听歌学英语：一厢情愿 Wishful Thinking

Why does blood turn brown when it dries?
为什么血干掉后会-变成棕色
Why do the tears well up in your eyes?
为什么你眼中涌出了泪水
Why didn't I learn to ride my bike
为什么我不愿意学骑自行车
When it was warm and sunny outside?
外面阳光很暖很灿烂啊

Why can't little kids tie their shoes?
为什么小孩儿不会系鞋带
Why can't the white people play the blues¹?
为什么白人不擅长布鲁斯/蓝调
Why can't I fall in love with you?
为什么我无法爱你
It must be because of the seasons.
一定是因为季节

When the leaves start falling from the trees,
当树叶开始落下来
When the birds start flirting³ with the bees,
当鸟儿与蜜蜂开始调情
When the wind starts blowing from the East to the West;
当风开始吹从东到西
Maybe you'll be the one that I like best.
也许你就会是我最喜欢的人吧

Clouds start forming I can't complain,
开始乌云满布，我不能抱怨
'Cause I think we might be in need of some rain.
也许我们需要一点雨水呢
When it starts pouring
大雨倾盆下来
Don't hide away without me.
不要一个人独自躲开

I bought an umbrella big enough for two,
我买了一把伞，空间足够你我
But it feels pretty empty under here without you.
没有你，感觉孤零零的
Dry as a bone but I'm still alone
尽管没有被淋湿，可是很孤独
I'm so grey..
心情灰色

When you're standing⁴ in a puddle⁵ with wet feet;
当你站在水坑里湿了双脚
And your head is sore from pounding drops of sleet⁶.
当冰雹咋疼了你的头
When the cold and lonely hours put your heart to the test..
当寒冷和孤寂同时来袭考验着你的承受力时
Maybe I'll be the one that you like best.
也许你就会最喜欢我吧

When the leaves start falling from the trees,
当树叶开始落下来
When the birds start flirting with the bees,
当鸟儿与蜜蜂开始调情
When the wind starts blowing from the East to the West;
当风开始吹从东到西
Maybe you'll be the one that I like best.
也许你就会变成我最喜欢的那个人吧

If the sky should open its eyes
如果天空能张开它的眼睛
And cry from up above..
开始哭泣
Let's shed some tears of joy
那也让我们流下了快乐的泪水
And fall in love.
然后欣然相爱吧

Why do the tears well up in your eyes?
well adv 好; 很; (评价)高，令人满意地; (标准或程度)多少，怎样
He speaks well of you.他对你评价很高。
Franklin did not turn up until well after midnight. 富兰克林直到午夜过后很久才出现。
How well do you remember your mother.关于你妈妈你还记得多少？
well v 涌出;冒出;流出;溢出
He could feel the anger welling up inside him.他能感觉到自己怒火中烧。

When the birds start flirting with the bees,当鸟儿与蜜蜂开始调情
flirt² v 调情，打情骂俏; 玩弄; 轻率地对待; n 调情的人，卖弄风情者;
Well , sure, I flirted⁷ with her, but I flirt with everyone! 是呀，我是有逗过她, 可是我谁都逗的.
She's a real flirt.她是个打情骂俏的老手。
Her husband is an incorrigible⁸ flirt. 她的丈夫是个积习难改的调情老手。（incorrigible [?n?k?:r?d??bl] adj 无法矫正的，屡教不改的，无可救药的）
Sue, I sometimes think you are a flirt. 苏，有时候我认为你是个轻浮的人。

Dry as a bone but I'm still alone尽管没有被淋湿，可是很孤独
Dry as a bone=as dry as a bone干透的；禁酒的；口渴的
The soil was very hard and as dry as a bone. 这土壤非常坚硬,干透了。
After four months with no rain, even the riverbed became as dry as a bone. 由于4个月没下雨, 连河床都干涸了。
You can't buy a drink here. This town is as dry as a bone. 这里买不到酒. 这个镇子是绝对禁酒的.

When you're standing in a puddle with wet feet
puddle：水坑
Wilson was splashed by a...cab going through a puddle. Wilson被经过水坑的出租车溅了一身。

Your head is sore from pounding drops of sleet
sleet: 冻雨；雨雪；冰雹
Sleet forms when rain falls through a layer of cold air.雨在下落时遇到冷空气层就会形成冰雹。

When the cold and lonely hours put your heart to the test
put sb/sth to the test 使接受考验；使受检验
His courage was put to the test.他的勇气受到了考验。
Theories must be put to the test of practice. 理论必须通过实践来检验。
That strategy would now have to be put to the test.这一策略现在必须经受检验。
 

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 flirt   

v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者

参考例句：

• He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
• He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。

3 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

6 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

7 flirted   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She flirted her fan. 她急速挥动着扇子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• During his four months in Egypt he flirted with religious emotions. 在埃及逗留的这四个月期间，他又玩弄起宗教情绪来了。 来自辞典例句

8 incorrigible   

adj.难以纠正的，屡教不改的

参考例句：

• Because he was an incorrigible criminal,he was sentenced to life imprisonment.他是一个死不悔改的罪犯，因此被判终生监禁。
• Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.嗜赌的人是死不悔改的乐天派。