听歌学英语：Take Me To Shanghai-John Hughes

Libertyswathes this city of shades

幽影之城被自由笼罩

Like gloves on the wings of a bird

如同双翼被束缚的飞鸟

The silken smoke of the words you spoke¹

昔言似烟缕雾绡

Still rises where you lay

在你安躺的地方至今萦绕

Take me to Shanghai

带我回上海

Take me to Shanghai

带我去上海

To the town where I belong

回到我的心之所向

Ise Downes：

伊士·唐斯：

The pathways were red the lanterns alive

犹记彤光满路 华灯初上

Diamonds adrift in the sky

夜空有钻石闪耀

You're standing² here when I close my eyes

我合起眼 就在这里与你相望

This slumber³ leaves me blind

不过片刻黄粱 梦醒满目昏盲

Take me to Shanghai

带我回上海

Take me to Shanghai

带我去上海

To the town where I belong

回到我的心之所向

John Hughes：

约翰·休斯:

The night was mine to set alight

那夜晚由我点燃

Every cord and every chain

每一条绳索 每一道铁链

Your hands were ice within the fire

你的双手如寒冰于火焰

And it burned like poison rain

似毒雨燎原

Both：合：

The blood in these veins⁴ the streets that it stains

斑驳街道 鲜血淋漓

Fevers unbroken by death

死亡也无法将狂热平息

Their shadows ride on this ruby⁵ tide

魅影席卷来去 乘着深红潮汐

And the waves that toss my breath

波澜跌宕了呼吸

Take me to Shanghai

带我回上海

Take me to Shanghai

带我去上海

To the town where I belong

回到我的心之所向


Fevers unbroken by death

死亡也无法将狂热平息

Unbroken adj.不间断的；未破的；未驯服的；未被打扰的

例句：

He had ten hours of unbroken sleep.
他连续睡了十个小时。

I pray for this heart to be unbroken .
我祈祷这颗心永远不碎.


To the town where I belong

回到我的心之所向

Belong vi.应归入；属于

例句：

The daffodil belongs to the genus Narcissus.

黄水仙是水仙属植物。

Those documents belong with the sale report.

那些文件归入销售报告。

1 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。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

4 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。