A Thousand Years

• By: Christina Perri

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Heart beats fast

心跳加速

Colors and promises

绚烂色彩，美好誓言

How to be brave?

如何才能勇敢？

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

害怕坠落，如何去爱？

But watching you stand alone

但当你孤身一人站在那里

All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

我所有的疑虑都突然烟消云散

One step closer

更近一步

I have died every day waiting for you

每天等待你，如同死去一般

Darling, don't be afraid

亲爱的，别害怕

I have loved you for a thousand years

我已经爱了你一千年

I'll love you for a thousand more

我会再爱你一千年

...

...

Time stands still

时间静止

Beauty in all she is

她的一切都是如此美丽

I will be brave

我会勇敢

I will not let anything take away

我不会让任何事物夺走

What's standing in front of me

此刻出现在我眼前的一切

Every breath, every hour has come to this

每一次呼吸，每一寸光阴，都为了此刻

One step closer

更近一步

I have died every day waiting for you

每天等待你，如同死去一般

Darling, don't be afraid

亲爱的，别害怕

I have loved you for a thousand years

我已经爱了你一千年

I'll love you for a thousand more

我会再爱你一千年

And all along I believed I would find you

一直以来，我都相信我会找到你

Time has brought your heart to me

时间将你的心带到我身边

I have loved you for a thousand years

我已经爱了你一千年

I'll love you for a thousand more

我会再爱你一千年

...

...

One step closer

更近一步

One step closer

更近一步

I have died every day waiting for you

每天等待你，如同死去一般

Darling, don't be afraid

亲爱的，别害怕

I have loved you for a thousand years

我已经爱了你一千年

I'll love you for a thousand more

我会再爱你一千年

And all along I believed I would find you

一直以来，我都相信我会找到你

Time has brought your heart to me

时间将你的心带到我身边

I have loved you for a thousand years

我已经爱了你一千年

I'll love you for a thousand more

我会再爱你一千年

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - 心脏
beat /biːt/ A1	verb - 跳动 noun - 节拍
fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - 快的
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - 爱 noun - 爱
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A1	adjective - 害怕
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - 落下
stand /stænd/ A1	verb - 站立
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - 怀疑 verb - 怀疑
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - 等待
thousand /ˈθaʊzənd/ A1	noun - 千
years /jɪərz/ A1	noun - 年
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - 时间
still /stɪl/ A2	adjective - 静止的
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ B1	noun - 美丽
brave /breɪv/ B1	adjective - 勇敢的
breath /breθ/ A2	noun - 呼吸
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - 找到

Grammar:

• How to be brave?

  ➔ 不定式作名词 (简化从句)

  ➔ 这个短语使用不定式 "to be" 作为名词。它是 "How can I be brave?" 这样的问题的简化形式，为了简洁和强调，省略了助动词 "can"。

• How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

  ➔ 情态动词 "can" (能力/可能性) + 带 "when" 的条件从句 + "be afraid to" (不定式)

  ➔ 这句话结合了一个情态动词，表达了爱的能力或可能性，以及一个条件从句，表明了使之困难的状况。"Be afraid to fall" 在形容词短语之后使用不定式 "to fall"。

• All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

  ➔ 主谓一致 (doubt - goes)，方式副词 ("somehow")

  ➔ 主语 "doubt" (单数，不可数) 与动词 "goes" (单数形式) 正确一致。"Somehow" 增加了一种神秘的元素，暗示着这种怀疑以一种无法解释的方式消失了。

• I have died every day waiting for you

  ➔ 现在完成时 ("have died") + 动名词短语 ("waiting for you") 作为副词修饰语

  ➔ 现在完成时 "have died" 强调了直到现在每天都在比喻意义上“死去”的持续体验。动名词短语解释了说话者 *如何* “死去”。

• Beauty in all she is

  ➔ 省略 (省略动词)：隐含动词 "is"。介词短语 ("in all she is")

  ➔ 这句话是省略的一个例子，其中省略了动词 "is"。完整的句子是 "Beauty *is* in all she is"。介词短语 "in all she is" 修饰名词 "Beauty"。

• I will not let anything take away what's standing in front of me

  ➔ 一般将来时 ("will let")，复杂宾语结构 ("let anything take away")，关系代词省略的关系从句 ("what's standing in front of me")

  ➔ "Will let" 表明了一个未来的意图。复杂宾语由 "let + object + bare infinitive" 构成。"What's standing in front of me" 是一个名词性的关系从句，充当 "take away" 的直接宾语。关系代词 "that/which" 从这个从句中省略。

• Time has brought your heart to me

  ➔ 现在完成时 ("has brought") + 与格转移 (间接宾语 "me" 移到最后，带有 "to")

  ➔ 现在完成时 "has brought" 意味着一个在现在之前的某个时间完成的动作，与现在相关。与格转移涉及改变间接宾语 ("me") 的位置，并使用 "to" 来表明它。