11th Dimension

• By: Julian Casablancas
• Album: Phrazes For The Young

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

I just nod, I've never been so good at shaking hands

我只是点头，我从没这么擅长握手

I live on the frozen surface of a fireball

我活在一个火球冰冻的表面上

Where cities come together, to hate each other in the name of sport

城市聚集在一起，以运动之名互相憎恨

America, nothing is ever just anything

美国啊，一切都不只是表面那样简单

I looked up to you, but you thought I would look the other way

我曾经仰望你，但你以为我会视而不见

And you hear what you want to hear

你只听你想听的

And they take what they want to take

他们只拿他们想拿的

Don't be sad, won't ever happen like this anymore

别难过，这样的事情不会再发生了

So when's it coming?

那么它什么时候来？

This life's new great movement that I can join

这生命中崭新的伟大运动，我可以加入的

It won't end here, your faith has got to be greater than your fear

它不会在这里结束，你的信念必须大于你的恐惧

Forgive them even if they are not sorry

原谅他们，即使他们并不抱歉

All the vultures, bootleggers at the door waiting

所有的秃鹫，盗版商都在门口等着

You are looking for your own voice, but in others

你正在寻找自己的声音，但在别人身上寻找

While it hears you, trapped in another dimension

当它听到你，被困在另一个维度

Drop your guard, you don't have to be smart all of the time

放下你的戒备，你不必一直都很聪明

I got a mind full of blanks

我脑子里一片空白

I need to go somewhere new fast

我需要快速去一个全新的地方

And don't be shy, oh no, at least deliberately

不要害羞，哦不，至少是故意的

No one really cares or wonders why anymore

再也没有人真正在乎或想知道为什么了

Oh, I've got music, coming outta my hands and feet and gizzards, oh

哦，我有音乐，从我的手脚和内脏里涌出来，哦

That is how it once was done

那是过去的方式

All the dreamers on the run

所有梦想家都在奔跑

Forgive them even if they are not sorry

原谅他们，即使他们并不抱歉

All the vultures, bootleggers at the door waiting

所有的秃鹫，盗版商都在门口等着

We're so quick to point out our own flaws in others

我们总是很快指出别人身上的缺点

Complicated mammals on the wings of robots

在机器人翅膀上的复杂哺乳动物

If you believe in this world no one has died in vain

如果你相信这个世界，就没有人会白白死去

But don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do

但是你别想爬到顶峰，却不知道该做什么

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
nod /nɒd/ A2	verb - 点头
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - 摇动
frozen /ˈfroʊzən/ A2	adjective - 冰冻的
fireball /ˈfaɪərbɔːl/ B2	noun - 火球
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - 憎恨
sport /spɔːrt/ A2	noun - 运动
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - 听到
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - 拿
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - 悲伤的
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 生命
great /ɡreɪt/ A1	adjective - 大的
faith /feɪθ/ B1	noun - 信仰
fear /fɪər/ A2	noun - 害怕
vultures /ˈvʌltʃərz/ B2	noun - 秃鹫
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - 声音
trapped /træpt/ B1	adjective - 被困
dimension /daɪˈmɛnʃən/ B2	noun - 维度
guard /ɡɑːrd/ B1	noun - 警卫 verb - 保卫
smart /smɑːrt/ A2	adjective - 聪明的
blanks /blæŋks/ B2	noun - 空白

Grammar:

• I've never been so good at shaking hands

  ➔ 现在完成时态，使用“never”和“so + 形容词 + at”

  ➔ 使用现在完成时态（'I've been'）来描述与现在相关的经历。“Never”强调缺乏先前的经验。“So good at”强调熟练程度。

• Where cities come together, to hate each other in the name of sport

  ➔ 带有“where”的关系从句 + 目的不定式短语 (“to hate”)

  ➔ “Where” 引导一个关系从句，指定地点。“to hate” 的不定式短语解释了城市聚集在一起的目的或原因。

• I looked up to you, but you thought I would look the other way

  ➔ 短语动词 (“look up to”) + 在转述想法中的条件语气 “would”

  ➔ “Look up to” 是一个短语动词，意思是钦佩或尊重。“Would” 用于表达另一个人 *认为* 将来会发生的事情（从他们在过去的角度来看）。

• Don't be sad, won't ever happen like this anymore

  ➔ 祈使语气 (“Don't be”) + 带否定缩写的将来时 (“won't ever”)

  ➔ “Don't be” 是祈使语气，表示命令或指示。“Won't ever” 是 “will not ever” 的缩写，表明某事绝不会以同样的方式再次发生。

• This life's new great movement that I can join

  ➔ 带有 “that” 的关系从句（关系代词省略）+情态动词 “can”

  ➔ “That” 引导一个关系从句来描述运动。关系代词被省略，因为它是在动词 “join” 中充当宾语。“Can” 表示加入的能力。

• Your faith has got to be greater than your fear

  ➔ “Has got to”（表示义务/必要性的习语）+ 比较级形容词 (“greater than”)

  ➔ “Has got to” 是 “must” 或 “has to” 的非正式说法。它表达了一种强烈的义务或必要性。“Greater than” 是比较形式，表明一件事比另一件事更大或更重要。

• Forgive them even if they are not sorry

  ➔ 祈使语气 (“Forgive”) + 条件从句 (“even if”)

  ➔ “Forgive” 是一个祈使动词，表示命令。“Even if” 引导一个条件从句，表示无论对方是否后悔，都应该原谅。

• If you believe in this world no one has died in vain

  ➔ 带有 “if” 从句的条件句（类型 1/真实）+ 现在完成时态 (“has died”)

  ➔ 这是一个类型 1 条件句，表达了一种真正的可能性。“If you believe” 是条件，“no one has died in vain” 是满足条件后可能出现的结果。现在完成时态 (“has died”) 将过去的事件与现在的信念联系起来。