听歌学英语：Connection-OneRepublic

These days my waves get lost in the oceans

近来我如茫茫海域中的波涛般迷失了方向

Seven billion swimmers, man I'm going through the motions

七十亿游泳者的大潮朋友啊我只是走走过场

Sent up a flare¹, I need love and devotion

发射信号弹我需要以爱与奉献

Traded for some faces that I never know, notion

好换得那些我从未熟悉之人的信任

Maybe I should try to find the old me

也许我该试着去找回从前的自己

Take me to the places and the people that know me

带我去往熟悉的地点面见熟悉的人

Tryin' to disconnect, thinking maybe you could show me

试图切断联系想着也许你可以告诉我

If there's so many people here, then why am I so lonely?

倘若这里真人来人往我为何如此孤单？

Can I get a connection?

我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我能否能否得到回应？

Can I get a connection?

我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我能否能否得到回应？

Real friends, good friends–hard to find, let's face it

真朋友好朋友向来难寻面对这真相吧

Find the perfect tone and there's a flood in the basement

找到最合适的方式去解决问题地下室已被洪水淹没

Made a couple dollars now and I ain't tryin' to chase it

也赚得盆满钵满现在我不会再去追逐利益

Kids from Oklahoma, man we don't waste it

来自奥克拉荷马的孩子们朋友啊别虚度光阴

I'm just tryin' to paint the picture for me

我不过是努力为自己描绘着美好蓝图

Something I could give a damn about at maybe 40

这是我也许会在不惑之年开始在乎的事情

Years and I be ready and willing and able to edit the story

我已准备就绪亦有能力去编写自己的人生

Cause there's so many people here to be so damn lonely

因为这里人潮拥挤都孤单无比

Can I get a connection?

我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我能否得到一丝回应？

Can I get a connection?

我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我究竟能否得到回应？

I can see it in my, see it in my reflection

我能从自己的倒影中感觉到

Oh, can I get a connection?

噢我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我究竟能否得到回应？

Lonely

深感孤寂

Right now, right now, I'm switching to a new lane

此刻我正转换至一条新的路途

Foot to the floor, man searching for the real thing

脚踏实地寻找着真实之物

Meet somebody else, sometimes ain't no shame

遇见新的人有时候也不算丢脸

Head to the clouds sayin'

思绪飞向云端说道

It's like can I get a connection?

我能否得到一丝回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我究竟能否得到回应？

Can I get a connection?

我能否得到一丝回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我究竟能否得到回应？

I can see it in my, see it in my reflection

我能从自己的倒影中感觉到

Oh, can I get a connection?

噢我能否得到回应？

Can I get, can I get a connection?

我究竟能否得到回应？

Try'na find the old me

试图找回曾经的自己

Lonely

深感孤寂



七十亿游泳者的大潮朋友啊我只是走走过场

Go through（法律、合同等正式）通过； 用完； 检查； 完成

例句：

But will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?

但是谁会有胆量经受这件事？

Men go through a change of life emotionally just like women.

男人和女人一样，也要在情绪上经历更年期。

He expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline.

他希望转账在今天中午的最后期限之前完成。


Made a couple dollars now and I ain't tryin' to chase it

也赚得盆满钵满现在我不会再去追逐利益

ain't，它原本是美国南部一帮文盲、粗人（但非原住民）说的话，现在趋于普遍，并且已经收入到了各类词典当中。最开始它是am not的缩写，最初写作amn't，后由于发音连读问题（省去前一个辅音m，只发后一个辅音n），以讹传讹地变成了ain't，显然，这是由一个be动词am和一个否定词not组成的，所以原则上只适用于任何am not的缩写情况。

在英国，ain't一般只用工人阶级，比如那些说伦敦方言，通常被认为是不正当的。中产阶级和上流社会，与19世纪的英国，乐意使用在熟悉的演讲和中上层阶级的教育。

很少被发现在正式写作中，它经常被使用在更多的非正式书面文字，例如流行歌曲的歌词


Foot to the floor, man searching for the real thing

脚踏实地寻找着真实之物

Search for搜索，搜寻； 访求； 追索

例句：

They drew a blank in their search for the driver.

他们四处寻找那个司机，但一无所获。

His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.

他对我的当面质询迫使我思索如何作答。

Her search for love has often caused her excruciating misery² and loneliness.

她对爱情的寻觅常常给她带来极大的痛苦和孤独感。

1 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。

2 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。