Because Of You

• By: Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

(soft music)

(柔和的音乐)

♪ I will not make the same mistakes that you did ♪

我不会重蹈你的覆辙

♪ I will not let myself ♪

我不会让自己

♪ Cause my heart so much misery ♪

让我的心如此痛苦

♪ I will not break the way you did ♪

我不会像你一样崩溃

♪ You fell so hard ♪

你跌得太惨

♪ I've learned the hard way ♪

我痛苦地明白了

♪ To never let it get that far ♪

永远不要让事情发展到那个地步

♪ Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk ♪

因为你，我从不敢远离人行道

♪ Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side ♪

因为你，我学会了谨小慎微

♪ So I don't get hurt ♪

这样我就不会受伤

♪ Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me ♪

因为你，我发现很难相信，不仅仅是我自己

♪ But everyone around me ♪

而是我周围的每一个人

♪ Because of you ♪

因为你

♪ I am afraid ♪

我很害怕

♪ I lose my way ♪

我迷失了方向

♪ And it's not too long before you point it out ♪

没过多久，你就会指出来

♪ I cannot cry ♪

我无法哭泣

♪ Because I know that's weakness in your eyes ♪

因为我知道那是你眼中的软弱

♪ I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh everyday of my life ♪

我被迫每天都假装微笑

♪ My heart can't possibly break ♪

我的心不可能破碎

♪ When it wasn't even whole to start with ♪

因为它一开始就不是完整的

♪ Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk ♪

因为你，我从不敢远离人行道

♪ Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side ♪

因为你，我学会了谨小慎微

♪ So I don't get hurt ♪

这样我就不会受伤

♪ Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me ♪

因为你，我发现很难相信，不仅仅是我自己

♪ But everyone around me ♪

而是我周围的每一个人

♪ Because of you ♪

因为你

♪ I am afraid ♪

我很害怕

♪ I watched you die (I watched you die) ♪

我看着你死去 (我看着你死去)

♪ I heard you cry every night in your sleep ♪

我听到你每晚在睡梦中哭泣

♪ I was so young (In your sleep) ♪

我那时太小了 (在你的睡梦中)

♪ You should have known better than to lean on me (I was too young for you) ♪

你应该知道，不该依靠我 (我那时对你来说太小了)

♪ You never thought of anyone else (To lean on me) ♪

你从没想过别人 (依靠我)

♪ You just saw your pain (You never saw me) ♪

你只看到了你的痛苦 (你从没看到我)

♪ And now I cry in the middle of the night ♪

现在我在半夜哭泣

♪ For the same damn thing ♪

为了同样的该死的事情

♪ Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk ♪

因为你，我从不敢远离人行道

♪ Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side ♪

因为你，我学会了谨小慎微

♪ So I don't get hurt ♪

这样我就不会受伤

♪ Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me ♪

因为你，我发现很难相信，不仅仅是我自己

♪ But everyone around me ♪

而是我周围的每一个人

♪ Because of you ♪

因为你

♪ I am afraid ♪

我很害怕

♪ Because of you ♪

因为你

♪ Because of you ♪

因为你

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ B1	noun - 错误或带来负面后果的行为或决定
misery /ˈmɪzəri/ B2	noun - 极度痛苦或不幸的状态
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - 信任某人或某事可靠或真实 noun - 信任，信赖
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - 心脏 noun - 心脏；一个人的情感或道德中心
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - 命运
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - 疼痛
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - 微笑 noun - 微笑
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - 信任某人或某事可靠或真实

Grammar:

• I will not make the same mistakes that you did

  ➔ 使用 'will' 表示将来时，用于即兴决定或预测

  ➔ 'Will' 用于表达当下的决定或对未来的预测。

• I am afraid

  ➔ 'I am afraid' 是表达恐惧或担心的短语，使用现在时的 'am'（动词 'to be'）

  ➔ 'Am' 是动词 'to be' 的第一人称单数现在时，用于连接主语 'I' 和形容词 'afraid' 以表达情感。

• I watched you die

  ➔ 一般过去式，表示过去已完成的动作

  ➔ 'Watched' 是 'to watch' 的过去式，表示过去已经完成的动作。

• You should have known better than to lean on me

  ➔ 'Should have' 加上过去分词构成的虚拟语气，用于表达对过去行为的遗憾或批评

  ➔ 'Should have' 表示说话人认为过去采取不同行动会更合适。