺少主语代词 you 。
Although the subject is not stated, Adele does give a clue about the person she is singing to. She uses the term baby - a term that is used to speak to a loved one.
尽管没有说明主题，但阿黛尔确实提供了有关她唱歌对象的线索。她使用“婴儿”这个词——这个词用来与亲人交谈。
Note that Adele also uses an object pronoun – me .
请注意，阿黛尔还使用了宾语代词 – me 。
This object pronoun comes at the end of the expression, go easy on .
这个宾语代词出现在表达式的末尾，go easy on 。
Go easy on means to not treat someone too harshly or in a way that is too demanding. In other words, when you ask someone to go easy on someone else, you are asking them to not demand too much or to not be too severe.
宽容意味着不要对待某人太严厉或要求太高。换句话说，当你要求某人对其他人宽容时，你就是在要求他们不要要求太多或不要太严厉。
Imagine you see a parent who is talking to their child in a harsh way. Someone might say:
想象一下，您看到一位父母正在以严厉的方式与孩子交谈。有人可能会说：
You should go easy on him.
你应该对他宽容一些。
You should go easy on her.
你应该对她宽容一些。
The speaker could also reduce their statement by using the imperative form and say:
发言者还可以使用祈使句来减少陈述，并说：
Go easy on him.
对他宽容一些。
Go easy on her.
对她宽容一些。
Note that in the examples, the object pronoun comes at the end, just after go easy on.
请注意，在示例中，宾语代词出现在末尾，就在 go easy on 之后。
You could change the object pronoun after go easy on to make any number of statements - go easy on us, go easy on them – for example.
你可以在 go easy on 之后改变宾语代词来做出任意数量的陈述 - 例如，go easy on us，go easy on those。
There ain’t no gold in this river
这条河里没有黄金
Let’s listen to the beginning of the song.
我们来听一下歌曲的开头。
There ain’t no gold
没有金子
In this river
在这条河里
That I’ve been washing my hands in forever
我一直在洗手
Note that Adele uses the short form ain’t . This is an informal way to negate a statement. It is common in everyday speech but is generally not used in formal kinds of writing.
请注意，阿黛尔使用缩写形式 aint 。这是否定陈述的非正式方式。它在日常言语中很常见，但通常不用于正式写作。
If the words of the song were a bit more formal, they would sound something like this:
如果这首歌的歌词更正式一点，听起来会是这样的：
There is no gold in this river...
这条河里没有金子……
There is not any gold in this river...
这条河里没有金子……
But such wording would not be the right fit for the emotions Adele wants to express.
但这样的措辞并不适合阿黛尔想要表达的情感。
This is a personal, emotional song. So, more casual structures make sense. They make the feelings and words of the song more believable.
这是一首个人化、情感化的歌曲。因此，更随意的结构是有意义的。他们使歌曲的感情和歌词更加可信。
Closing thoughts
结束语
In today’s report, we explored what a popular song can teach you about grammar. The next time you are listening to music in English, pay careful attention to subject and object pronouns, the imperative form, and different expressions.
在今天的报告中，我们探讨了流行歌曲可以教您哪些语法。下次你听英语音乐时，请注意主语和宾语代词、祈使句形式和不同的表达方式。
Make note of the different terms and structures you hear. Then try to use what you have learned by making your own sentences.
记下您听到的不同术语和结构。然后尝试通过造句来运用你所学到的知识。
You do not need to explore much of a song in order to get a lot of information from it!
您无需深入研究一首歌即可从中获取大量信息！