听歌学英语 - 一、二、三、四 One Two Three Four

加拿大歌手Leslie Feist的iPod nano广告歌曲《1,2,3,4》

One Two Three Four
一二三四
Tell me that you love me more
告诉我你爱我更多。
Sleepless¹ long nights
无眠的长夜
That is what my youth was for
便是我青春所求

Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
少年时的梦想活生生地出现在门口（‘希望’拟人化）
Left you with nothing but they want some more
没给你留下什么但却想要更多

Oh~~oh~~
哦~~哦~~
You're changing your heart
哦，你在转变心意
Oh~~oh~~
哦~~哦~~
You know who you are
你认清了自我
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
爱人伤心人，现在我已分不清
Cosy² and cold put the horse before the cart
亲近疏远，现在我能理顺事物的主次
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
这些年少时的希望眼中含着泪（希望 在这里拟人化）
Too scared to own up to one little lie
过于害怕以至于不能坦白承认小小的一个谎言

Oh~~oh~~
哦~~哦~~
you're changing your heart
你的心在变/你在转变心意
you know who you are
你认清了自我
One two three four five six nine or ten
一二三四五六九或十
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
金钱无法买回你曾经的爱
One two three four five six nine or ten
一二三四五六九或十
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
金钱无法买回你曾经拥有的爱情
you're changing your heart
你的心在变
you know who you are
你认清了自我
you're changing your heart
你的心在变
Oh~~oh~~
哦~~哦~~
you know who you are~~~
你知道你是谁~~~
Oh~~~~you are are~~are~~
哦 你是
hoo~~~~
吼
da~la~la~
哒啦啦
For~~
因为
For the teenage boys
因为年少的男孩们
They're breaking your heart
他们在伤着你的心
For the teenage boys
因为那些年少的孩子
They're breaking your heart
他们在伤着你的心

Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
alive adj. 活着的；活泼的；有生气的
The injured man is unconscious but still alive.受伤的人不省人事但仍活着。
Although he is eighty, he is still very much alive.他虽有八十岁了, 但仍然充满了活力。
alive to sth:意识到；认识到；注意到
Are you alive to what is going on?你注意到正在发生的事吗?
Jane's husband is being unfaithful but she doesn't seem to be alive to the situation.简的丈夫不忠实，但她似乎没有意识到这一情况。

Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
sweetheart: n 亲爱的；甜心；爱人；心上人
He seems happily married to his childhood sweetheart.他似乎和青梅竹马的心上人有着美满的婚姻。
On that day you can select a bunch of fresh flowers, and with it bring your sweetheart a piece of romantic gentleness.在那一天，你可以挑一束鲜花，给心上人送去一份浪漫的温柔。

Cosy and cold put the horse before the cart
cosy: adj. 温暖舒适的；亲密无间的；密切的
My room is small yet cosy. 我的房间很小,但很舒适。
She's got herself fixed³ up with a cosy flat.她弄到了一套舒适的公寓。
If your ordinary life is out of control, then retreating into a cosy ritual will not improve matters. 如果正常生活都一团糟了，用一些舒适的小情调来逃避现实根本无济于事。（retreat into 退入；撤退到； ritual n. 仪式；惯例；礼制）
Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar.楼下有个早餐室，客人们可以在温暖舒适吧间休息。

to put the horse before the cart按部就班
反义词组：to put the cart before the horse本末倒置；喧宾夺主
Jack⁴ sent me the bill before sending the merchandise. That's putting the cart before the horse.杰克还没有寄送商品就先把帐单寄来了。真是本末倒置。
It's not bankruptcy⁵ which has caused him to drink. You've put the cart before the horse.并不是破产使他酗酒的，你可把因果关系颠倒了。
To get married first and then get a job is getting the cart before the horse. 先结婚再找工作是本末倒置

Too scared to own up to one little lie
to own up to sth: vp 坦白；爽快承认
Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency. 大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
Politicians don't like to own up to their mistakes. 政客不喜欢承认他们的错误。
People will respect you more if you own up to your problems. 如果你坦率承任自己的问题,人们会更加尊重你。

1 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。

2 cosy   

adj.温暖而舒适的，安逸的

参考例句：

• We spent a cosy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
• It was so warm and cosy in bed that Simon didn't want to get out.床上温暖而又舒适，西蒙简直不想下床了。

3 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。