听歌学英语：Wasted Time-Keith Urban

Keith曾说他从6岁时在澳大利亚就开始弹吉他了。那时，一位妇女想在Keith父亲的商店的橱窗中放广告，她同意给Keith上吉他课。于是Keith的父母和她达成了交易。Keith生来不凡并在8岁时赢得了一个天才表演奖项。他也加入了一家青年演出公司为他们演唱、跳舞和提词

"WastedTime"

虚度的光阴

The rain is comingdown tonight

今夜又下起了雨

I'm smilinglooking at this photograph

看着那些照片 我嘴角微微翘起来

I hear that songand I'm flying right back

听着那首歌 我思绪纷飞

To when we had itmade

到了我们曾在一起的日子

Every Friday nightwhen the sun went down

每个日头西沉的周五晚上

We'd be runningthem streets like we owned the town

我们都会在马路上狂奔 就像我们拥有这座城镇

And I just can'tlet it go, no, I just can't let it go

而我始终放不下 是的 我无法忘却

I wonder if youever think about it like I do

我很好奇 你是否也如我一般想念过去

Seven kids on mytwo lane road

路边 七个孩子在玩耍

Had the guns onthe radio

拿着玩具枪 伴随着电台里的歌曲

After all thistime it still feels, feels so good

经历过很多之后 我仍觉得很棒

When I think aboutthose summer nights

每当我回想起那些逝去的夏夜

Singing out thewindow, on the back roads,

后街一户人家的窗口轻轻飘来了

Sweet Child ofMine

我亲爱的小孩 这首歌

Sipping¹ on thelocal's spark of light

一丝丝星光滑落

Ain't it funny howthe best days of my life

很搞笑 我生命中全部的美好时间点

Was all thatwasted time, all that wasted time

都是那些被浪费掉了 虚度过了的日子

Out of nowhere, itslipped away

悄无声息的 溜走了

And the rope bythe river hangs silently

河边的绳索寂静的悬挂着

And the town thatI knew ain't nothing like it used to be

我熟知的小镇也不复之前

Ah, I can'texplain

哦 我也无法解释

They took all thecolor from the picture frame

相框的颜色渐渐斑驳

And the days gotsold to the grid² and the game

那些恋爱和游戏的日子 一去不复返

And I just can'tlet it go, no, I just can't let it go

而我始终放不下 无法忘却

I wonder if youever think about it like I do

我很好奇 你是否也如我一般想念过去

Seven kids on mytwo lane road

路边 七个孩子在玩耍

We had the guns onthe radio

拿着玩具枪 伴随着电台里的歌曲

After all thistime it still feels, feels so good

这之后我仍觉得很棒

When I think aboutthose summer nights

当我回想起夏夜

Singing out thewindow, on the back roads,

后街一户人家的窗口轻轻飘来了

Sweet Child ofMine

我亲爱的小孩 这首歌

Sipping on thelocal's spark of light

一丝丝星光滑落

Ain't it funny howthe best days of my life

很搞笑 我生命中全部的美好时间点

Was all thatwasted time, all that wasted time

都是那些被浪费掉了 虚度过了的日子

Swinging on theline

生命仍在继续

Living all thatwasted time

而我还在虚度着剩下的时间

Hey, hey, now

hey hey 此刻

Summer dressesrained on the hood³ of the car

夏天的雨水又洒落在小车之上

Only music that wehad was out the left speaker

左侧喇叭播放着我们曾熟悉的歌曲

We were livingevery second 'til the time ran out

我们活在每分钟 每秒钟里 直至死亡

We had nothing butwe had it all

我们一无所有却又什么也不缺

When I think aboutthose summer night

当我回想起那些夏天的晚上

Sneaking⁴ out thewindow, running back roads

我悄悄溜出家 在路上狂奔

Your hand in mine

你牵着我的手

We were goingnowhere, we were so alive

漫无目的 但却很快乐

Uh huh, ain't itfunny how the best days of my life

哦 哦 很搞笑 我生命中全部的美好时间点

Was all thatwasted time, all that wasted time

我都浪费掉了 虚度过了

We were swingingout on the line

我们渐行渐远

Living all thatwasted time

虚度生命中剩下的时间

Hey, you know oh

hey 你知道吧

(All that wastedtime)

那些所有被浪费掉的时间

Don't you feel itcoming on back now

你感觉到他们再次重演了没

(Time, time, time)

那些时间 时间 时间

歌词解析：

I'm smilinglooking at this photograph

看着那些照片 我嘴角微微翘起来

Look at（仔细地）看；着眼，考虑

例句：

Pleaseraise your head and look at the blackboard.

请抬起头来，看黑板。


And I just can'tlet it go, no, I just can't let it go

而我始终放不下 是的 我无法忘却

Let go 放开，松手

例句：

Let go,you randy old goat!

放开我，你这老色鬼！

Let goof⁵ me, you vicious monster!

放开我，你这可恶的家伙！


Ain't it funny howthe best days of my life

很搞笑 我生命中全部的美好时间点

Ain't =are not, am not, is not,=hasnot, have not

I wonder if youever think about it like I do

我很好奇 你是否也如我一般想念过去

thinkabout 考虑，回想

例句：

The timeis approaching when we must think about buying a new house.

我们要想一想买新房子的事了，时机即将来临。

What doyou think about that?

你认为怎么样？

1 sipping   

v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
• She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。

2 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

5 goof   

v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜

参考例句：

• We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
• You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。