听歌学英语:Egil Olsen - Toilet

挪威歌手Egil Olsen 温暖的声音，怎么也听不够

when i was a little boy
还是小男孩的时候
let me tell you what i used to do
让我告诉你我过去常常做的事情
i used to flush myself down the toilet
我过去常把自己冲进马桶
whenever i was bein a fool
每回做了蠢事的时候
i think i ought to do it again
我觉得又不得不这样做了
i never meant to hurt you karen
我无意伤害你的，Karen。
i think i ought to do it again
我又需要这样做了

whenever i was mad at my brother
每当生哥哥的气时
because he was better than me
只因他比我优秀
i used to go tell our mother
我常常向妈妈告状
that he was bein mean to me
哥哥对我不好
but i would never do that again
但是我再也不会做那样的事情
but i would never do that again
但是我再也不会那样做了

it's not the way to treat a brother/friend
对自己的哥哥/朋友不应该是这样的
i would never do that again
我再也不会那样做了
cause i just locked the door and pulled the chain
因为我只用关上门拉上链子
flushed my evil spirits down the drain
然后把我邪恶的一面冲下下水道
all my inner demons² drift away
我内心的魔鬼就会被冲走

as time goes on i know
我知道随着时间
the garbage will afloat
垃圾会重新浮现
but i just keep on goin
但是我还是一如既往
though i should take it slow
尽管我应该悠着点

i had better do it again
我最好再故技重施
i haven't been myself since god knows when
不知道什么时候开始的，我有点不对劲
i had better do it again
我最好再做一次
oh i never meant to scare you karen
哦，我从没想过要使你害怕
you're my girlfriend
你是我的女朋友啊
i think i ought to flush myself down the toilet again
我应该再把自己冲进马桶

1.When i was a little boy,let me tell you what i used to do,i used to flush myself down the toilet.还是小男孩的时候，让我告诉你我过去常常做的事情：把自己冲进马桶
Please pay attention to the phrase:used to do/be,If something used to happen, it happened regularly or all the time in the past, but does not happen now.过去常常做/发生
Its negative form is ‘usedn't’.
eg:I used to sleep in English class when I was in junior high school.上初中时，我常常在英语课上睡觉。
We used to be good friends,but fell apart about a year ago.我们过去曾经是好朋友，但一年前关系破裂了。
The word flush here：If you flush a toilet,or if it flushes,you make water go through it to clean it.It can also refer to becoming red in the face.冲洗；脸红
eg:Water flushed through the pipes.水从管子奔流而过。
She began to flush with excitement.她由于激动脸开始发红。

2.I just locked the door and pulled the chain,flushed my evil spirits down the drain.我会关上门撇上门链然后把我邪恶的一面冲下下水道。
Here,‘spirit’used as a countable³ noun,has the same meaning as the word soul does.灵魂
eg:Although she's dead,I can feel her spirit with me.尽管她已经去世了，我仍然能感觉到她的灵魂跟我在一起。
Spirits with the letter ‘s’in it can refer to the way someone feels at a particular time,for example,if they are cheerful or sad,we can say they are in ‘good/low spirits’.心情，心境；情绪（好心情/坏心情）
drain refers to the pipe that carries water or waste liquids away.下水道，排水管；
eg:The drains were blocked and the street were full of water.下水道堵了，满大街都是水。
drained,stemmed from the word drain,refers to being very tired and without energy.疲惫;耗尽
eg:Steve felt so drained he could hardly make it to the car.Steve筋疲力尽，连走到汽车跟前的气力都没有了。

3.All my inner demons drift away.我内心的魔鬼就会被冲走
A demon¹ is a cruel wicked and inhuman⁴ person.魔鬼
A demon for work is someone who's good at work or someone who works like a workaholic.工作起来精力过人的人，拼命工作的人，劳动能手
A speed demon is a person who drives very fast despite of all the traffic rules. 乱开快车者
drift:refers to a force that moves something along.漂流；漂移
drifter,stemmed from drift,is a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.流浪者

4.As time goes on I know the garbage will afloat.我知道随着时间，垃圾会重新浮现
afloat:meaning being aimlessly drifting or floating,can be used as an adverb and an adjective.飘浮的；浸满水的
eg:Please just satisfy our curiosity about how ants cooperate to stay afloat.能不能只是满足一下我们对于火蚁如何协作保持漂浮的好奇心呢？

1 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。

2 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 countable   

adj.可数的，可以计算的

参考例句：

• The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
• Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。

4 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。