When You're Small – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: MGMT
• 专辑: Little Dark Age

歌词与翻译

[中文]

当你长大成人 烦恼仿佛遥远

你将肚皮贴紧吧台边缘

眯起双眼 几乎能忽略尘嚣

告诉自己这无伤大雅

但当你渺小之时

连走廊都难以穿行

当你渺小之时

身形是如此微不足道

...

当你坠入低谷 总有个临界点

让人看不清意义所在

...

努力尝试 却难寻共识

唯有低谷中才真正领悟

但当你登临高处

抗争都变得轻易

当你登临高处

无需追问缘由

...

当你渺小之时

连坠落都无需畏惧

当你渺小之时

却感到前所未有的归属

当你渺小之时

可蜷缩成安稳的球形

当你渺小之时

是啊 身形如此微不足道

...

[英语]

When you're big and troubles seem so far

You put your belly up to the bar

Squint your eyes, you can almost miss the dirt

You tell yourself it couldn't hurt

But when you're small

You can't walk down the hall

When you're small

You're not very big at all

When you're low, you reach a certain point

Where you can't really see the point

You can try, but you can't see eye to eye

Yet when you're low then you really know

But when you're high

It's easier to fight

When you're high

You don't have to know why

When you're small

You don't have very far to fall

When you're small

You feel like you belong

When you're small

You can curl into a ball

When you're small

No you're not very big at all

重点词汇

词汇	含义
big /bɪɡ/ A1	adjective - 大
small /smɔːl/ A1	adjective - 小
troubles /ˈtrʌbəlz/ B1	noun - 麻烦
belly /ˈbɛli/ A2	noun - 肚子
bar /bɑː(r)/ A1	noun - 酒吧；条形物
squint /skwɪnt/ B1	verb - 眯眼
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - 眼睛
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - 错过、未击中
dirt /dɜːt/ A2	noun - 污垢，土壤
hurt /hɜːt/ A2	verb - 受伤，使疼痛
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - 走路
hall /hɔːl/ A2	noun - 大厅，走廊
low /loʊ/ A2	adjective - 低的
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - 高的
point /pɔɪnt/ A2	noun - 点，观点
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - 战斗，争论
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - 下降，跌倒
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ B1	verb - 属于
curl /kɜːrl/ B2	verb - 卷曲
ball /bɔːl/ A1	noun - 球

重点语法结构

• You put your belly up to the bar

  ➔ 短语动词 - 'put up to'

  ➔ 在这个语境中，短语动词“put up to”意味着将某物靠在另一物上或倚靠在另一物上。这是一种非正式的描述物理接触的方式。“belly up to”这个短语暗示了一种随意和放松的姿势。

• Squint your eyes, you can almost miss the dirt

  ➔ 祈使语气和程度副词 ('almost')

  ➔ 这句话以祈使语气（“Squint”）开头，发出直接命令。“almost”作为程度副词，修饰“miss”，表示几乎没有注意到某事。 “you”的使用是隐含的，使其成为直接称呼。

• When you're low, you can't really see the point

  ➔ 条件从句和情态动词（'can't'）+ 副词（'really'）

  ➔ 这句话使用了条件结构（“When you're low...”）。“Can't”是一个情态动词，表示无法。“really”加强了否定，强调了在感到沮丧或灰心时找到意义或目的（“the point”）的困难。