听歌学英语:杰森·玛耶兹快乐活在当下-Living In The Moment

听歌学英语:杰森·玛耶兹快乐活在当下-Living In The Moment


今天我们继续学习杰森-玛耶兹新专辑《Love is a Four Letter Word》当中的歌曲。来自维吉尼亚朴实小镇的玛耶兹，出道时眉清目秀有着休-格兰特的影子，如水晶般晶莹剔透的声音一直被评论界津津乐道，而他的现场表演更是精彩，私底下的玛耶兹如他的歌一样，热爱阳光，热爱大自然，热爱生命，文艺范儿的他不仅玩转音乐，还痴迷手机摄影，爱素食，做慈善，快乐的活在当下！今天为大家带来他新专辑中的另一首歌曲——《Living in the moment》，去体验玛耶兹享受活在当下的快乐~


Living in the moment
——Jason Mraz
If this life is one act
Why do we lay all these traps
We put them right in our path
When we just wanna be free
I will not waste my days
Making up all kinds of ways
To worry about some things
That will not happen to me
So I just let go of what I know I don't know
And I know I'll only do this

By living in the moment
Living our life
Easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
With peace in my heart
Peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
Living in the moment

I'm letting myself off the hook¹ for things I've done
I let my past go past
And now I'm having more fun
I'm letting go of the thoughts
That do not make me strong
And I believe this way can be the same for everyone
And if I fall asleep
I know you'll be the one who'll always remind me

I can't walk through life facing backwards²
I have tried
I tried more than once to just make sure
And I was denied the future I'd been searching for
But I spun³ around and searched no more

I'm living in the moment
I'm living my life
Easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
With peace in my heart
Peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
Living in the moment


Living in the moment，欢快的旋律，独特的唱腔，俏皮而灵动的展示了玛耶兹活在当下的快乐~~接下来让我们一同学习一些符合今天的主题的好句子：

相关精彩美文摘抄：
1.It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
真正令人发疯的不是今日的负担, 而是对昨日的悔恨及对明日的恐惧! 悔恨与恐惧是一对孪生窃贼, 将今天从你我身边偷走!

2.To a large degree，the measure of our peace of mind is determined⁴ by how much we are able to live in the present moment．Irrespective⁵ of what happened yesterday or last year，and what may or may not happen tomorrow，the present moment is where you are －－always．
我们内心是否平和在很大程度上是由我们是否能生活在现实之中所决定的．不管昨天或去年发生了什么，不管明天可能发生或不发生什么，现实才是你时时刻刻所在之处．

3.In fact，no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow．Now is the only time we have，and the only time that we have any control over．
事实上，没人能保证他或她明天肯定还活着．现在是我们所拥有的惟一时间，现在也是我们能控制的惟一时间．


最后，分享一个我喜欢的作家在她最近的一篇博文中写过的一段话：只有少数人有运气清醒而主动的早早为自己树立一个明确的理想并为之不偏不倚的努力。多数人，或许，起初的“理想”是模糊的，被动的。不要紧。重要的是，当你懵懂之时被不料的事带入到未知的境遇中，请记得一定要努力，脚踏实地，为每一个“当下”负责，为自己未来的回忆记录一些“坚持”，因为那……都可能是你始料未及的美好理想！

1 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

5 irrespective   

adj.（of）不考虑的，不顾及的

参考例句：

• He is going to buy it,irrespective of what you say.不管你说什么，他是买定了。
• We will have the work done,irrespective of cost.不管花多大代价，我们也得要把这项工作办好。