My Old Friend

• Por: Tim McGraw
• Álbum: Live Like You Were Dying

Letra:

[English]

[中文]

My old friend, I recall

老朋友，我回想起

The times we had hanging on my wall

我们一起度过的美好时光，挂在我墙上

I wouldn't trade them for gold

我不会用黄金交换它们

Cause they laugh and they cry me

因为它们让我欢笑，也让我哭泣

Somehow sanctify me

不知怎地，它们净化了我

They're woven in the stories I have told

它们交织在我讲述的故事里

And tell again

并且一次又一次地讲述

My old friend, I apologize

老朋友，我向你道歉

For the years that have passed

为了逝去的岁月

Since the last time you and I

自从你我上次

Dusted off those memories

拂去那些记忆的尘埃

But the running and the races

但奔跑和比赛

The people and the places

人们和地方

There's always somewhere else I had to be

总有别的地方，我必须前往

Time gets thin, my old friend

时光荏苒，老朋友

Don't know why, don't know why

不知为何，不知为何

Don't know why, don't know why

不知为何，不知为何

My old friend, this song's for you

老朋友，这首歌献给你

Cause a few simple verses

因为这几句简单的歌词

Was the least that I could do

是我所能做的最起码的事

To tell the world that you were here

告诉世界你曾在这里

Cause the love and the laughter

因为爱和欢笑

Will live on long after

将会长久地延续

All of the sadness and the tears

在所有的悲伤和泪水之后

We'll meet again, my old friend

我们会再相见，老朋友

Goodbye, goodbye

再见，再见

Goodbye, goodbye

再见，再见

My old friend, my old friend

老朋友，老朋友

Goodbye, goodbye

再见，再见

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Vocabulário nesta música:

Vocabulário	Significados
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - 朋友
recall /rɪˈkɔːl/ B2	verb - 回忆
times /taɪmz/ A1	noun - 次
wall /wɔːl/ A1	noun - 墙
gold /ɡoʊld/ A1	noun - 黄金
laugh /læf/ A1	verb - 笑
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - 哭
stories /ˈstɔːriz/ A1	noun - 故事
apologize /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ B2	verb - 道歉
years /jɪərz/ A1	noun - 年
passed /pæst/ A2	verb - 过去
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ B1	noun - 记忆
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	noun - 跑步
races /ˈreɪsɪz/ A2	noun - 比赛
places /ˈpleɪsɪz/ A1	noun - 地点
verses /ˈvɜːrsɪz/ B1	noun - 诗句
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - 世界
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - 爱 verb - 爱
laughter /ˈlæftər/ B1	noun - 笑声
sadness /ˈsædnəs/ B1	noun - 悲伤
tears /tɪərz/ A1	noun - 眼泪

Gramática:

• My old friend, I recall the times we had hanging on my wall

  ➔ 关系从句（简化）

  ➔ "hanging on my wall" 是一个简化的关系从句，修饰 "the times"。完整的从句是 "the times *that were* hanging on my wall"。 简化从句省略了关系代词和助动词。

• Cause they laugh and they cry me

  ➔ 不寻常的语序（宾语 + 动词 + 主语）

  ➔ 标准的语序应该是 "they laugh *at* me and they cry *for* me." 宾语代词 "me" 放在动词和主语之间，创造了一种更富有诗意和强调效果。这种倒装强调了记忆对说话者的影响。

• Somehow sanctify me

  ➔ 及物动词的用法

  ➔ 动词 "sanctify" 用作及物动词，意味着它带有直接宾语。在这里，"me" 是直接宾语。"Sanctify" 的意思是使某物神圣或纯洁。记忆被描述为对说话者具有净化或高尚的影响。

• There's always somewhere else I had to be

  ➔ 过去完成时情态动词 (had to be)

  ➔ "Had to be" 表示过去的义务或必要性。使用过去完成时形式强调了这种义务过去存在并且现在正在反思。这表明说话者感到不得不优先考虑其他事情而不是与朋友共度时光。

• Cause a few simple verses was the least that I could do

  ➔ 与 "the least" 的倒装

  ➔ 句子是倒装的，为了强调。 更典型的顺序是 “A few simple verses was the least thing that I could do”。 通过将 “the least that I could do” 放在句子的末尾，它变得更加突出，并突出了说话者的感觉，即这首歌只是一个小小的姿态。