(单词翻译:单击)
7年的时间,我们可以做什么呢?今天给大家推荐的是来自于Conor Maynard的《Seven Years》。成长的过程其实并不是在告别谁,而是告别自己的某一部分,终有一天,我们会学会接纳眼下的时时刻刻,可以勇敢冒险,也可以安稳享受平凡,你想对多年前的自己想说些什么呢?本期主播:小C姐(主播微信公众号:小C微英语)
Once I was seven years old my momma told me
那年我七岁 妈妈就对我说
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
去交些朋友 不然你会孤独寂寞
Once I was seven years old
那年我七岁
It was a big big world but we thought we were bigger
这个辽阔的大千世界 总以为我们也会变得更加强大
Pushing each other to the limits we were learning quicker
将彼此逼到绝境 我们得以更快的成长
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
十一岁那年 我吸烟 喝烈性酒
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
生活捉襟见肘 我们离家奋斗只为有个稳定收入
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
十一岁那年 爸爸对我说
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely
给自己找个妻子 否则你会空虚寂寞
Once I was eleven years old
那年我十一岁
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
我常梦想着有朝一日能像爸爸一样成为一个歌手
So I started writing songs I started writing stories
所以我开始写歌 开始写不同的故事
Something about the glory always seemed to bore me
曾经的光辉岁月 对我来说也已厌倦
Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
因为只有那些我真正爱的人才真的懂我
Once I was 20 years old my story got told
二十岁那年 我的故事广为流传
Before the morning sun when life was lonely
黎明还未照耀前 孤独的我无人相伴
Once I was 20 years old
那年我二十岁
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Pushing each other to the limits we were learning quicker
将彼此逼到绝境 我们得以更快的成长
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
十一岁那年 我吸烟 喝烈性酒
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
生活捉襟见肘 我们离家奋斗只为有个稳定收入
limit ['lɪmɪt] n. 限度;限制;界限 vt. 限制;限定
set a limit 对…加以限制
We set a limit on the expenses of the trip.
我们规定了这次旅游的费用。
within (the) limits 不超出限度
That is within the limits of my authority.
这是我权限之内的事。
limit to (把…)限制在…,局限于…
We limited our talk to ten minutes.
我们把我们的谈话限定在10分钟之内。
Each customer is limited to four tickets.
每人限购4张票。
herb [ɜːrb] n. 药草;香草
I had to take the herb tea although it's bitter.
虽然汤药很苦,我还是不得不喝了。
liquor ['lɪkər] n. 酒;烈性酒;
She drinks wine and beer but no liquor.
她喝葡萄酒和啤酒,但不喝烈性酒。
liquid ['lɪkwɪd]
adj. 液体的;液态的;清澈的;清脆的;已转化成现款的(财)n. 液体
She poured out a large quantity of liquid from a bottle.
她从一个瓶子里倒出许多液体。
steady ['stedi] adj. 稳定的;稳固的;坚定的v. 使稳固;使稳定;(变得)稳固;使坚定 adv. 稳定地,稳固地 n. 关系固定的情侣 ;固定支架
The old man is not steady on his legs.
这位老人站不稳。
She has a steady income.
她有固定的收入。
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