欢迎回来。罗素·沃森生于74年，原本非常贫穷，因为偶然的机会踏上了成名之路，经历了典型的从青蛙王子到白马王子的飞跃。他的作品，既有流行色彩又有古典韵味；而他的嗓音既带着青春的活力，柔韧的弹性又有着深沉的激情；这位业余出身的歌手，在短短的时间内红遍欧陆，也许就像歌词中唱的那样，这都是因为他对梦想有着不懈的坚持吧。

You're riding high in April四月还春风得意
to ride high: 万事如意；飞黄腾达；得意洋洋；趾高气扬；神气十足；
Our shop has been riding high recently.我们的商店近来生意一直很好。

Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
stomp: vt. 跺脚，重踩；践踏n. 跺脚，重踩；
You stomped on my heart in front of my entire family 你让我在全家人面前出丑/你当着我全家人的面狠狠滴伤了我

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
puppet:木偶；傀儡；
He's just a puppet with no real power.他只是个没实权的傀儡。
pauper: ['p瀂夀爂崀帀丐；穷人；贫民
绕口令： The poor pauper paused on purpose to pawn a porpoise.贫穷的乞丐故意停下来典当了一只海豚（porpoise['p爂瀀夀猂崀 宽吻海豚）。（清辅音p练习发音）
pawn: 兵卒；抵押品； pawn shop 当铺
The unemployed reporter pawned his typewriter to pay the rent.失了业的记者典当了打字机用以交租。

I've been up and down and over and out
up and down 上上下下;时好时坏
Life is all about ups and downs, and in turn so is the dating game.人生起起落落，爱情的游戏莫不如此。
over and out 通话完毕
Attention all crew members, the captain has commenced inspection. Over and out. 全体船员注意了，舰长开始巡回视察了。完毕。（commence [k'mens] ）

Each time I find myself flat on my face
flat: adj. 平的；平坦的；单调的；不景气的；干脆的；
fall flat 结结实实地摔倒；彻底失败；引不起兴趣；索然无味
It's really embarrassing when your ideas fall flat.没人理会你的主意时，真糗/真尴尬。
She was in a miserable mood and all my attempts to cheer her up fell flat.她心情不好，怎么做都没有办法让她高兴起来。
I can't believe I fell flat on my face at the recital.我简直不敢相信，我的演奏会完全失败了。（recital独奏会；朗诵会)

But if there's nothing shakin' come this year July
shaking ['攂樀欂樀崁 动词shake的现在分词，具有形容词的功能
With shaking hands, I texted the news to Lisa, and told her to come to Miami the next day.我用颤抖的手把这个消息用简讯告诉了丽莎，并让她第二天就去迈阿密。
earth-shaking：adj 翻天覆地的；惊天动地的；意义深远的
There lies in the heart of every man and woman a quiet hunger：a longing for an earth shaking significance. 在我们每个人心中都深藏着一份无声的渴望：一种创造辉煌人生的渴望。

今天的讲解就这么多啦。好啦，我是琳达，注意防晒防暑。下期见咯。

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