听起来非常欢快的歌,其实诉说的却是艰难时期——Hard Times,也许说明即使在失意的时候,我们也要笑对人生吧。就像那句——世界以痛吻我,我要报之以歌。欢迎收听今天的《听歌学英语》,我是主播Canace——小C姐。杨绛先生在《杨绛传》中写道:“每个人都会有一段异常艰难的时光,生活的压力,工作的失意,学业的压力,爱得惶惶不可终日。而人这一生的经历,没有谁比谁更容易,只有谁比谁更能熬过去。” 我们来听听这首艰难时期——Hard times,来自于美国乐队Paramore。看看能否给你一些启发呢?
专辑:Hard Times
歌手:Paramore
作词: Hayley Williams/Taylor York
作曲: Hayley Williams/Taylor York
主播抖音:198211980 (英语小C姐)
主播微信公众号:小C微英语
All that I want
我想要的
Is to wake up fine
只是能好好醒来
Tell me that I'm all right
人们对我说我会没事的
That I ain't gonna die
对我说我不会死去
All that I want
我想要的
Is a hole in the ground
只是一个能藏身的地洞
You can tell me when it's alright
等风平浪静你再告诉我
For me to come out
让我出来
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(艰难时期)让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(艰难时期)让你情绪低落哭笑无主
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
(艰难时期)我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
(Hard times)
(艰难时期)
(Hard times)
(艰难时期)
And I gotta get to rock bottom
我的人生就要坠入谷底
Walking around
走到哪里
With my little rain cloud
我的小小乌云就跟到哪里
Hanging over my head
在我头顶盘旋
And it ain't coming down
就是不肯消失
Where do I go?
我该何去何从?
Gimme some sort of sign
给我一点启示把
You hit me with lightning!
比如降闪电于我
Maybe I'll come alive
也许我会活过来
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(艰难时期)让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(艰难时期)让你情绪低落哭笑无主
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
(艰难时期)我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
(Hard times)
(艰难时期)
(Hard times)
(艰难时期)
And I gotta hit rock bottom (Oof)
我的人生就要坠入谷底
Tell my friends I'm coming down
告诉我的朋友们我要崩溃了
We'll kick it when I hit the ground
当我最终跌落的时候也许我会触底反弹
Tell my friends I'm coming down
告诉我的朋友们我要崩溃了
We'll kick it when I hit the ground
当我最终跌落的时候也许我会触底反弹
When I hit the ground
当我最终跌落
When I hit the ground
当我最终跌落
When I hit the ground
当我最终跌落
When I hit the ground
当我最终跌落
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(艰难时期)让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(艰难时期)让你情绪低落哭笑无主
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
(艰难时期)我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
(Hard times) Hard times
(艰难时期)艰难时期
(Hard times) Hard times
(艰难时期)艰难时期
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(艰难时期)让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(艰难时期)让你情绪低落哭笑无主
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
(艰难时期)我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
(Hard times) Hard times
(艰难时期)艰难时期
(Hard times)
(艰难时期)
Hard times
艰难时期
Makes you wonder why you even try
让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
Makes you wonder why you even try
让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
Makes you wonder why you even try
让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
Makes you wonder
让你怀疑自己
Hard times
艰难时期
Still don't know how I even survive
我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
Still don't know how I even survive
我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
Still don't know how I even survive
我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
Still don't know how
我始终不明白
I survive
我怎么活下来的
And I gotta get to rock bottom (Oof)
而我的人生就要坠入谷底
主播抖音:198211980 (英语小C姐)
主播微信公众号:小C微英语
【讲解歌词段】
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(艰难时期)让你怀疑自己为什么一开始要尝试
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(艰难时期)让你情绪低落哭笑无主
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
(艰难时期)我始终不明白我怎么活下来的
(Hard times)(艰难时期)(Hard times)(艰难时期)
And I gotta get to rock bottom
我的人生就要坠入谷底
【歌词中的英语】
take down将某人打倒,击垮某人;取下;记下,写下
You used me to take him down.
你利用我把他打倒的。
I took the pictures down.
我已经取下了那些画。
Reporters took down every word of his speech.
记者把他讲的每一句话都记录了下来。
laugh [læf]·v. 发笑;笑;嘲笑 n. 笑声;笑;笑料
laugh away一笑置之;以笑来驱除、消磨
He laughed away the dangers.
他对这些危险一笑置之。
Laugh one’s head off的字面意思是“笑得头都要掉了”,所以是“大笑不止、狂笑不已”的意思。
We laughed our heads off at the funny movie. 这部搞笑电影让我们笑得前仰后合。
belly laugh:belly是“肚子”,belly laugh指“捧腹大笑”。
This cartoon is so interesting that it makes us break into a lot of belly laugh.
这个动画是如此有趣,以至于我们好几次都大笑起来。
survive [sər'vaɪv] vt. 幸免于难;存活;艰难度过;比...活得长 vi. 活着;继续存在
He is the only man who survived after the explosion.
爆炸发生之后,他是唯一的幸存者。
The old man has survived his wife.
这位老者比他的老伴儿活得长。
rock bottom n. 最低点,最低水平;(生活中的)最低点,最不愉快的时刻
Prices have reached rock bottom.
物价跌到了最低点。
Dan had just left me and I was at rock bottom.
丹刚刚离我而去,我心情糟到了极点。
主播抖音:198211980 (英语小C姐)
主播微信公众号:小C微英语