听歌学英语：亲爱的，新年快乐 New Year's Day - Haroula Rose

A whole new year
全新的一年
But everything's same
一切却依然是老样子
Waste the day
日子就这样浪费
With a list of ways I should change
一张清单上，说好的改变依然没有变

We drive all around this town
开着车在这个城镇上绕圈圈
Looking for somewhere to fit in
寻找着一席容身之地
It's nowhere to be found
却怎么也找不到
So we just keep on driving
那就这样一直开着车
Waiting,dreaming,praying
等着、梦着、祈祷着
Hoping our days away
日子就这样在希冀中度过

There's nowhere to go
无地方可去
All these sleepless¹ night I've known
在那无数的无眠之夜
Until you
直到遇见你
And now we are home
现在，我们终于有家。

We'll sit by the fire tonight
今晚我们会坐在火边
And make all kinds of plans
一起计划想做的各种事情
Before we can blink² our eyes
还来不及眨眼
This day comes to an end
这一天就结束了
Waiting dreaming praying
等着、梦着、祈祷着
Hoping our days away
日子就这样在希冀中度过

There's no way to go
无路可走
An nothing left to do
无所事事
So you and I go home
所以我们只得回家

We hear the bells chime
听见了新年钟声
There's no escaping time
没有时间逃离
We can run away or stay
我们可以逃离或者留下来
But soon enough comes the dawn
不久黎明又会来临
Of next new year's sun
新的一天太阳又会升起
The sky surrenders the night
黑夜褪去
Look to the horizon
望向地平线
Without saying a word
不说话
You just keep driving
就这样驾着车
On new year's day
在这新年
We'll get away
我们会逃掉
One new year's day
就这一天
We'll make our escape
我们能逃掉

第二首：
Happy New Year---Arco
slate³: 石板; 美[?st?ln?s]n.静止;

January sky like a slate wiped clean
一月的天空如同洁净的蓝岩
And stillness of air where nothing has been
而寂寥的空气里空无一物
Wait for your word as if to say
等候着你的话，仿佛在说
Another last chance lives from today
从今天起，另一个最后的机会诞生

Happy New Year—the world just keeps turning
新年快乐---世界从不停止它匆忙的行迹
Day into night, night into day
由昼转夜 由夜转昼
Holding on tight, millions all hoping
紧握着时间，数百万的人都希望
Something like love will light up the way
有一份爱能照耀旅程

Dying for change, but the feeling won't last
曾渴求改变 然这感觉并不持久
Summer will come and be over too fast
夏日将欣然而至略加停驻
Grow into sun, fade into rain
在阳光里生长，在雨中枯萎
A miniature life to live over again
生命的缩影便再次走过一个轮回

Happy New Year—the world just keeps going
新年快乐 ----世界从不停止它匆忙的行迹
Tumbling round, screaming through space
绕动旋转，在太空中尖叫
Holding on tight, millions all hoping
紧握着时间，数百万的人都希望
Something like love will light up their face
有一份爱能照耀脸庞

Happy New Year to everyone hurting
祝每一个黯然神伤的人新年快乐
Praying this time it all becomes clear
愿这以后，一切都会清晰明了
Here when the light is pale and uncertain
在这跃动飘忽的微光中
Happy New Year
新年快乐
Happy New Year
新年快乐

1 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。

2 blink   

vi.眨眼睛，闪烁；vt.眨（眼睛），使闪烁

参考例句：

• In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.一眨眼的工夫他就没影了。
• The boy disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye.一眨眼，这男孩就在拐角处不见了。

3 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？