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 can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

  ➔ 情态动词 'can' + 条件从句 'when' + 'be afraid to' 结构

  ➔ 'Can' 表达能力或可能性。'When' 引入一个条件从句，暗示爱是建立在克服恐惧之上的。'Be afraid to' 表达对特定行为的恐惧。

• All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

  ➔ 副词 'suddenly' + 副词 'somehow' 的使用

  ➔ 'Suddenly' 描述怀疑消失的速度。'Somehow' 表明消失的原因是未知的或无法解释的。

• I have died every day waiting for you

  ➔ 现在完成进行时 ('have died') + 'every day' + 'waiting for'

  ➔ 现在完成进行时强调等待时隐喻性死亡的持续性和重复性。 'Every day' 强调了重复。

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

  ➔ 将来时 ('will') + 'let' (使役动词) + 名词性从句 ('what's standing in front of me')

  ➔ 'Will' 表达未来的意图。'Let' 表明允许某事发生。名词性从句充当 'take away' 的宾语。

• Every breath, every hour has come to this

  ➔ 主谓一致（单数动词 'has' 与单数主语 'breath' 和 'hour'）+ 'come to this'

  ➔ 虽然有两个主语（'breath' 和 'hour'），但 'every' 使每个主语在意义上都是单数，因此需要单数动词 ('has')。'Come to this' 表示达到一个高潮点。

• And all along I believed I would find you

  ➔ 过去时 ('believed') + 条件语气 'would' + 隐含虚拟语气

  ➔ 'Would find' 从过去的角度表达了对未来事件的信念。 它表明，在过去的某个时刻，说话者坚信会找到另一个人。 虽然不是明确的虚拟语气，但存在希望/希望的元素。