听歌学英语:青春不谢幕 Forever Young
也许很多人都听过孩子们唱的"Forever Young"(永远年轻),但是很少有人知道这首歌的原唱是来自德国的电子乐队Alphaville。"Forever Young"这首歌音域宽广,歌词真挚动人,唱出了年轻人的心声:Let us die young or let us live forever,we don't have the power but we never say never. 因为年轻,所以我们宁愿轰轰烈烈的死去,也不愿平淡一生。2013年9月,我来到一个叫做博文的新地方,常常和同事一起hang out,逛到保安深深记住我们的面庞,逛到月亮也打起哈欠躲入了云层。
Let's dance in style
让我们跳个最流行的舞
Let's dance for a while
让我们尽情舞蹈
Heaven can wait
让天堂会为我们等候
We're only watching the skies
我们只需仰望天空
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
我们保持乐观的态度但预料最坏的结果
Are you going to drop the bomb or not
你是否觉得自己会不会就像定时炸弹随时爆炸
Let us die young or let us live forever
让我们年轻时死去或者永生
We don't have the power but we never say never
我们没有力量但永不放弃
Sitting in a sandpit
坐在沙坑上
Life is a short trip
生命就像一次短暂的旅行
The music is for the sad men
音乐是属于悲伤的人们
Can you imagine when this race is won
你能否想像这场赛跑胜利的时候
Turn our golden faces into the sun
将我们金色的面孔面向太阳
Praising our leaders
我们歌颂领导者
We're getting in tune
我们和谐的歌唱着
The music is played by the mad men
音乐由疯狂的人们演奏
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever young
永远年轻
Some are like water some are like the heat
有些人似水般柔情,有些人如火般热情
Some are a melody and some are the beat
有些人如旋律般悠扬,有些人像节奏般规距
Sooner or later they all will be gone
迟早他们都会离去
Why don't they stay young?
为什么他们不能永远年轻呢
It's so hard to get old without a cause
没有理由的老去是很难以接受的
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
我不想像衰老的马般死去
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
青春就像阳光下的钻石般璀璨
And diamonds are forever
而钻石是永恒的
So many adventures couldn't happen today
有很多冒险无法经历
So many songs we forgot to play
有很多歌曲已被我们遗忘
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
许多梦想在蔚蓝的天空之下迸发
We'll let them come true
我们会让它们成真
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while.
让我们跳个最流行的舞,让我们尽情舞蹈。
1. in style 流行,时髦
This type of dress is now in style.
这种款式的女装现在很流行。
2. for a while 暂时; 一会儿
Now that I am free, I can enjoy music for a while.
既然有空,我可以享受一下音乐。
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst.
我们保持乐观的态度但预料最坏的结果。
hope for 希望; 期待
Let's hope for good cooperation between us!
让我们共同期待着进行良好的合作吧!
歌词是一句谚语,best(最好的)和worst(最坏的)互为反义词。
抱最好的希望,作最坏的准备。
这是一种很值得点赞的心态,年轻人对生活充满热情,总能乐观地看待事物。其实无论年届花甲还是芳龄二八,青春都应该是一种永恒的心态。为你年轻Young for you,把年轻进行到底。咱们的学习继续进行:
Are you going to drop the bomb or not.
你是否觉得自己就像定时炸弹会随时爆炸?
1. Bomb作名词表示“炸弹”,注意词尾的字母b是不发音的。
Move back! There is a bomb in this building.
快躲开!这所建筑物里有炸弹。
2. Bomb作动词则表示“轰炸,投弹”。
The city was bombed by the enemy.
这座城市被敌人炸毁了。
3. 在口语中bomb可以表示“把…给搞砸了”,用在考试中就是指考不及格,考砸了。
Their new products bombed in the home market.
他们的新产品在国内市场销售失败。
I bombed the test.
我考砸了。
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune.
我们歌颂领导者,我们和谐的歌唱着。
1. In tune基本意思是合调子,有的人唱歌老是跑调,那么他可能听到很多人这样说过:
You are not singing the song in tune .
这首歌你唱得不合调子。你跑调了。
You are not singing the song in tune .
2. In tune的引申含义为“一致”。比如:
His ideas are in tune with the times.
他的思想适合时代的潮流。 |