听歌学英语: 五百英里 Five Hundred Miles

来自Justin Timberlake,Stark Sands,Carey Mulligan版本的Five Hundred Miles《五百英里》。

If you miss the train I'm on
如果你错过了我乘的那班火车，
You will know that I am gone
你就会明白我已离开。
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
你会听到百里之外飘来的汽笛声。
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
一百里，一百里，
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
一百里，一百里，
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
你会听到百里之外飘来的汽笛声 。

Lord¹, I'm one, Lord, I'm two
上帝啊，过了一百里，过了两百里，
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four
上帝啊，过了三百里，过了四百里，
Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home
上帝，我离开家已经五百里。

Away from home, away from home
离开家，离开家
Away from home, away from home
离开家，离开家
Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home
上帝啊，我离开家已经五百里 。

Not a shirt on my back
我衣不遮体,
Not a penny to my name
我身无分文,
Lord, I can't go back home this away
上帝啊，我可不能就像这样回去。
This away, this away
像这样，像这样，
This away, this away
像这样，像这样。

Lord, I can't go back home this away
上帝啊，我可不能就像这样回去。
If you miss the train I'm on
如果你错过了我乘的那班火车，
You will know that I am gone
你会明白我已离开，
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles...
你会听到百里之外飘来的汽笛声......

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles你会听到百里之外飘来的汽笛声。
whistle n.口哨, 汽笛, 警笛 v.吹口哨, 鸣汽笛, 呼啸, 吹口哨召唤
whistle for:徒劳地希望
I owe my butcher $10, but he can whistle for it.我欠肉店老板十美元, 可是他别指望我会还。
blow the whistle on:使……停下来
If your father finds out about this, he'll soon blow the whistle on what you're doing.
要是你父亲知道了这事, 他一定会马上阻止你的。
whistle up:勉强拼凑出
He had to whistle up some new ideas for lessons.他不得不勉强给上课的教材添些新内容。

blow：n.打击, 殴打, 吹v.吹, 风吹, 擤(鼻子),<口>浪费(机会)；搞砸
His death was a terrible blow to her.他的去世对她是个沉重的打击。
We had our chance and blew it.我们曾有一次机会但却搞砸了。
The wind blew all night.风刮了一整夜。

女声部分讲述了青年只身在外奋斗的艰辛，生活窘迫，不愿以落魄的状态回到故乡的心情。看歌词：
Not a penny to my name我身无分文
penny ：n一分; 一分硬币;一小笔钱; (用于否定句)一文钱
in for a penny, in for a pound: 一不做, 二不休
You shouldn't stop halfway². In for a penny, in for a pound.你不能半途而废。一不做,二不休
pinch³ pennies:精打细算
We'll have to spend money when necessary. Don't try to pinch pennies all the time.该花钱时我们还是得花,别总是精打细算

to my name:在我名下的；属于我自己的
to my name 是to one's name 的变形，意思为‘在自己名下，属于自己所有’
We had almost nothing to our name when we fell in love with each other.当我们彼此相爱时，我们几乎一无所有。
Working hard has gained himself many things to his name.通过努力的工作,他赢得了许多东西。

Not a shirt on my back我衣不遮体
back: n.后面 vt.支持, 后退 adv.向后地 adj.后面的, 偏远的,过时的, 积欠的
He likes sitting in the back of the class.他喜欢坐在教室的后排。
He proved that he was right and his critics had to back down.他证明了他是正确的，而那些非难他的人不得不收起他们那一套。(back down放弃；让步)
behind sb.'s back:背着某人
They sold the house behind their brother's back.他们背着弟弟把房子卖了。
Carla made fun of him behind his back.卡拉在他背后取笑他。
on one's back:卧病在床
He was on his back for 3 weeks.他有三个星期卧病在床。
back up:支持；证实；支援；帮助
Can you back up your story with facts?你能用事实来证实你的报道吗?

1 lord   

n.上帝，主；主人，长官；君主，贵族

参考例句：

• I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
• How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊，竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾！

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 pinch   

n.捏，撮，困苦，偷窃；vt.掐，使...困苦，偷窃

参考例句：

• She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。
• He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。