(单词翻译:单击)
中英歌词
有心事的时候，每句歌词好像都懂自己。欢迎收听今天的《听歌学英语》，我是主播小C。爱尔兰音乐电影《Once》中的一首插曲，两位创作者也是电影的男女主角，影片中在都柏林的一家乐器行里，他们第一次的共同演奏就是这首歌，格伦吉他主奏，马可塔钢琴伴奏。该歌曲获得第80届奥斯卡原创歌曲奖。
I don't know you
我不了解你
But I want you
却渴望得到你
All the more for that
那感觉越来越强烈
Words fall through me
话语总是显得太苍白
And always fool me
我总是被愚弄于其中
And I can't react
却无力回击
And games that never amount
这样的爱情游戏
To more than they're meant
终将变得毫无意义
Will play themselves out
我们也终将出局
Take this sinking boat and point it home
坐上这条正在沉没的小船，让它指引我们回家
We've still got time
我们还有剩余的时间
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
发出你渴望的声音，你依然可以选择
You've made it now
也许已在这一秒做出
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
那双知晓我一切的双眼慢慢转向寂寥
And I can't go back
我却已经无法回头
Moods that take me and erase me
情绪控制并吞噬着我
And I'm painted black
我早已陷入无尽的黑暗
You have suffered enough
你经历了人生的磨难
And warred with yourself
与自己的内心作斗争
It's time that you won
现在是时候赢回你该得的了
Take this sinking boat and point it home
坐上这条正在沉没的小船，让它指引我们回家
We've still got time
我们还有剩余的时间
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
发出你渴望的声音，你依然可以选择
You've made it now
也许已在这一秒做出
Falling slowly sing your melody
一切变得沉寂，缓缓唱出你的旋律
I'll sing along
我将与你一起吟唱
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歌词讲解
Words fall through me
话语总是显得太苍白
And always fool me
我总是被愚弄于其中
And I can't react
却无力回击
讲解：Fall through落空； 失败
Our plans fell through because of lack of money.
我们的计划由于缺钱而落空了。
Fall口语中常用短语：
①fall about 捧腹大笑，笑得前仰后合 (口语中常用)
Come and join us for the comedy show. You’ll definitely fall about over it.
快来和我们一起看这部喜剧吧。你一定会捧腹大笑的。
②fall for someone 爱上，倾心于 =fall in love with
Many high school boys fall for the young singer.
许多高中男生迷恋那位年轻歌手.
③fall for something 信以为真,上当受骗
Don’t fall for his words. He’s a cheater.
不要相信他的话。他是个骗子。
歌词：And games that never amount
这样的爱情游戏
To more than they're meant
终将变得毫无意义
Will play themselves out
我们也终将出局
讲解：Amount n. 数量；总额 vi. 总计；等于
His words amounted to a threat.
他的话实际上是威胁。
①any amount of极大量的
There are any amount of clubs you could join.
有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。
②no amount of即使再多…也不
No amount of talk is going to change anything.
再多的话也改变不了什么。
play out（歌词中是让他们出局的意思）在户外玩耍；以音乐送走；演完, 做完；逐渐放开
常用短语：
①进行到底
Shall we call it a draw, or play it out?
我们是算平局呢还是继续比赛决出胜负?
②疲倦; 用完
We hope we have not yet played out our supplies.
我们希望贮备的东西还没用完。
Having walked eighty miles that day, some of them were played out at the end.
那天走了80里, 结果他们中有几个人感到疲倦极了。
歌词：Falling slowly sing your melody
一切变得沉寂，缓缓唱出你的旋律
I'll sing along
我将与你一起吟唱
讲解：melody ['melədi] n. 旋律；曲子；曲调；美妙的音乐；好听的声音
Her voice was full of melody.
她的声音非常悦耳。
词义辨析：
melody，song，tune，theme
这些名词均含有“乐曲、曲调”之意。
melody指悦耳的曲调旋律。
song多指配有歌词的歌曲。
tune指曲调，与配有歌词的歌曲相对。
theme指主旋律。
Sing along随着唱;跟着唱
We listen to children's shows on the radio, and she can sing along with all the tunes.
我们收听收音机上的儿童节目，她能跟着唱所有的曲子。
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