听歌学英语：Hopefulessness-Courtney Barnett

You know what they say

你知道他们说了些什么

No one is born to hate

没有人生来就懂得憎恨

We learn it somewhere along the way

我们都是随着时间的流逝学会的

Take your broken heart

把你破碎的心

Turn it into art

变成一件艺术品

Can't take it with you

你不可能把它带走

Can't take it with you

你不可能把它带走

I don't wanna

我不想了解

I don't wanna know

我不想了解

Empty bottle blues¹

像瓶子一样空洞的忧郁

Sleep in different rooms

我们各睡一房

Hardly a maverick², lesser³ than average

几乎算不上是特立独行，低于平均值

Your vulnerability

你的脆弱

Stronger than it seems

其实比它看起来要坚强

You know it's okay to have a bad day

你知道的，度过糟糕的一天其实也不算什么

I don't wanna

我不想知道

I don't wanna know

我不想知道

Just get this one done

把这件事做完

Then you can move along

然后你就可以走开了

Can't take it with you

你不可能把它带走

Can't take it with you

你不可能把它带走

You know what they say

你知道他们说了些什么

No one is born to hate

没有人生来就懂得憎恨

I'm getting louder now

我现在越来越大声了

I'm getting louder now

我现在越来越大声了


Turn it into art

变成一件艺术品

Turn into（使）变成； 译成； 成为；

例句：

It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.

这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。

The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war.

这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。

We think he'll turn into a top-class player.

我们认为他会成为一流的选手。


Hardly a maverick, lesser than average

几乎算不上是特立独行，低于平均值

Maverick n.未烙印的小动物； 标新立异的人，持不同意见的人；

例句：

Her independence and maverick behaviour precluded⁴ any chance of promotion⁵.

她的独立精神和自行其是断送了一切升迁的机会。

You're a maverick and you'll try anything.

你是个爱自行其是的人,样样事情都要尝试一下.

He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.

他太特立独行，永远不可能做高官。

Your vulnerability

你的脆弱

Vulnerability n.弱点，攻击； 易伤性； 致命性； 脆弱性

例句：

Fundamentally, women like him for his sensitivity and charming vulnerability.

基本说来，女人喜欢他是因为他细腻的情感和迷人的文弱气质。

Taking long-term courses of certain medicines may increase vulnerability to infection.

长期服用某类药品可能会增加感染的可能性。

His vulnerability makes him even more lovable.

他的脆弱反倒让他更加讨人喜欢。

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 maverick   

adj.特立独行的；不遵守传统的；n.持异议者，自行其是者

参考例句：

• He's a maverick.He has his own way of thinking about things.他是个特异独行的人。对事情有自己的看法。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.你是个爱自行其是的人，样样事情都要尝试一下。

3 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

4 precluded   

v.阻止( preclude的过去式和过去分词 )；排除；妨碍；使…行不通

参考例句：

• Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor. 因为没有可能的继承人，让位无法实现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bad weather precluded me from attending the meeting. 恶劣的天气使我不能出席会议。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。