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When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me

“Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree”

Don’t put your faith in love, my boy” my father said to me

“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree”

当我还只是一个十几岁的小男孩的时候，父亲对我说

“到这里来，我拿这株漂亮的柠檬树做例子，为你上上一课”

“孩子，不要相信爱情”父亲对我说

“恐怕你将会发现爱就像这株漂亮的柠檬树一般”

解析:

（1）take a lesson：上课，吸取教训

Take a lesson from：从中吸取教训

例：

I hope you can take a lesson from this failure.

我希望你能从这次失败中吸取教训。

Take a lesson from the old man, and it is better than learn several days by yourself.

这个老头给你上一堂课，胜过你自学很多天。

You will get a lot if you take a lesson from the event.

如果你能从这件事中吸取教训，你将受益良多。

（2）put faith in：相信；信任

例：

Don’t put all your faith in him. It was obvious that he hide something.

不要完全信任他，很明显他对你有所保留。

She still put her faith in love, even though it hurt her before.

她仍然相信爱情，尽管受过伤害。

You should put your faith in your partner when you are fighting with enemy.

和敌人战斗的时候，你得相信你的搭档。

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

解析：

the fruit of：…的成果，…的果实

例：

The fruit of this tree in summer is the best.

这棵树在盛夏结出的果实，是最好的。

Yuan Shikai grabbed the fruit of revolution after Qing government collapsed.

清政府垮台后，袁世凯窃取了革命果实。

The prosperity today is the fruit of our labor.

今日的繁荣是我们劳动的成果。

One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie

A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky

We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree

The music of her laughter hid my father’s words from me

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

有一天，我和恋人躺在柠檬树下

那女孩如此甜蜜，她笑时，就像星星升起一样

我们在柠檬树下共度了那个夏天

她的笑声是如此的甜美，让我把父亲告诉我的话忘在脑后

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

解析：

（1）Rise：升起（自然地升起）

Raise：提高，上升

例：

The sun is rising slowly from the sea level.

太阳从海平面上缓缓升起。

He raised his hand and then stood up.

他举起手，然后站了起来。

（2）Hide from：隐藏，隐瞒，躲藏

例：

The criminal hide the evidence from the detective.

这个罪犯向警探隐藏了证据。

The refugees escaped to the other town to hide from the war.

流民们为了躲避战争逃到了其他的乡镇。

He knew what we knew, so there is nothing to hide from him.

我们知道的他都知道，所以没什么可隐瞒的。

One day she left without a word

She took away the sun

And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done

She’d left me for another, It’s a common tale but true

A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

有一天她不辞而别，她带走了我的阳光

置身于她留给我的黑暗之中，我知道她做了什么

她离开我并另觅他欢，这是个很普通但却很真实的故事

一个忧伤但聪明得多的我，现在唱给你这个教训

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

柠檬树很漂亮，柠檬花很香

但是千万要记住，坏的柠檬不能吃

Lemon tree…Lemon tree…Lemon tree…Lemon tree…

柠檬树……柠檬树……柠檬树……柠檬树……

解析：

Leave without a word：不辞而别

例：

It is quite baffling that he left without a word.

他一句话不说就走了，真叫人莫名其妙。

The man left home without a word.

这个男人一句话也没留下就离开了家。