早安英文 第53期:Desperado

 《亡命之徒》是Eagles乐队演唱的歌曲。

「英文学习笔记」

desperado n. 亡命之徒

fence¹ n. 篱笆 vt. 围起来

tell v. 这里是“辨别”的意思哦~

highs and lows 高潮和低谷

get cold feet 在口语中表示“临阵畏缩，害怕起来”的意思

「中英文对照歌词」

Desperado

亡命之徒

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

亡命之徒，你为何执迷不悟？

You been out ridin' fences² for so long now

你已经自闭了很久了

Oh, you're a hard one

喔，你是个固执的家伙

I know that you got your reasons

但是我知道你有你自己的理

These things that are pleasin' you

这些令你高兴的东西

Can hurt you somehow

会伤害到你

Don' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy

你怎么不去画一张方块皇后，男孩？（在美国，方块皇后代表暴力）

She'll beat you if she's able

如果有可能，她会把你击

You know the queen of heats is always your best bet³

你知道你最好的赌注一直是红心皇后。（红心皇后代表仁慈）

Now it seems to me, some fine things

现在，我眼中的好东西

Have been laid upon your table

都放在你的桌子上

But you only want the ones that you can't get

但是你只想要你拿不到的

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youger

亡命之徒，噢，你已经不再年轻

Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home

你的痛苦，你的饥饿 他们正带你回家

And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'

自由啊，自由，那只是一般人的说法

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

你的罪恶正在独自行走天涯中蔓延到整个世界

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?

冬天你的脚不冷吗？

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine

天不下雪，太阳也不会出来

It's hard to tell the night time from the day

区分白天与夜晚也很困难

You're loosin' all your highs and lows

你已一无所有

Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

这种失去的感觉很可笑吧

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

亡命之徒，你为何执迷不悟？

Come down from your fences, open the gate

别再自闭了，打开心门

It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you

外面也许在下雨 但彩虹就在你的心中

You better let somebody love you,

你最好让别人爱你

(let somebody love you)

让别人爱你

you'd better let somebody love you

你最好让别人爱你

before it's too late

在为时已晚之前。

1 fence   

n.围墙，剑术；v.用篱笆围住，练习剑术，防护；[计算机]栅栏

参考例句：

• They put a fence around the garden.他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
• The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped.贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。

2 fences   

n.栅栏( fence的名词复数 )；（障碍赛马中的）障碍物；买卖赃物者；击剑（术）v.围以栅栏( fence的第三人称单数 )；搪塞；支吾；回避

参考例句：

• It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel. 可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He fences well, as she had noticed before. 正如她以前观察到的一样，他善于周旋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。