听歌学英语：The Borders-Sam Fender

 We were like brothers

 

我们亲如手足

 

Everybody said we looked the same

 

人人都说你我样貌相似

 

You're a little taller

 

你个头更高点

 

And broader, and bolder

 

心胸更广更为大胆

 

We were afraid of your mother

 

我们都畏惧你的母亲

 

Hell, she used to hit you so hard

 

她以前打你时下手真狠

 

And your dad took off when you were a baby

 

当你很小时你父亲离开了家

 

And you still hate me for my dad stuck around

 

你却厌恶我只因我父亲还在

 

And pin me to the ground

 

你将我死固在地板上

 

Eight years old with a replica¹ gun pushin' in my skull²

 

八岁时你满脑子装着愤恨

 

Saying you're gonna kill me if I tell

 

用极端的言辞威胁我

 

Never did, and I never will

 

却从未下手我亦安然无恙

 

That house was living hell

 

那所旧房宛如人间炼狱

 

I remember my mother when she found a new man

 

我记得母亲另寻伊人时

 

And your mother thought she found a partner

 

你母亲以为她寻得伴侣

 

A father for you, no wonder, you can't stand me

 

有你这样的父亲难怪你受不了我

 

I can't stand me too

 

我亦无法忍受我自己

 

I can't stand me too

 

我亦无法忍受我自己

 

Oh, your godmother repaired the anger in me

 

噢你那已逝的母亲抚平了我心中的怒火

 

Spoke³ to me like I was an adult

 

把我当成年人一般对待

 

Didn't take sides and didn't turn me against my dad

 

毫无偏袒任何一方也没有让我背叛我的父亲

 

Then she took those pills

 

她自服了药物

 

And now she's gone

 

如今她已远去

 

See her in the night

 

深夜恍见她身影

 

In the corner of my eye

 

我记忆犹新

 

And I see her in the night

 

在无人深夜与她重逢

 

Heard you glassed a boy back in The Borders

 

听说你在外面惹了祸事

 

Some naughty family boys are after you

 

得罪了不少的孩子

 

You pin me to the wall and said my mother

 

你把我抵在墙上我母亲说

 

Stole your inheritance from you

 

如今偷走了你的遗产

 

Oh yeah, we ain't got a penny between wor

 

是的我们之间分文皆无

 

Holding up this tent that we live in

 

只能撑起我们的帐篷露宿

 

You pin me to the wall and smashed⁴ a bottle

 

你把我抵在墙上怒摔瓶子

 

Your eyes, a door to Hell and all within

 

你的双眼如一扇通往地狱的大门人生苦痛都于其中

 

 

We were afraid of your mother

 

我们都畏惧你的母亲

 

afraid of 害怕

 

例句：

 

 

Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?

 

为什么像大学这样人才济济的社区要害怕虚无主义呢？

 

I was slightly afraid of their chilly⁵ distant politeness.

 

他们那种冷冰冰的、敬而远之的客套让我有点憷头。

 

I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.

 

我害怕嫁不出去。

 

 

 

Hell, she used to hit you so hard

 

她以前打你时 下手真狠

 

And your dad took off when you were a baby

 

当你很小时 你父亲离开了家

 

Take off 脱掉； 起飞； （使）离开； 突然成功

 

例句：

 

There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.

 

还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。

 

The 1950s were the decade of Hong Kong's industrial take-off.

 

20世纪50年代是香港工业开始快速发展的10年。

 

You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.

 

你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。

1 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

2 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 smashed   

adj.喝醉酒的v.打碎，捣烂( smash的过去式和过去分词 )；捣毁；重击；撞毁（车辆）

参考例句：

• Several windows had been smashed. 几扇窗户劈里啪啦打碎了。
• In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship. 依照由来已久的传统，对着船摔了一瓶香槟。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。