听歌学英语:习惯麻木 Comfortably Numb

Hello
有人在吗？
Is there anybody in there
请问这里还有人在吗
Just nod if you can hear me
如果听到我说话就点下头好吗
Is there anyone home
请问有人在家吗

Come on, now
出来吧 现在
I hear you're feeling down
我感觉到你心情很失落
Well I can ease your pain
或许我可以减轻你的疼痛
Get you on your feet again
振作起来吧

Relax
别紧张
I need some information first
首先我需要了解下你的症状
Just the basic facts
只需要基本情况
Can you show me where it hurts
你能告诉我哪里不舒服吗
There is no pain.You are receding¹
疼痛还是没有一点都没减轻
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
一艘轮船在远处的地平线上吐着缥缈的烟
You are only coming through in waves
而你像是在风浪里独自漂泊
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
我能看见你的嘴唇在动却听不见声音
When I was a child, I had a fever
我小时候曾有过一次发烧
My hands felt just like two balloons
我的双手肿得像两只汽球
Now I got that feeling once again
现在我又一次有了那种感觉
I can't explain, you would not understand
可是我无法解释，你也不会明白
This is not how I am
不要再问我感觉如何
I have become comfortably numb²
我已经沉入那种惬意的麻木之中了
I have become comfortably numb
我已经沉入那种惬意的麻木之中了

OK...
好吧
Just a little pinprick
就轻轻打一针吧
There'll be no more --Aaaaaahhhhh
不会再继续了——啊
But you may feel a little sick
但你也许会觉得有一些恶心
Can you stand up
你能站起来了吗？
I do believe it's working. Good
应该在起效了，好的
That'll keep you going for the show
那会使你的演出得以继续进行
Come on it's time to go
来吧该走了
There is no pain, you are receding
疼痛还是没有一点都没减轻
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
一艘轮船在远处的地平线上吐着缥缈的烟
You are only coming through in waves
而你像是在风浪里独自漂泊
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
我能看见你的嘴唇在动却听不见声音
When I was a child I caught a fleeting³ glimpse
小时候我曾想抓住那个瞬间飞逝的场景
Out of the corner of my eye
它在我眼角里闪现
I turned to look but it was gone
我急忙转过头去看但是它已经消失了
I cannot put my finger on it now
现在我不能确切的感觉到它了
The child is grown, the dream is gone
那个孩子长大了，梦也已经消逝了
I have become comfortably numb
我已经沉醉在那种舒服的麻木中了

1. undocumented adj.无正式文件的；无真凭实据的；无事实根据的；未入文献的；非法入境
undocumented immigration 非法移民 ;
In essence this is a crackdown on undocumented migrants这个措施说到底是为了打击非法移民。

2. rough patch 难关；坎坷
So if you're going through a rough patch, don't feel bad about feeling bad. 所以如果你正经历一个艰难时期，感觉难过是再正常不过的。

3. bounty⁴ hunter为获赏金捕人的人；领取佣金的代理商
bounty: bounty n. 慷慨；丰富；奖励金；赠款

4. recede⁵ 退后;收回;退去
As time passed,his facial features receded⁶ from my mind.随着时间的推移，他的容貌在我的脑子里变得越来越模糊。

5.You can show me the pictures to jog my memory（唤醒回忆）.
jog  vt. 慢跑；轻推；蹒跚行进；使颠簸

6. conflate vt. 合并；异文合并
Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint.不幸的是，公众将杜撰与事实合并了起来把她当做了圣人。
If you want to defend liberalism, then defend it, but why conflate your love for certain values with love for a certain country? 如果你想捍卫自由主义，那你就捍卫吧，你为什么要把对某种价值观的热爱和对某个国家的热爱混为一谈？( n. 自由主义；开明的思想或见解)

7. flighty adj. 轻浮的；轻狂的；心情浮动的
Isabelle was a frivolous⁷ little fool, vain and flighty.伊莎贝尔是个轻佻、没头脑的小女人，虚荣又反复无常/轻狂。( adj. 无聊的；轻佻的；琐碎的)

8. merit n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过vt. 值得
The argument seemed to have considerable merit.这个论点似乎有相当大的价值。
He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation⁸.他说他没有做错任何事，不应该受到刑事调查。

1 receding   

v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
• Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句

2 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

3 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

4 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

5 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

6 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

7 frivolous   

adj.轻薄的；轻率的

参考例句：

• This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
• He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。