《动物本能》来自爱尔兰的小红莓乐队（The Cranberries）经典老歌，给父母之爱乃生物本能作的注解。一首歌就像在讲一个故事，理解背景才会理解歌词所传达的意义，才不会妄自揣测。建议先看看下面的背景资料啦。



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Animal Instinct
The Cranberries

Suddenly something has happened to me as I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed. I was utterly and totally stressed

Do you know you made me cry? Do you know you make me die?
And the thing that gets to me is you'll never really see
And the thing that breaks me out is that always be in doubt

It is a lovely thing that we have. It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal, the animal instinct. Ooh ohh ohh

So take my hands and come with me. We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray. They won't take you away
 
They will never make me cry, no. They will never make me die
And the thing that gets to me is you'll never really see
And the thing that breaks me out is that always be in doubt

The animal, the animal, the animal instinct to me
It's the animal, the animal, the animal instinct to me (repeat)

重点词汇

utterly  adv. 完全地，绝对地，彻底地     depressed  a. 沮丧的
get to  v. 接触到，对……有影响

背景资料（来自互联网）

小红莓乐队本首歌曲的MV描述的故事有个背景知识，就是美国的未成年人保护法 ，当美国的地方法院认为孩子的父母没有能力或者不能正确抚养孩子时就可以做出裁决把孩子送到儿童福利院（Children Aid视频里面会出现)，这种法律有时候会保护孩子不受到家长虐待，但有时候也造成了家庭的悲剧。看看这篇故事，也许会对你理解这首歌有些帮助，故事的题目就是《Animal Instinct》



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