First Time
歌词:
[English]
Remember once I told you about
How before I heard it from your mouth
My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound?
And the soul, if that's what you'd call it
Uneasy ally of the body
It felt nameless as a river undiscovered underground
And the first time that you kissed me
I drank dry the River Lethe
The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach all the same
But you spoke some quick new music
That went so far to soothe this soul
As it was and ever shall be, unearth without a name
Some part of me must have died
The first time that you called me "baby"
And some part of me came alive
The first time that you called me "baby"
These days, I think I owe my life
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them, gifting life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowing either sight nor sound
'Til reaching up for sunlight just to be ripped out by the stem
Sensing only now it's dying
Drying out, then drowning blindly
Blooming forth its every colour
In the moments it has left
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off like all creation
The absence of itself, anyway
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me "baby"
And some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called, each time that you called
Come here
Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
Ooh-la-la, come here, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
The last time it was heard out loud
The perfect genius of our hands and mouths were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young, I used to guess
Are there limits to any emptiness?
When was the last time?
Come here to me, when was the last time?
Some part of me must have died
The final time you called me "baby"
But some part of me came alive
The final time you called me "baby"
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这首歌中的词汇:
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kiss /kɪs/ A2 |
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river /ˈrɪvər/ B1 |
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soul /soʊl/ B2 |
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underground /ˌʌndərˈɡraʊnd/ B2 |
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flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2 |
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B2 |
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create /kriˈeɪt/ B1 |
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meaning /ˈmiːnɪŋ/ B2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ B1 |
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drown /draʊn/ B2 |
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drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B2 |
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shocked /ʃɒkt/ or /ʃɑːkt/ B2 |
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limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ B1 |
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emptiness /ˈɛmptɪnəs/ C1 |
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语法:
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My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound
➔ 使用‘would’的条件式表达习惯性或假设性情况
➔ ‘Would’在这里用来表示过去习惯性或想象中的反应
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I drank dry the River Lethe
➔ 用一般过去时描述已完成的动作
➔ ‘drank’是‘drink’的过去式，表示过去已完成的动作
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The soul, if that's what you'd call it
➔ 使用‘if’的假设句，讨论与事实相反的情况
➔ ‘if that’s what you’d call it’引入了一个假设或存疑的陈述
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Some part of me must have died
➔ ‘must’与完成式连用，表达对过去事件的推断或确信
➔ ‘Must have died’暗示对过去发生的事情的合理推断或强烈信念
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Come here to me, when was the last time?
➔ 用‘when’的疑问句，询问过去事件的时间
➔ ‘When was the last time?’用于询问某事件最近一次发生的时间
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The final time you called me 'baby'
➔ 由“final”修饰的“time”表示最后一次发生
➔ ‘Final time’表示某行动或事件的最后一次发生
