The Great Pretender大伪装者
Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender, pretending that I'm doing well. My need is such, I pretend too much. I'm lonely, but no one can tell.
Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender adrift in a world of my own. I play the game, but to my real shame, you've left me to dream all alone.
Too real is this feeling of make-believe. Too real what I feel, what my heart can't conceal. Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown. I seem to be what I'm not you see. I'm wearing my heart like a crown, pretending that you're still around.
噢，的确，我是个善于伪装的人，假装我仍若无其事的样子。我对妳的需求是如此的强烈以致于我假装过头了。我是如此的寂寞，但却无人能看出来。
噢，的确，我是个最好的伪装者，在属于我的世界里漂流着。我一直玩着伪装的游戏，但令我真正感到羞耻的是，妳竟留下我独自做我的春秋大梦。
对我而言，这种伪装的感觉太真实了。我所感觉的，也就是我内心无法隐藏的感觉实在太真实了。噢，的确，我很善于伪装，并借着扮演一个快乐小丑来嘲弄自己。如今，我好象不是妳表面上所看到的我。我把我内心的悲伤埋藏起来，让我在外表看起来就像个国王般的意气风发，假装着妳仍在我身旁。
【本曲大意】
这首歌叙述一个男孩子虽然失恋了，但仍假装若无其事，一点也不在乎的样子。虽然这么做可以掩饰一个失恋者的心，但偶尔还是得发泄一下。因此，当你（妳）失恋，想哭又怕有失面子时，雄哥建议，不妨立即回家躲在棉被里嚎啕大哭一场，既可发泄又不失面子。或许有读者会想知道雄哥是否有此经验──这是秘密！
【字词句型分析】
1.Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender, pretending that I'm doing well.
噢，的确，我很善于伪装，假装我若无其事的样子。
a.本句在暗示作者因失恋而感到痛若, 但又装着一付若无其事的样
子。故本句英文可改写为:
My love has just left me; I'm feeling very sad. And yet I don't want
to let her know that I'm feeling sad because of her. So I pretend as
if nothing has happened. And I'm very good at it.
我的爱人已离开了我, 我感到非常地悲伤。然而我不想让她知道我 是因为她才如此, 因此我假装好象什么事都没发生过。而且我对 于伪装很在行。
b.pretender n. 伪装者
pretend vt. 伪称, 假装
例:She pretended that she was not at home when we rang the doorbell.
（当我们按门铃时，她假装不在家。）
2.My need is such, I pretend too much.
→My need is such a strong need that I pretend too much.
→My need for you is so strong that I cannot help pretending too much.
我对妳的需要是如此的强烈以致于我伪装得过头了。
3.I'm lonely, but no one can tell.
→I'm lonely, but I'm masking my feelings so that no one can tell how bad I really feel.
我很寂寞，但我一直隐藏着我的感情以致于没有人知道我是多么难过。
a.lonely a. 寂寞的
例:Since you feel lonely, why don't you come here and join us?
（既然你感到寂寞，何不过来加入我们？）
b.mask n. 面具 & vt. 隐藏, 掩蔽
例:This perfume won't mask the unpleasant smell.
（这香水无法掩蔽这难闻的气味。）
4.I'm the great pretender adrift in a world of my own.
→I'm the great pretender, and I'm adrift in a world of my own.
我是最好的伪装者，在属于我的世界里漂流着。
adrift a. 漂流的
例:The survivors were adrift on a raft for six days.
（这些生还者在橡皮艇上漂流了六天。）
5.I play the game, but to my real shame, you've left me to dream all alone.
→I keep on pretending as if we were still going steady, but to my embarrassment, you have left me and what I can do now is dream of you.
→I keep on pretending as if nothing had happened, but deep in my heart, I know you have left me, and that's why I feel embarrassed. All I can do now is dream.
我一直假装没有任何事发生。但是，在我内心深处，我知道妳早已离开了我，那就是我觉得窘困的原因。如今，我所能做的就是只有在梦中想妳。
to my shame 令我感到羞耻
=to my embarrassment
注意:
to one's + 情绪名词 令某人……的是
例:To my surprise, she came.
（令我惊讶的是她来了。）
To my disappointment, he failed.
（让我失望的是他失败了。）
＊类似用法尚有: to one's anger (令某人生气的是)、to one's satisfaction
(令某人满意的是)……。
6.Too real is this feeling of make�㑇elieve.
=This feeling of make�㑇elieve is too real.
这种假装的感觉太真实了。／我装得实在太像了。
make-believe n. 假装
注意:
若将make与believe分开, 则成动词, 有下列重要用法:
make believe that... 假装……
=pretend that...
例:He made believe that he was rich.
（他假装是个有钱人。）
7.Too real what I feel, what my heart can't conceal.
=What I feel�hat my heart can't conceal�s too real.
我所感觉的，也就是我内心无法隐藏的感觉，实在太真实了。
conceal vt. 隐藏
例:Mary tried to conceal her heavy drinking from her family.
（玛丽试图隐瞒她酗酒的习惯不让家里知道。）
8....I'm the great pretender just laughing and gay like a clown.
→...I'm the great pretender, and I'm simply laughing and gay like a clown.
→...I'm good at pretending, and I'm making fun of myself by laughing and feeling happy like a clown.
……我很善于伪装，并且借着扮成一个快乐的小丑来嘲弄自己。
a.gay a. 快乐的
＊此字现在已很少使用, 因为gay在美国俚语中是『男同性恋者』
的意思。『女同性恋者』则为lesbian。
b.clown n. 小丑
9.I seem to be what I'm not you see.
→I'm not the person I appear to be.
我不是妳表面看到的那个样子。
→Because I'm trying to hide my feelings, you cannot tell how I really feel.
因为我设法隐藏我的情感，因此妳无法了解我真正的感受。
10.I'm wearing my heart like a crown.
若本句按照字面翻译, 则为:
现在我把我的心当成皇冠戴起来。
如果心可以拿出来戴, 那岂不是要闹人命了吗？其实, 本句实等于:
Though I'm feeling very bad, I'm not going to let people know how bad I feel. Therefore, in appearance, I still look very happy like a king.
虽然我现在心里非常悲伤, 但我并不想让人们知道我的感受。因此, 在表面上, 我依然看起来像个国王般非常快乐。
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