听歌学英语: 生活如斯 That's Life

罗素·沃森，现今英国最受国际市场欢迎的跨界美声之一。英美传媒将其称之为‘旷世美声、平民男高音’。可以说，RUSSELL WATSON，开启了素人歌手的风潮，他成功地打进美国古典榜拿下了冠军，更在亚洲吸引了无数歌迷、拥有超高人气，他以自己卓越的唱功写下一则全球乐坛传奇。

That's life. That's what all the people say.
生活就那样啊，人们常说
You're riding' high in April
不久前你还感觉良好/四月还春风得意
Shot down in May.
难料挫折霎时又摆到面前/五月却沉入谷底
But I know I'm gonna change that tune¹
但我相信总会改变这种调调/但是我知道我会改变这种状态的
When I'm back on top in June
六月我会卷土重来

That's life, funny as it seems.
生活，也许看起来古怪
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
有些人以践踏别人的梦想为乐
But I don't let it get me down,
但我不会因此而颓丧
'cause this final word keeps spinning around
因为这最后一个词‘梦想’会让我激情不减半分。

I've been a puppet, a pauper³, a pirate,
我曾是傀儡，乞丐，海盗，
A poet, a pawn⁴ and a king.
诗人，士兵，国王
I've been up and down and over and out
我这一生起伏起伏，跌跌宕宕
And I know one thing
我总铭记一事：
Each time I find myself flat on my face,
每次摔得灰头土脸时，
I pick myself up and get back in the race.
要振作，卷土回到赛场

That's life. I tell you，I can't deny it,
生活，并非你我意愿所能摒弃
I thought of quitting,baby
真的,伙计，我考虑过了断/放弃
But my heart just won't buy it.
但内心却不想让步。
If I didn't think it was worth one single try,
倘若坚信不值一次浅尝
I jump right on a big bird and then I fly
我会纵身跨坐大鹏，远飞

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
我曾是傀儡，乞丐，海盗，
A poet, a pawn and a king.
诗人，人质，国王
I've been up and down and over and out
人生起伏起伏，跌跌宕宕
And I know one thing
我总铭记一事：
Each time I find myself flat on my face,
每次摔得灰头土脸时，
I just pick myself up and get back in the race.
要振作，卷土回到赛场

That's life, that's life and I can't deny it
那就是生活，就是生活，无法摒弃
Many times I thought of cutting out
数次尝试过放弃
But my heart just won't buy it.
但内心未让我放弃
But if there's nothing shakin' come this year July
要是今年七月不发生大的好事情
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball and I die, my, my
我会蜷成一个大球，死了算，老天啊，老天啊

歌词：
You're riding high in April四月还春风得意
to ride high: 万事如意；飞黄腾达；得意洋洋；趾高气扬；神气十足；
Our shop has been riding high recently.我们的商店近来生意一直很好。

Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
stomp²: vt. 跺脚，重踩；践踏n. 跺脚，重踩；
You stomped⁵ on my heart in front of my entire family 你让我在全家人面前出丑/你当着我全家人的面狠狠滴伤了我

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
puppet:木偶；傀儡；
He's just a puppet with no real power.他只是个没实权的傀儡。
pauper: ['p瀂夀爂崀帀丐；穷人；贫民
绕口令： The poor pauper paused on purpose to pawn a porpoise⁶.贫穷的乞丐故意停下来典当了一只海豚（porpoise['p爂瀀夀猂崀 宽吻海豚）。（清辅音p练习发音）
pawn: 兵卒；抵押品； pawn shop 当铺
The unemployed⁷ reporter pawned⁸ his typewriter to pay the rent.失了业的记者典当了打字机用以交租。

I've been up and down and over and out
up and down 上上下下;时好时坏
Life is all about ups and downs, and in turn so is the dating game.人生起起落落，爱情的游戏莫不如此。
over and out 通话完毕
Attention all crew members, the captain has commenced inspection⁹. Over and out. 全体船员注意了，舰长开始巡回视察了。完毕。（commence [k'mens] ）

Each time I find myself flat on my face
flat: adj. 平的；平坦的；单调的；不景气的；干脆的；
fall flat 结结实实地摔倒；彻底失败；引不起兴趣；索然无味
It's really embarrassing when your ideas fall flat.没人理会你的主意时，真糗/真尴尬。
She was in a miserable¹⁰ mood and all my attempts to cheer her up fell flat.她心情不好，怎么做都没有办法让她高兴起来。
I can't believe I fell flat on my face at the recital¹¹.我简直不敢相信，我的演奏会完全失败了。（recital独奏会；朗诵会)

But if there's nothing shakin' come this year July
shaking ['攂樀欂樀崁 动词shake的现在分词，具有形容词的功能
With shaking hands, I texted the news to Lisa, and told her to come to Miami the next day.我用颤抖的手把这个消息用简讯告诉了丽莎，并让她第二天就去迈阿密。
earth-shaking：adj 翻天覆地的；惊天动地的；意义深远的
There lies in the heart of every man and woman a quiet hunger：a longing¹² for an earth shaking significance. 在我们每个人心中都深藏着一份无声的渴望：一种创造辉煌人生的渴望。
 

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 stomp   

v.跺（脚），重踩，重踏

参考例句：

• 3.And you go to france, and you go to stomp! 你去法国，你去看跺脚舞！
• 4.How hard did she stomp? 她跺得有多狠？

3 pauper   

n.贫民，被救济者，穷人

参考例句：

• You lived like a pauper when you had plenty of money.你有大把钱的时候，也活得像个乞丐。
• If you work conscientiously you'll only die a pauper.你按部就班地干，做到老也是穷死。

4 pawn   

n.典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v.典当，抵押

参考例句：

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

5 stomped   

v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲，重步走出办公室。
• She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门，暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句

6 porpoise   

n.鼠海豚

参考例句：

• What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise?海豚和和鼠海豚有什么区别？
• Mexico strives to save endangered porpoise.墨西哥努力拯救濒危的鼠海豚。

7 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

8 pawned   

v.典当，抵押( pawn的过去式和过去分词 )；以（某事物）担保

参考例句：

• He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent. 他抵当了金表用以交租。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has redeemed her pawned jewellery. 她赎回了当掉的珠宝。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

10 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

11 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。

12 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。