歌词
Somewhere on a show I heard
我曾听某个电视节目说过
That a picture tells a thousand words,
一张图画胜过千言万语
So telly, if you bothered to take a look,
所以，如果你愿意看电视，
Is the equivalent, of like, lots of books!
那就等价于看了，嗯，非常多本书。
All I know I learned from telly,
我知道的一切都来自电视，
This big beautiful box of facts.
这个美丽的大盒子充满知识，
If you know a thing already,
如果碰到你已经知道的事，宝贝，
Baby, you can switch the channel over just like that.
那换个频道继续看就没事。
Endless joy and endless laughter...
无限的快乐，无限的笑，
Folks living happily ever after...
还有获得幸福结局的主角，
All you need to make you wise
为了获得智慧你只需要
Is 23 minutes plus advertisements.
二十三分钟加上广告。
Why would we waste our energy?
为什么我们要浪费我们的精力
Turning the pages 1, 2, 3,
翻书页，1，2，3
When we can sit comfortably
我们明明可以
On our lovely bumferlies,
舒舒服服地坐着
Watching people singing and talking and doing stuff?!
看别人唱歌，说话，做事情。
All I know I learned from telly.
我知道的一切都来自于电视，
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man!
电视越大，它的主人就越聪明。
看我的电视多大，就知道我这个人有多聪明。
Just what a clever fella I am!
把书拿走，儿子。
Take it away, son.
你不可能从愚蠢的书里学到这些。
我知道的一切都来自电视，
You can’t learn that from a stupid book.
要想的事情，要买的东西。
All I know I learned from telly -
我以前就已经很聪明了，
What to think and what to buy.
但我现在是非常，非常聪明，相当，相当聪明
I was pretty smart already,
无限的内容，无限的频道
But now I’m really, really smart - very very smart.
无限的谈话，无限的节目
Endless content, endless channels...
只要把肚子填满，
Endless chat on endless panels...
其他什么都不用想。
All you need to fill your muffin,
为什么要浪费我们的精力
Without having to really think or nothing!
尝试弄懂《尤利嘻嘻嘻斯》
Why would we waste our energy,
我们明明可以
Trying to work out Ulysses,
舒舒服服地坐着
When we can sit happily
看比较有名的人
On our lovely bapperlies
跟超级有名的说话
Watching slightly famous people,
我知道的一切都来自电视
Talking to really famous people?
电视越大，它的主人就越聪明。
All I know I learned from telly.
看我的电视多大，
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man!
就知道我这个人有多聪明
You can tell from my big telly,
谁是那个脑梗死狄更斯？
Just what a clever fella I am!
玛丽·雪莱，听着就是根臭雪菜
Who the dickens is Charles Dickens?
夏洛蒂·勃朗特，没什么好想的
Mary Shelly? Gosh, she sounds smelly.
简·奥斯汀在堆肥箱
Harry Potter? What a rotter...
詹姆斯·乔伊斯听着就没意思
Jane Austen in the compost bin...
伊恩·迈克埃文，真是恶心死人
James Joyce doesn’t sound nice.
威廉·莎士比亚，屎味傻事儿B呀
Ian McEwen? Ugh, I feel like spewin'.
莫比·迪克（）奶奶，我没说脏字
William Shakespeare? Swilliam Shmakespeare...
一起来！
Moby **** – easy Grandma!
我知道的一切都来自电视，
All together now!
电视越大，它的主人就越聪明
All I know I learned from telly.
看我的电视多大，就知道
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man!
我这个人多聪明！
You can tell from my big telly,
好！
Just what a very clever fella I am!
All right!
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