「連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？」- Grammar - Conjunction Junction

As your body grows bigger
隨著你的身體長大
Your mind must flower
你的智力一定要變成熟
It's great to learn
學習超棒
Because knowledge is power
因為知識就是力量

It's Schoolhouse Rocky, that chip off the block
這是 Schoolhouse Rocky，街區來的那個小伙子
Of your favorite schoolhouse, Schoolhouse Rock
你最喜歡的學習園地，Schoolhouse Rock

You've been waiting for Conjunction Junction.
你期待已久的《連接詞先生》

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
連接單字和詞語還有子句
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
連接詞先生，你的工作如何？
I got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
我有三節最喜歡的車廂來完成我大部分的工作
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
連接詞先生，它們的功能是什麼？
I got "and", "but", and "or"
我有「和」、「但是」還有「或者」
They'll get you pretty far
它們就可以做很多事了

"And"
「和」
That's an additive, like this and that
那是個附加物，像是這個和那個
"But"
「但是」
That's sort of the opposite
那有點是相反的
Not this but that
不是這個而是那個
And then there's "or"
然後是「或者」
O-R
或者
When you have a choice like this or that
當你有個像是這個或那個的選擇
"And," "but," and "or," get you pretty far
「和」、「但是」還有「或者」就能做很多事了

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right
連接兩節車廂，讓它們好好跑
Milk and honey
牛奶和蜂蜜
Bread and butter
麵包和奶油
Peas and rice
豌豆和米飯
Hey, that's nice!
嘿，那真不錯!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching
骯髒但開心、挖一挖和扒一扒
Losing your shoe and a button or two
丟了你的鞋和一顆或兩顆鈕扣
He's poor but honest, sad but true
他貧窮但誠實、哀傷但真實

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up two cars to one
把兩節車廂和另一節相連
When you say something like this choice
當你說了某個像這選擇的事
Either now or later
不是現在就是等一下
Or no choice
或是沒得選
Neither now nor ever
不是現在也不是任何時候
Hey, that's clever!
嘿，那真聰明!
Eat this or that
吃這或吃那
Grow thin or fat
長瘦或長胖
Never mind, I wouldn't do that; I'm fat enough now!
別擔心，我不會那樣做；我現在已經夠胖啦!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance
連接平衡的詞語和平衡的子句
Like, out of the frying pan and into the fire
像是，從煎鍋跑出來然後掉進火裡
He cut loose the sandbags, but the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
他解開沙袋，但熱氣球並沒有飛得更高。
Let's go up to the mountains, or down to the seas.
我們來上山或下海。
You should always say "thank you," or at least say "please."
你應該要總是說「謝謝你」，或至少說聲「請」。

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses in complex sentences like
在複雜的句子裡連接單字和詞語和子句，像是
"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder as I walk by just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought."
「在早上，當我通常完全清醒時，我喜歡漫步過花園然後走到湖邊，在那我經常看到一隻母鴨和一隻公鴨，而在我經過時我想著，不知道如果牠們會說話會說些什麼，儘管我知道那是個很荒謬的念頭。」

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
Hooking up cars and making them function
連接車廂並讓它們運作
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
連接詞先生，那工作如何？
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
我喜歡把單字和詞語還有子句綁起來
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
連接詞先生，看那運作
I'm gonna get you there if you're very careful
如果你很小心我就帶你到那
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
如果你很小心我就帶你到那
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
連接詞先生，你的工作是什麼？
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
如果你很小心我就帶你到那