听歌学英语：压力之下 Under Pressure

Pressure pushing down on me
压力把我推倒
Pressing down on you no man ask for
把你压迫着可是没人想这样
Under pressure that burns a building down, splits² a
在压力之下，再大的成就也会崩溃
family in two
家庭被它一分为二
Puts people on streets
人们因它成为流浪者
That's OK
好的
It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
已经预知这世界即将发生的悲剧然后人们就开始恐惧
Watching some good friends screaming "Let me out!"
看着以前的朋友们尖叫着却无法逃离
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
只能无力地祈祷，明天能够过得稍微好些
Pressure on people people on streets
恐惧压迫下，人类奔逃着
Chipping around kick my brains around the floor
我的脑袋被人当做球在踢
These are the days it never rains but it pours
在这些恐惧的日子里没什么不是最糟的
People on streets
人们四处奔逃
People on streets
人们四处奔逃
It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
已经预知这世界即将发生的悲剧然后人们就开始恐惧
Watching some good friends screaming "Let me out!"
看着以前的朋友们尖叫着却无法逃离
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
只能无力地祈祷，明天能够过得稍微好些
Pressure on people people on streets
恐惧压迫人们，人们四处奔逃
Turned away from it all like a blind man
转移注意力就当你无知就当你什么都不晓得
Sat on a fence but it don't work
坐在栅栏上好好冷静一下不过这不起作用
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed⁴ and torn
爱情滚滚而来但它如此残酷
Why-why-why
为什么为什么为什么
Love
因为爱
Insanity⁵ laughs under pressure we're cracking
癫狂地笑就证明了我们在恐惧之下开始变得不像自己
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
我们能不能再选择一次
Why can't we give love that one more chance
为什么我们不能相亲相爱然后重新选择
Why can't we give love.....
为什么我们不能一直付出爱
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
爱是那么俗气的一个词
And love dares you to care for the people on the edge
可是爱让你变得学会关心那些苦苦挣扎的人们
of the night
在夜里
And love dares you to change our way of caring about
让你换了一种更高尚的方式来爱自己
ourselves
我们自己
This is our last dance, this is our last dance
这是我们最后一曲，这是我们最后一曲
This is ourselves
这是我们自己
Under pressure
恐惧压迫下
Under pressure
恐惧压迫下
Pressure
恐惧

词汇扩展：

Under Pressure面临压力，在压力之下；受到压力
Pressure ['pre??] n.压强, 压力, 压迫
These old people are unaccustomed to the pressure of modern life.这些老人不习惯现代生活的紧张压力。(unaccustomed [,?n?'k?st?md] adj. 不习惯的；奇怪的 be unaccustomed to something不习惯的; 不了解的)
He works well under pressure.他在有压力的情况下工作很出色。
He changed his mind under the pressure from others.他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。

Under pressure that burns a building down, splits a family in two
split¹: [spl?t] vi. 离开；被劈开；断绝关系n. 劈开；裂缝
The two partners split after a quarrel.这两个合伙人吵了一架之后分道扬镳了。
They split up after two years of marriage.他们结婚两年之后分手了。
Argument over policy led to a split in the party.有关政策的争论导致了党内的分裂。
Frost caused the split in the rock.霜冻使岩石裂了一条缝。
There's a split between what is thought and what is felt.所想和所感之间是存在区别的。
split on告发
Don't split on me.可不要告发我。
If I tell where I'm going, promise you won't split on me?如果我告诉你我去哪，你愿意保证守口如瓶吗？

These are the days it never rains but it pours
it never rains but it pours ：字面意思‘不雨则已，一雨倾盆’，比喻意思‘福无双至，祸不单行’。

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
terror ['ter?] n.恐怖, 惊骇, <口>令人惧怕或讨厌的人或事物
The detective, nicknamed⁶ Holmes, is a terror to criminals.那个外号叫福尔摩斯的侦探令罪犯闻之丧胆。（[h?ulmz]）
I have a terror of worms.我害怕爬虫。
Your son's a little terror! Can you control him?你的儿子真讨厌! 你可不可以管管他?
She let out a scream of terror.她发出恐怖的叫喊。<口>

Sat on a fence but it don't work
fence: [f?ns] n. 栅栏；围墙；剑术
on the fence保持中立；抱观望态度
Are you for or against the new policy, or are you on the fence? 对于新政策，你是支持、反对还是保持中立？

Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
slash³[sl??] v.猛砍, 乱砍, 鞭打, 割伤,严厉批评, 猛烈抨击
The government promises to slash taxes.政府许诺大幅减税。
The heavy rain slashed against the window.大雨猛打窗户。
Some critics slashed his new book.一些评论家严厉批评他的新书。
 

1 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

2 splits   

劈叉； 划分( split的名词复数 )； 分歧； 裂缝； 劈叉

参考例句：

• The river splits into three smaller streams at this point. 这条河在此处分成三条小河。
• Usually only a trained dancer can do the splits. 通常只有训练有素的舞蹈演员才会劈叉。

3 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

4 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

6 nicknamed   

vt.给…起绰号（nickname的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• 'The human sound-track' he nicknamed her in his own mind. 在心里他给她个绰号，就叫"人体录音带"。 来自英汉文学
• People said that he had jaundice and urchins nicknamed him "Yellow Fellow." 别人说他是黄胆病，孩子们也就叫他“黄胖”了。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说