听歌学英语：一切如此真实 Seem So Real

Didn't know you would be here;
没想到你会在这里
Guess you thought that I knew.
也许你以为我会知道
As I walk with your shadow,
当我跟著你的影子
Feel my heart tear in two.
我感到我的心被撕成两半
The last time I kissed you,
当我最后一次亲吻你时
I knew your love was revealed.
我感觉得到你显露的爱
And I'm left here now wondering just how,
可我现在独自被留在这, 疑惑著
How could this seem so real?
为何一切感觉如此真实?
When a dream becomes conscious,
当梦变成了意识
How can we know what's true?
我们该如何分辨是否真实?
Should we walk in our blindness
我们是该盲目地走下去?
Or leave passion subdued²?
还是压抑著我们的激情?
The warmth in your touch (has)
你温暖的触感
Left me wanting more each day.
留下我每天贪婪地想要更多
Now, I don't care if we have to rush,
现在, 我不管我们是否一时冲动
Just tell me that you'll stay.
告诉我你会留在我身旁
Now your shadow, it leaves me,
现在连你的影子都离我而去
Sailing far from my view.
航行至我看不到的地方
Still, I cling to your memory,
但是我还是紧握不放著对你的记忆
I pray God might renew
我对上天乞求
Your scent³ on the wind.
能在风里嗅到你的味道
Will my poor heart fully⁴ heal
我可怜伤痛的心有可能完全愈合吗?
By the next time I wonder just how,
在我下次在疑惑著
How could this seem so real?
为何一切感觉如此真实?
When's the next time I'll wonder out loud,
何时才会是下次我放声坦率地疑惑著
How could this seem so real?
为何一切感觉如此真实?

歌词：The last time I kissed you,
当我最后一次亲吻你时
I knew your love was revealed.
我感觉得到你显露的爱
划重点：reveal最常见的意思是透露。
She would not reveal her secret to anyone else except her mother.
除了她母亲外,她对谁都不愿意透露自己的秘密。
Reveal还可以表示显示：
His deed revealed him to be a kind man.
他的行为显示他是个好心的人。
还可以表示展现：
The door opened to reveal a cosy⁵ little room.
房门打开，一间温暖舒适的小屋展现在眼前。


歌词：When a dream becomes conscious,
当梦变成了意识
How can we know what's true?
我们该如何分辨是否真实?
Should we walk in our blindness
我们是该盲目地走下去?
Or leave passion subdued?
还是压抑著我们的激情?
划重点：conscious 意识到的；神志清醒的
He was conscious of his guilt⁶.
他自知有罪。
He spoke⁷ to me in his conscious moments.
他神志清醒时跟我说过话。
blindness?n. 盲目；失明；愚昧
His blindness is the result of an accident.
一次事故使他双目失明。
subdue¹?v. 使服从；压制；减弱
No one has been able to subdue these areas.
从没有人能够压制这一地区。

歌词：Still, I cling to your memory,
但是我还是紧握不放著对你的记忆
I pray God might renew
我对上天乞求
Your scent on the wind.
能在风里嗅到你的味道
划重点：cling?vi. 紧贴；附着；依恋；坚持?n. 紧抓；紧贴
Little children always cling to their mothers.
小孩子总是紧依着母亲。
cling to (v.+prep.)坚持,忠于(某观念、信条等)
We should cling to our principles.
我们应该坚持自己的原则。
scent?n. 气味；香味；线索?v. 闻出；发觉；充满；得到 ... 的暗示
The scent of lemons filled the grove⁸.
柠檬香味充满了小树林。
on the scent of循某人〔物〕的线索
The police are on the scent of the thieves.
警察发现了小偷的线索。

1 subdue   

vt.制服，使顺从，征服；抑制，克制

参考例句：

• She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
• He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。

2 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

3 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 cosy   

adj.温暖而舒适的，安逸的

参考例句：

• We spent a cosy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
• It was so warm and cosy in bed that Simon didn't want to get out.床上温暖而又舒适，西蒙简直不想下床了。

6 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

7 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。

8 grove   

n.林子，小树林，园林

参考例句：

• On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
• The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。