听歌学英语：天生要飞翔 Wings

Mama told me not to waste my life
妈妈告诉我不要浪费生命
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
她说，展开双翅吧,我的小蝴蝶
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
别让那些闲言闲语让你夜不能寐
And if they give you shhhh..
倘若他们要你闭嘴
Then they can walk on by
那么，他们可以滚了
My feet, feet can't touch the ground
我的双腿无法着地
And I can't hear a sound
而我也无法听见任何声音
But you just keep on running up your mouth yeah
但是你的臭嘴不能停
Walk, walk on over there
一边凉快去吧
Cause I'm too fly to care, oh yeah
我太专注于飞翔，你根本无法让我分心。

Your words don't mean a thing
你的话狗屁不是
I'm not listening
我根本没有在听
Keep talking. All I know is
不管你怎么说，我只知道
Mama told me not to waste my life,
妈妈让我不要浪费生命
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
她说，展开双翅吧！我的小蝴蝶
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
别让那些闲言闲语扰乱你的生活
And they can't detain¹ you
他们无法限制你
Cause wings are made to fly
因为翅膀是用来飞翔的

And we don't let nobody bring us down
我们才不会让任何人打败我们
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
不管你怎么说，我都无所谓
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
就算我从高空坠落也不在意
These wings are made to fly
因我生了一对用来翱翔的双翼

Huh huh...
啊啊
I'm firing up on that runway
我正从跑道上起飞
I know we're gonna get there someday
我知道我们总会达到目的地
But we don't need no ready steady go, no
我们才不需要预备口号
Talk, talk turns into air
闲言碎语消失于空气
And I don't even care, oh yeah
我一点也不在乎
Your words don't mean a thing
你说的那些话根本没有意义
I'm not listening
我根本听不进去
Keep talking, all I know is
不管你怎么说，我只知道
Mama told me not to waste my life,
妈妈跟我说别随便浪费生命
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
她说，展开双翅吧！我的小蝴蝶
Don't let what they say keep you up at night,
别让那些闲言闲语扰乱你的生活
And they can't detain you
他们无法绑住你
Cause wings are made to fly
因为翅膀天生要飞翔
And we don't let nobody bring us down
我们才不会让任何人打败我们
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
不管你怎么说，我都无所谓
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
就算我从高空坠落也别不怕
These wings are made to fly
因我生了一对用来翱翔的双翼
I don't need no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey
我不需要任何人来告诉我
I don't hear no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
我不需要任何人来告诉我
You better keep on walking
你最好闪一边
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy'd
我不想听
You better keep on walking
你最好一边凉快
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy'd
我不想听见任何人的谈论
Your words don't mean a thing
你说的那些话根本没有意义
I'm not listening
我根本听不进去
They're just like water off my wings
那些对我根本毫无作用
Mama told me not to waste my life
妈妈跟我说别随便浪费生命
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
她说，展开双翅飞翔吧吧！我的小蝴蝶
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
别让那些闲言闲语扰乱你的生活
And they can't detain you
他们无法绑住你
Cause wings are made to fly
因为翅膀天生要飞翔
And we don't let nobody bring us down
不会让任何人打败我们
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
不管你怎么说，我都无所谓
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
就算我从高空坠落也不怕
These wings are made to fly
因为翅膀天生要飞翔
And we don't let nobody bring us down
没有人能打败我们
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
不管你怎么说，我都无所谓
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
就算我从高空坠落也没不怕
These wings are made to fly
因为翅膀天生要飞翔

Your words don't mean a thing
你的话狗屁不是
I'm not listening
我根本没有在听
Keep talking. All I know is:
不管你怎么说，我只知道
Mama told me not to waste my life.
妈妈让我不要浪费生命
She said ‘spread your wings my little butterfly
她说，展开双翅吧！我的小蝴蝶
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
别让那些闲言闲语扰乱你的生活
And they can't detain you
他们无法限制你
Cause wings are made to fly '
因为翅膀是用来飞翔的
Your words don't mean a thing 你的话狗屁不是
doesn't/don't mean a thing:一文不值；不重要；没有意义；不值一提
The things that other people care about don't mean a thing to me.别人在乎的东西对我来说根本不值一提。
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes² are played on the oldest fiddles³.女人的年龄并不重要。最古老的小提琴才能奏出最美丽的曲子。
The songs I sing don't mean a thing if you're not there to hear them.如果你没有听见，我唱的那些歌又有什么意义。

She said ‘spread your wings my little butterfly 她说，展开双翅吧！我的小蝴蝶
spread:v 传播；蔓延；扩展；散布
The news spread like wildfire.消息如野火般传了开去。
spread one's wings:展开双翅；独立生活
A year spent studying abroad should allow him to spread his wings a bit.在国外留学一年可以让他独立一些。

be spread too thin:分身乏术；精力等用得过于分散
They are complaining that resources are being spread too thin.他们在抱怨资源的使用太过分散了。
Don't spread yourself too thin.不要把什么都想去做，把自己搞得太累。

Don't let what they say keep you up at night.不要让那些闲言碎语让你夜不能寐
keep sb up 使睡不着；使迟睡
I slept right through the alarm clock. That baby kept me up all night.抱歉我睡过头了/抱歉我没有听到闹钟，那小孩让我通宵没睡
Between your moaning⁴ and snoring, you kept me up all night.整晚你一会儿呻吟一会儿打呼，吵得我一宿没睡。

And they can't detain you 他们无法限制你
detain: [di'tein]vt.扣留, 拘押, 耽搁, 延误
Three men were detained⁵ as suspects.有三人被当做嫌疑犯进行了拘留。
He was detained in Washington on urgent⁶ business.他因紧急事务在华盛顿耽搁了。
She was detained in hospital for suspected broken leg.她因腿部疑似骨折而被留医查看。

Wings are made to fly.
be made to do sth:被用来作...
Films are made to tell stories.电影是用来讲故事的。
Rules are made to be broken.陈规是用来打破的。

1 detain   

vt.拘留，扣留，留住，耽搁

参考例句：

• The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。
• Allow me to detain you for a moment.请允许我耽误你一会。

2 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 fiddles   

n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 )；欺诈；（需要运用手指功夫的）细巧活动；当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 )；篡改；骗取；修理或稍作改动

参考例句：

• He fiddles with his papers on the table. 他抚弄着桌子上那些报纸。 来自辞典例句
• The annual Smithsonian Festival of American Folk Life celebrates hands-hands plucking guitars and playing fiddles. 一年一度的美国民间的“史密斯索尼安节”是赞美人的双手的节日--弹拔吉他的手，演奏小提琴的手。 来自辞典例句

4 moaning   

v.呻吟，悲叹( moan的现在分词 )；抱怨；发出萧萧声

参考例句：

• They were moaning over the death of their father. 他们正在哀悼他们的父亲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's always moaning that she has too much work to do. 她总是抱怨她有太多的事要做。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 detained   

留住( detain的过去式和过去分词 )； 耽搁； 拘留； 扣留

参考例句：

• One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

6 urgent   

a.紧急的，急迫的，紧要的

参考例句：

• He asked to see the manager for something urgent. 他有急事求见经理。
• A part of this urgent task was allotted to us. 这项紧急任务的一部分分给了我们。