听歌学英语:你的抚慰 You Comfort Me

迈克尔·波顿(Michael Bolton)，软摇滚小调歌手。凭着《没有你我怎么活》(How Am I Supposed to Live Without You )以及《当男人爱上女人》(When A Man Loves A Woman)两首脍炙人口的歌曲，成为两届格莱美音乐奖的‘最佳流行男歌手’得主，并获得4次格莱美提名。

Sometimes it's tough to make it through the day
有时候，日子如此难熬
It's hard enough when all your dreams just seem so far away
梦想的遥不可及让人无法振作
I step outside to face a shade of gray oh
出门只见一片灰

But even when darkness falls
但是，就算是黑暗来临
I look into your eyes and i escape
你的双眸是我的避难所
Baby you comfort me
亲爱的，你是我的慰藉
Only you remind me to breathe
只有你能让我想起呼吸
When my life becomes invisible¹
当我的生活变得暗黑
You're the only light i need
你是我唯一的一线光明
Baby you comfort me
亲爱的，你能慰藉我

The faces change when time is on your side
就算时间走得很慢，你的容貌依然会改变
The hand you trust can suddenly become a blade² of lies
而你信任的人也有可能突然反过来伤你
The winds of war can leave no place to hide oh no
战争风云无所不在，让你无处可逃
Until i hear a voice that calls
知道我听到一个呼唤
Lifts me up and carries me away
它将我高举将我抽离
Baby you comfort me
宝贝，你是我的慰藉
Only you remind me to breathe
只有你，能让我呼吸
When my life makes me a prisoner
当我为生活所困
It's your love that sets me free
是你的爱解救了我
Baby you you comfort me
宝贝，你是我的慰藉
My shelter from the rage³ of the storm (rage of the storm)
你是我怒海中的避难所
You take me to the place in time where my soul lefted safe and warm.
你即时将我带到了一个能让我灵魂得到慰藉和安宁的地方
Until i hear a voice that calls
知道我听到一个声音在呼唤
Lifts me up and carries me away
它将我高举将我抽离
Baby you comfort me
宝贝，你安抚了我
Only you can make me believe
只有你让我相信
When truth becomes invisable
当事实被掩埋
You're the only light i need
你是我唯一的启发
When my life makes me a prison
当我为生活所困
It's your love that sets me free
是你的爱给了我只有
Baby you cnly you.
宝贝，只有你
Baby you you comfort me
宝贝，只有你能给我慰藉
Oh yeah

1. Cry when you feel like doing so. There's nothing wrong with crying; cry out all your fear and stress and just face the truth after crying.想哭就哭。哭没什么不对；把你的害怕和压力发泄出来，只是哭后还要面对现实。

2.Sing loudly like no one can hear you. Do you know that in Japan, people always sing karaoke to relieve⁴ stress?大声歌唱，仿佛没有人能听得见一样。你知道吗？在日本人们经常去K歌减压。 （karaoke [,k?r?'??k?]）

3. Write something. Write down how you feel as a way to express your thoughts if you don't feel like talking to anyone.写点东西。如果你不想对别人倾诉，那就记录下你的感受，表达你的想法。

4. Don't really like writing? Draw something. Draw anything you want because no one's going to judge your drawing skills.实在不喜欢写作？那就画点什么吧。想画什么就画什么，因为没人会评价你的画画水平的。
5. Silently think of a day or a moment which you truly enjoyed and try to recapture that very first feeling. Was it the day of your graduation? The moment you traveled with your loved one?默默地想想你最享受的一天或某个时刻，尝试抓住那种感觉。是你毕业的那天吗？还是你与爱人一起旅行的时光？ （recapture v 再次体验；）
6. Take out your photo albums and go over your childhood photos.拿出你的相册，翻翻童年时的照片。
7. Listen to the songs which you loved when you were in high school or university. This will make you recall⁵ the old good times.听听你高中和大学时期喜欢的歌曲，这会唤回你对旧时光的回忆。
8. Read the postcards or letters your friends or family sent you before to remind yourself there are people who always remember you.阅读以前朋友和家人们写给你的明信片或信，提醒自己有人在永远地惦记着你。
9. Cook a nice meal for yourself or for your family.为自己或家人做一顿美味的盛宴。
10. If you've kept a diary, read your previous entries and look at your great memories.如果你有记日记的习惯，读一读以前写的日记，看看自己以前美好的回忆。（entry n 记录，条目）
11. Dress up nicely to feel happier.好好打扮一番让心情好起来。
12. Don't stay in your bed! Get your laptop or a book and sit in a coffee place.别赖在在床上！带上你的电脑和书，到某个咖啡厅里坐坐。
13. Take a walk outside and feel the fresh air.去外面走走，呼吸一下新鲜空气。
14. Go jogging and sweat yourself.跑跑步，让自己出点汗。
15. Do something nice that no one will notice, say picking up a rubbish in the street and throw it to a trash bin⁶.做些不会被人注意到的好事，比如捡起街上的垃圾，扔进垃圾桶。
16. Watch some funny videos, sure you can find a lot of them on Youtube.看些搞笑视频，你能在Youtube上找到很多的。
17.Eat something you like, be it a chocolate cake, or an ice-cream. Just please yourself with the flavour you like.吃些你喜欢的东西，像巧克力蛋糕或者冰淇淋。喜欢什么口味就选什么口味吧。
18. Get drunk⁷ with your close friends at home – a safe place for you to get drunk and get crazy. Let loose and have fun with your very close friends.和你最亲密的朋友在家里喝个酩酊大醉——一个你可以大醉发疯的安全地方。和你的朋友一起放松疯玩儿。（let loose 释放；随心所欲；）
19. Re-read your favorite book and write down the sentences or passages that you love.重读你喜欢的书，把你最喜欢的句子和段落写下来。
20. Call your best friend and just talk or gossip⁸.给你最好的朋友打电话，聊聊天或者八卦八卦。

1 invisible   

adj.看不见的，无形的

参考例句：

• The air is full of millions of invisible germs.空气中充满了许多看不见的细菌。
• Many stars are invisible without a telescope.许多星辰不用望远镜便看不见。

2 blade   

n.刀刃，刀片；叶片

参考例句：

• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
• He is a good blade.他剑术高明。

3 rage   

vi.(烈火)熊熊燃烧；发怒；怒斥；季风

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• Haines got into a rage.海恩斯勃然大怒。

4 relieve   

v.缓解，减轻，解除(痛苦、忧虑、麻烦)

参考例句：

• We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey.我们玩游戏，来解除旅行的沉闷。
• The doctors did their best to relieve the patient.医生们尽力减轻病人的痛苦。

5 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

6 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

7 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

8 gossip   

n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言

参考例句：

• She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
• They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。