Live Like You Were Dying

• 歌手: Tim McGraw

歌詞:

[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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この曲の語彙:

語彙	意味
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

文法:

• When a moment came that stopped me on a dime

  ➔ 定语从句 (that stopped me...)

  ➔ 定语从句 "that stopped me on a dime" 修饰 "a moment"。它提供了关于所描述时刻类型的重要信息。

• Looking at the x-rays

  ➔ 动名词短语作为动词补语

  ➔ "Looking at the x-rays" 是一个动名词短语，充当动词的补语; 指出他花时间做什么。

• That this might really be the real end

  ➔ 间接引语 (might)

  ➔ 使用 "might" 表示间接引语中的可能性或不确定性。原始陈述可能包含 "may" 或 "might"。

• Man whatcha do?

  ➔ 'What are you going to do?' 的非正式缩写

  ➔ "Whatcha" 是 "What are you" 或 "What are you going to" 的口语缩写。它展示了非正式的说话模式。

• I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'

  ➔ 过去完成进行时 (I'd been denyin')

  ➔ 过去完成进行时 ("I'd been denyin'") 表示在过去的另一个动作（给予宽恕）之前，一个动作已经进行了一段时间。它强调了否认的持续时间。

• That most the time I wasn't

  ➔ 省略 (省略词语) - I wasn't [the husband].

  ➔ 这个短语不完整，省略了隐含的词语 "the husband"。这是一种在非正式口语中避免重复的常见技巧。

• Wasn't such an imposition

  ➔ 与 'such' 的否定结构

  ➔ "Wasn't such an imposition" 使用 "such" 来强调某事 *不是* 一种强加的程度，突出了观点的转变。

• Like tomorrow was a gift

  ➔ 虚拟语气 (was)

  ➔ "Like tomorrow was a gift" 中将 "was" 而不是 "were" 与 "tomorrow" 一起使用是虚拟语气的示例，表达了一种假设的或与事实相反的情况。虽然语法上 "were" 更正确，但 "was" 通常在口语中使用。