听歌学英语:当我看着你,你便是我能量 When I Look At You

这首歌是电影"The Last Song"《最后一支歌》的主题曲，由片中饰演女主角的Miley Cyrus演唱，歌词感人至深。

Everybody needs inspiration¹
每个人都需要鼓舞
Everybody needs a soul
每个人都需要一个灵魂.
Beautiful melody², when the nights alone
优美的旋律,孤独的夜晚
Cause there is no guarantee
因为谁也没有保证说
That this life is easy (Yeah)
生活是否真的如此简单
When my world is falling apart
当我的世界就快崩溃,
when there is no light to break up the dark
看不到一丝击可以溃黑暗的曙光
That's when I (I) look at you
那个时候，我看到了你
When the waves are flooding the shore and I can't find my way home anymore
滚滚海浪终于淹没了最后一片沙滩,我却再也找不到回家的路
That's when I (I) look at you
那个时候，我看到了你
When I look at you I see forgiveness, I see the truth
但当我看到你,我看到宽恕,看到真理
You love me for who I am like the stars hold the moon
你爱我 就像星星守护着月亮
Right there where they belong and I know I'm not alone
在它们所属的地方我知道我并不孤单
(Yeah)When my world is falling apart,when there is no light to break up the dark
当我的世界就快崩溃,看不到一丝击可以溃黑暗的曙光
That's when I (I) look at you When the waves are flooding the shore and Ican't find my way home anymore
那个时候，我看到了你,滚滚海浪终于淹没了最后一片沙滩,我却再也找不到回家的路
That's when I (I) look at you Just like a line of school colors that cover me
那个时候，我看到了你,我看到你的时候,你的出现 对我来说就像一场梦,　就像一连串的色彩覆盖着我.
All I need every breath that I breathe
我所呼吸的每一丝空气
Don't you know you're beautiful(Yeah, Yeah)
你不知道 你有多么美好
When the waves are flooding the shore and I can't find my way home anymore
.滚滚海浪终于淹没了最后一片沙滩,我却再也找不到回家的路
That's when I (I) look at you I look at you
那个时候，我看到了你
You appear just like a dream to me
你的出现，对我来说就像一场梦

歌词：Everybody needs inspiration, everybody needs a soul.
每个人都需要鼓舞，每个人都需要一个灵魂。
Inspiration是名词，在歌词中是“鼓舞”的意思，再比如：
His wife was a constant inspiration to him. 他的妻子对他来说一直都是鼓舞。
Inspiration还常表示“灵感”，a sudden inspiration指的是突然出现的灵感。比如：
The drawer completed his work on a sudden inspiration. 那个画家灵感一来就完成了作品。
那么短语on a sudden inspiration我们常理解为灵机一动。
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歌词：Beautiful melody, when the nights alone, cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy.
优美的旋律,孤独的夜晚，谁也没法保证说生活是如此简单。
说得的确在理。Melody指“旋律，曲调”。
I like this song; it has a pleasant melody. 我喜欢这首歌，它有悦耳的旋律。
Melody的形容词是melodious³，意指“旋律美妙的、悦耳的”，比如：
Everybody was attracted by her melodious voice.
大家都被她悦耳的声音吸引住了。
接下来 guarantee作为动词表示“保证、担保”，短语guarantee for +时间，表示“担保…使用一定时期”。也常使用被动结构，比如说：
The watch is guaranteed for three years.这只手表保用三年。
Guarantee against〔或者 from〕 (v.+prep.)-保证…不…
The insurance policy guarantees us all against loss. 保险单保证我们大家免受损失。
歌词中的guarantee是名词。

歌词：That's when I (I) look at you Just like a line of school colors that cover me.
那个时候，我看到了你,我看到你的时候,你的出现 对我来说就像一场梦，就像一连串的色彩覆盖着我。
School是再简单不过的词了，“学校”的意思，接下来要给大家介绍它不常见的用法，一是作为动词表示“教育、训练”，比如：
I have schooled myself to remain calm under pressure.
我练就一副在压力之下保持镇静的本领。
School作为名词的时候呢其实还表示鱼群，想象一下一群小鱼正在池水中游曳，这种景象多么惬意。
A school of small fish were swimming in the pool. 一群小鱼正在池水中游曳。

1 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

2 melody   

n.旋律，曲调，悦耳的音乐

参考例句：

• She struck up a folk melody on the piano.她开始用钢琴演奏那首民歌。
• After she wrote the melody,she asked us for criticisms.她做好曲之后，请我们提意见。

3 melodious   

adj.旋律美妙的，调子优美的，音乐性的

参考例句：

• She spoke in a quietly melodious voice.她说话轻声细语，嗓音甜美。
• Everybody was attracted by her melodious voice.大家都被她悦耳的声音吸引住了。