听歌学英语：Will We Talk?-Sam Fender

 不想干活的星期一

 

Blaring loudly out the speakers

 

扬声器恬不知耻地聒噪着

 

Fluorescent¹ liquid in his beaker

 

他的烧杯中的液体泛着荧光

 

Another night they've gone too far

 

又是一个他们做的太过头的晚上

 

She said

 

她说

 

I don't usually do this kind of thing

 

我不经常做这事的

 

Does it change the way you think of me

 

这样你可以改变对我的看法了吗

 

Thinking isn't his forte²

 

他四肢发达头脑简单

 

And she said

 

她又说

 

If you dance with me darling

 

如果你和我共舞

 

If you take me home

 

带我回家

 

Will we talk in the morning

 

我们能在清晨无话不谈

 

They leave

 

然后相忘于江湖吗

 

Weave around the night's commotion³

 

他徘徊在夜晚的暴乱之外

 

And dodge⁴ a Mexican standoff

 

躲开墨西哥人的示威

 

And catch a cab back to his flat

 

打车回自己的公寓

 

There's no romance

 

生活毫无浪漫可言

 

Sprawled⁵ out across the couch

 

只好窝在沙发做肥宅

 

Can't even make his f**king face out

 

甚至都不敢去露脸

 

An age old ritual

 

一场老掉牙的仪式

 

And she said

 

她又说……

 

If you dance with me darling

 

如果你和我共舞

 

If you take me home

 

带我回家

 

Will we talk in the morning

 

我们能在清晨无话不谈吗？

 

Sometimes I close my eyes

 

有时候我闭上眼睛

 

And sometimes I see you're fine

 

恍若看见你还好好的

 

She said

 

她说……

 

If you dance with me darling

 

如果你和我共舞

 

If you take me home

 

带我回家

 

Will we talk in the morning

 

我们能在清晨无话不谈吗？

 

 

 

Does it change the way you think of me

 

这样你可以改变对我的看法了吗

 

think of考虑； 想起； 有…想法； 对…有意见

 

例句：

 

We have the interest of 500,000 customers to think of.

 

我们得为50万名顾客的利益着想。

 

Ah yes, but think of all the family life they're missing.

 

是这样，不过别忘了他们错过了多少天伦之乐。

 

We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.

 

我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。

 

 

And dodge a Mexican standoff

 

躲开墨西哥人的示威

 

Standoff adj.冷淡的，有支架的；

 

例句：

 

The political standoff ended when the army took over.

 

军队接管后,政治僵局才告一段落.

 

That young lady had a standoff - don't - touch - me air.

 

那位年轻小姐有一种孤芳自赏、自鸣清高的气派.

 

Although more costly⁶, this provides the highest standoff voltage switch.

 

这种方法尽管成本较高,但是能够提供最高的关态电压开关.

 

1 fluorescent   

adj.荧光的，发出荧光的

参考例句：

• They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
• This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。

2 forte   

n.长处，擅长；adj.(音乐)强音的

参考例句：

• Her forte is playing the piano.她擅长弹钢琴。
• His forte is to show people around in the company.他最拿手的就是向大家介绍公司。

3 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。

4 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。

5 sprawled   

v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词)；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawled full-length across the bed. 他手脚摊开横躺在床上。
• He was lying sprawled in an armchair, watching TV. 他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。

6 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。