“太陽”的故事

何苗

There are many expressions using the word“sun”. So today， lets talk about the stories of the sun.

英語中有很多表達中使用了“太陽”一詞，所以今天我們就從太陽的故事說起吧。

The first expression is about everything， everything under the sun. If you own a store that sold many different things， your advertisements could say you sell everything under the sun. This would not be exactly true， of course. But what would advertising be without some creative descriptions？

首先要說的第一個表達是關于所有的，位于太陽之下的事物。如果你有一間商店，出售各種商品，那么你就可以在廣告上說你店里的東西“應有盡有”。當然，這也未必全是真的的。但是沒有創意描述的廣告還叫廣告么？

Here is another example： Lets say you are talking with a friend you have not seen for a long time. The two of you could have a lot of things to share. So， you talk about everything under the sun.

舉另一個例子：你和一個很長時間沒有見面的朋友談話時，你們兩個可能有很多事情想要分享。因此你們說的話題可能是天南海北包羅萬象的。

“Under the sun” is an old expression—at least 3，000 years old. It means everywhere the sun shines. King Solomon of Israel used it in the Bible. He wrote that nothing under the sun is new. What has been will be again， he said， and what has been done will be done again.

“under the sun”是一種非常古老的說法，最起碼有3000年的歷史了。這個說法指的是所有在太陽下籠罩的地方。以色列國王所羅門在圣經中這樣使用過。他寫道，太陽之下皆為舊事。他說，已有之事會必再有，已行之事會必再行。

There is nothing new under the sun， there is nothing new anywhere. New or old， few things can be hidden in the bright light of the sun.

太陽之下無新事，任何地方都沒有。新或舊，只有極其一小部分可以在強烈太陽光之下隱藏。

That leads to another expression： a sunshine law. This law says that all government meetings must be open to the public. In some states， sunshine laws also say the government must permit the public to see government records.

由此引導出另一種表達：“陽光法案”。這種表達含義是政府所有會議必須向公眾公開。在一些州，“陽光法案”還可以理解為政府必須準許公眾查看政府記錄。

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution published a report about the value of sunshine laws. It told about how officials of a local government met secretly with a land developer to discuss using public land for a private entertainment center. The deal was stopped when it finally became publicly known.

《亞特蘭大憲政報》發表了一篇有關“陽光法案”價值的報道。該報道講述了當地一位政府官員是如何秘密會見土地開發商、討論利用公共土地開發私人娛樂中心的事情的。當這件事被公眾知曉之后被叫停。

“It often takes a crisis，” the newspaper report said， “to awaken citizens to their rights under the state sunshine laws.” It said the laws are called that because they shine sunlight on dark corners where secret deals can be made.

該報道稱：群眾往往需要一場危機才能意識到他們在各州“陽光法案”下的權利。該報道稱，該法案被稱之為陽光法案，是因為他們把陽光照進存在秘密交易的黑暗角落。

Another expression about the sun is sunbelt. The word describes the warmer states of the American south， from Florida to California. The warmer weather in the Sunbelt causes many people to move there. They move from the Frostbelt， the colder northern states， and the Rustbelt， the older industrial states.

關于太陽的另一種表達是“陽光帶”。這個詞描述的是從佛羅里達州到加利福尼亞州比較暖和的美國南部州地。該地區溫暖的氣候吸引了大批人移居。這些人從北邊稍冷一些的霜凍地帶和舊工業州地的塵土地帶搬到了陽光地帶居住。

In addition， labor costs are lower in the Sunbelt， and labor unions are not as strong as in the north. So many companies moved their factories to the Sunbelt. Workers followed. By 1990， the Sunbelt cities of Los Angeles， San Diego， Phoenix， Houston， Dallas， and San Antonio were among the ten largest cities in the United States.

另外，在陽光地帶的勞動力價格是比較低的，勞工會也遠不如北方強大。所以許多公司將其工廠搬到了陽光地帶。大批工人也隨之而來。到了1990，陽光地帶的洛杉磯、圣迭戈、菲尼克斯、休斯敦、達拉斯和圣安東尼奧已躋身于美國10大城市行列。

From geographic areas to music， the word “sun” finds its place.

從地理領域到音樂領域，“sun”這個詞都找得到適合它的位置。

Every type of music—from rock to pop to country—has songs about the sun. One of the most popular is“You Are My Sunshine”. What began as a sad love song is now a classic childrens song. Many performers have recorded this song.

每一首歌曲，無論是從搖滾到流行，再到鄉村音樂，都有關于太陽的歌曲。其中最受歡迎的一首歌是《You Are My Sunshine》。最初作為一首悲傷情歌出現的這首歌，現在已經成為了一首經典兒童歌曲。許多歌手都翻唱過這首歌。

The rock group Beatles have several songs with“sun” in the title. A couple are “Here Comes the Sun” and “Good Day Sunshine”. Elton John sang “Dont Let Sun Go down on Me”.

搖滾樂隊甲殼蟲唱了很多題目關于“sun”的歌曲。其中兩首是《Here Comes the Sun》和《Good Day Sunshine》。Elton John則演唱過《Dont Let Sun Go down on Me》。

And the musical group 5th Dimension wanted to let the sunshine in on a United States that was heavily involved in the Vietnam War. “Let the Sun Shine In” became a popular song in the anti-war culture in the 1960s U.S. This song was originally in the musical theater performance and movie “Hair”， which criticized the Vietnam War.

還有，音樂團體第五維度希望陽光照進深陷越戰的美國。《Let the Sun Shine In》成為了1960年代美國反戰文化中的流行金曲。這首歌最初是出現在批評越戰的音樂劇和電影《Hair》中。

Now， its your turn to guess the meanings of the expressions using the word “sun”！

下面，你來猜一猜文中使用了“太陽”一詞的表達方式的意思吧！