好听的英文歌曲：Grandfather's Clock - 平井坚

平井坚，出生在大阪。当年红极一时的《流星花园》主题曲《流星雨》就是翻唱了他的《Gaining Through Losing》，而因为这首歌，让中国的音乐爱好者们第一次听说了他的名字。

My grandfather's clock was¹ too large for the shelf
So it stood² ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself³
And it weight not a penny's weight more
It was bought on the morn that my grandpa was born⁴
And was always his treasure⁵ and pride⁶
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died⁷

Ninety years without slumbering⁸ (tic tac tic tac)
His life's seconds numbering (tic tac tic tac)
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died.

(break)
At watching its pendulum swing to and fro
Many hours he had spent as a boy
As he grew into manhood the clock seemed to know
For it sharaed every sorrow and joy
And it struck tewnty four as he entered the door
With his beautiful and blushing bride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

(break)
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant so faithful he'd found
For it wasted no time and it had but one desire
At the close of each week to be wound
Yes it kept in its place but not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

(break)
Then it rang an alarm in the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
That his hour for departure had come
Yes the clock kept the time
With a soft and muffled chime
As we stood there and watched by his side
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 stood   

vbl.stand的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She stood up when they came in.当他们进来时，她站了起来。
• The child stood by the side of his mother.孩子站在母亲身边。

3 himself   

pron.他自己

参考例句：

• He is proud of himself.他为自己感到自豪。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

4 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

5 treasure   

n.宝物，财富；vt.珍爱，重视，密藏

参考例句：

• They went to the island to hunt the buried treasure.他们到岛上去寻找埋藏的宝物。
• I certainly treasure the friendship between us very much.我当然非常珍视我们之间的友谊。

6 pride   

n.骄傲，自豪；引以自豪的东西；vt.以…自豪

参考例句：

• Their son is their pride and joy.儿子是他们的快乐和骄傲。
• I didn't hurt your pride on purpose.我不是故意伤害你的自尊心。

7 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

8 slumbering   

微睡，睡眠（slumber的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• It was quiet. All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering. 贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。
• Then soft music filled the air and soothed the slumbering heroes. 接着，空中响起了柔和的乐声，抚慰着安睡的英雄。