Live Like You Were Dying

• By: Tim McGraw

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

He said "I was in my early 40's

他说：“我四十出头的时候

With a lot of life before me

人生还有很长的路要走

When a moment came that stopped me on a dime

突然间，一个时刻让我戛然而止

I spent most of the next days

接下来的日子里

Looking at the x-rays

我大部分时间都在看X光片

Talkin' 'bout the options

讨论各种治疗方案

And talkin' 'bout sweet times"

也聊着过去的快乐时光”

I asked him when it sank in

我问他什么时候意识到

That this might really be the real end

这可能真的是生命的尽头

How's it hit ya

那种感觉是怎样的

When you get that kind of news?

当你听到这个消息的时候？

Man whatcha do?

你做了些什么？

And he said

然后他说

"I went skydiving

“我去跳伞

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

我去攀登落基山脉

I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu

我骑着一头名叫傅满洲的公牛坚持了2.7秒

And I loved deeper

我爱得更深沉

And I spoke sweeter

说话更温柔

And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "

我原谅了那些我一直拒绝原谅的人”

And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance

然后他说：“我希望有一天你也能有机会

To live like you were dyin' "

像临死前那样活一次”

He said, "I was finally the husband

他说：“我终于成为了一个合格的丈夫

That most the time I wasn't

以前我并不是一个好丈夫

And I became a friend a friend would like to have

我成为了一个朋友都想拥有的朋友

And all of a sudden goin' fishin'

突然间，去钓鱼

Wasn't such an imposition

不再是一种负担

And I went three times that year I lost my dad

那年我失去了父亲，去了三次钓鱼

Well I, I finally read the good book

我终于读了圣经

And I took a good long hard look

我认真地反思了自己

At what I'd do if I could do it all again

如果一切可以重来，我会做什么

And then"

然后”

"I went skydiving

“我去跳伞

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

我去攀登落基山脉

I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu

我骑着一头名叫傅满洲的公牛坚持了2.7秒

And I loved deeper

我爱得更深沉

And I spoke sweeter

说话更温柔

And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "

我原谅了那些我一直拒绝原谅的人”

And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance

然后他说：“我希望有一天你也能有机会

To live like you were dyin' "

像临死前那样活一次”

"Like tomorrow was a gift

“把每一天都当作礼物

And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it

你有永恒的时间去思考如何利用它

What did do with it?

你用它做了什么？

What did I do with it?

我用它做了什么？

What would I do with it?"

我会用它做什么？”

"Skydiving

“跳伞

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

我去攀登落基山脉

I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu

我骑着一头名叫傅满洲的公牛坚持了2.7秒

Then I loved deeper

然后我爱得更深沉

And I spoke sweeter

说话更温柔

And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'"

我看着一只雄鹰在飞翔”

And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance

然后他说：“我希望有一天你也能有机会

To live like you were dyin'

像临死前那样活一次”

To live like you were dyin'

像临死前那样活一次

To live like you were dyin'

像临死前那样活一次

To live like you were dyin'

像临死前那样活一次

To live like you were dyin'"

像临死前那样活一次”

Woo

喔

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - 生命, 生活
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - 时间
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - 爱 noun - 爱
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - 死
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - 朋友
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - 天
hope /hoʊp/ A2	verb - 希望 noun - 希望
mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ A2	noun - 山
husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ A2	noun - 丈夫
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun - 机会
news /njuːz/ B1	noun - 新闻
gift /ɡɪft/ B1	noun - 礼物
bull /bʊl/ B1	noun - 公牛
skydiving /ˈskaɪdaɪvɪŋ/ B2	noun - 跳伞
eternity /ɪˈtɜːrnəti/ B2	noun - 永恒
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ B2	noun - 原谅

Grammar:

• I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays

  ➔ 介词后的动名词 ('of')

  ➔ 单词 "looking" 是一个动名词（以-ing结尾的动词用作名词），它用作介词 "of" 的宾语。这表明在花费的时间内发生了一项活动。

• I asked him when it sank in That this might really be the real end

  ➔ 带 "when" 的间接问句 + 带 "that" 的从句 + 情态动词 "might"

  ➔ 句子使用一个由 "when" 引导的间接问句。 "that this might really be the real end" 这个从句是由 "that" 引导的从句，解释了他所问的内容。 "Might" 表示可能性。

• I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'

  ➔ 省略关系代词（“that” 或 “which”）的关系从句

  ➔ 关系代词 "that" 或 "which" 在 "forgiveness" 和 "I'd" 之间被省略。 完整的句子是 "I gave forgiveness that/which I had been denying"。 这种省略在口语和非正式英语中很常见。

• That most the time I wasn't

  ➔ 关系从句中的省略（省略单词）

  ➔ 这是 "That I wasn't most of the time" 的缩写形式。 从上一行可以推断出 "the husband" 这个词，为了简洁起见，这里省略了。

• Wasn't such an imposition

  ➔ 带 "such a/an" 的否定结构

  ➔ 短语 "wasn't such an imposition" 使用 "such" 来强调某事 *不是* 一种负担的程度。 这意味着去钓鱼变得更具吸引力，也不再那么麻烦。

• What I'd do if I could do it all again

  ➔ 第二条件句（现在/未来的假设情况）

  ➔ 这里使用第二条件句来谈论现在或将来的假设情况。 "If I could do it all again" (过去式) 表示条件， "what I'd do" (would + 不定式) 表示结果。

• Like tomorrow was a gift

  ➔ 'as if' / 'as though' / 'like' 之后的虚拟语气 (表达不真实或假设的情况)

  ➔ 短语 "Like tomorrow was a gift" 使用虚拟语气 (were 而不是 was) 来表明明天是一个礼物不是一个事实陈述，而是一种感觉或观点。 在这种语境中，'Like' 意味着 'as if'。 虽然 "was" 在非正式用法中越来越被接受，但在正式场合中，"were" 在语法上更正确。