本网小评： 1967年1月17日，列侬在《每日邮报》上看到他的朋友Tara Browne（塔拉·布朗尼）――爱尔兰著名酿酒商Guinness的后代――的死讯后，创作了这首歌曲，但整首歌并没有寄托哀思，这或许就是理解此支曲子的突破口。 在歌中，列侬罗列了一天中的四个事件。首先，他告诉大家……

   Lyric

A day in the life By John Lennon

I read a news today, oh boy,
About a lucky man who made the grade ,
And though the news was rather sad,
Well, I just had to laugh.

I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car,
He didn't notice that the lights have changed,
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They've seen his face before,
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords .

I saw a film today, oh boy,
The English army had just won the war,
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had a look,
Having read a book, I'd like to turn you on ...

Woke up, fell out of bed,
dragged a comb across my head,
found my way downstairs and drank a cup ,
and looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my head,
made the bus in seconds flat,
found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
and somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

I read a news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire ,
and though the holes were rather small,
they had to count them all,
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall ,
I'd love to turn you on.

 Words and Phrases

1. a lucky man who made the grade：一个成功的幸运儿。

2. He blew his mind out：丧失心智，神志不清，通常指喝药后的状态。　

3. the House of Lords：英国上议院，由皇室贵族组成。

4. Having read the book：刚读过书，意思指自己对整个事情的真相已经明了。

5. turn you on：让某人感兴趣，通常指使对方尝试"性"或"吸毒"方面的快感；正是由于这层隐讳的含意，英国BBC电台认为《生命中的一天》在鼓励人们吸毒，因而当时禁止播放这首歌曲。

6. drank a cup：喝一杯茶或是咖啡，英国可能主要是茶。

7. found my way upstairs：走到上面一层，英国有些公车有两层，上层可以吸烟。

8. Blackburn Lancashire：位于英国西北部，据说这里是英国著名的闹鬼胜地。

9. Albert Hall：指the Royal Albert Hall（皇家阿尔伯特大厅），是英国最大的音乐厅，成圆拱形，上下一共6层，满座时可容纳近万人。

 中文歌词

生命中的一天　　　约翰·列侬

今天，我看到一则消息，噢，天哪
是关于一个功名显赫的幸运者
尽管那消息相当悲哀
嗯，我只能发笑

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