听歌学英语呀：爱是什么 What About Love

What if I took my time to love you
如果我用一生去爱你
What if I put no one above you
如果我视你为我唯一
What if I did the things
如果我做了
That really mattered
这些重要的事
What if I ran through
如果我穿越了
Hoops¹ of disaster
那些重重阻碍
No one would care
如果我们不做
If We never made it
谁知道我们会怎样呢？
We're in this alone
你我都如此孤独
So why don't we face it
却为何不去面对它？
There is no room to
我们不能再
Blame one another
互相责备了
We just need time to
我们需要时间
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What about love
可是爱要怎么办？
What about feeling
感情要怎么办？
What about all the things that make life worth living
所有值得我们为此而活的那些事怎么办？
What about faith
信念要怎么办？
What about trust
信任要怎么办？
And tell me baby...what about us
亲爱的，告诉我……我们要怎么办？
How can I give this
我如何让这爱情
Love a new beginning
重新开始？

How can I stop the rain
我如何让这雨停下？
It's never ending
它永远都不会停
How do I keep my soul believing
我如何仍旧让我的内心去相信

Memories of how we
那些在我耳边回响的
Should be keep calling
关于我们的回忆？
What about love
那么爱要怎么办？
What about feeling
感情要怎么办？
What about all the things that make life worth living
所有值得我们为此而活的那些事怎么办？

What about faith
信念要怎么办？
What about trust
信任要怎么办？
And tell me baby...what about us
亲爱的，告诉我……我们要怎么办？

I'll take the rivers rise
我将使一切从头开始
I'll take the happy times
我会带走那快乐的时光
I'll take the moments of disaster
也会带走不愉快的回忆
What about love
可是爱要怎么办？
What about feeling
感情要怎么办？
What about all the things that make life worth living
所有值得我们为此而活的那些事怎么办？
What about faith
信念要怎么办？
What about trust
信任要怎么办？
And tell me baby...what about us
亲爱的，告诉我……我们要怎么办？

歌词：What if I took my time to love you? What if I put no one above you? What if I did the things that really mattered?
讲解：一开始就用了很多what if开头的句子，那么what if是什么意思呢？“要是…又怎样”。例如：
What if it is true? 如果这是真的又该如何呢？
What if he doesn't agree? 如果他不同意该怎么办呢？

歌词：There is no room to blame one another.
我们不能再互相责备了。
讲解：room?n.房间；空间；机会?v.寄宿；给…提供留宿
He needs room to develop his skill as a painter.
他需要机会提高他作为画家的绘画技巧。
leave room for 给…留下地方
Leave room for this big box. 留出地方放这个大箱子。
make room for
Can you make room for another? 你还能腾出一个人的地方吗?
Blame vt.责备；把 ... 归咎于 n.责备；过失
blame for (v.+prep.) 因…怪罪,责怪(某人)
Don't blame me for falling into the water; you pushed me in!
别怪我掉入了水中,是你把我推下去的!
put the blame on〔upon〕把责任推到(某人)身上
She'll put the blame on us if it turns out badly. 如果这件事结果不好,她会怪我们的。

歌词：I'll take the happy times. I'll take the moments of disaster.
我会带走那快乐的时光，也会带走不愉快的回忆。
disaster?n.灾难
disaster calamity² catastrophe³ misfortune⁴
这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
1. disaster:disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
The party was an absolute⁵ disaster.
那次聚会搞得一塌糊涂。
They kept a record of earthquake disasters.
他们记录了地震的经过。
2. calamity:calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸。
The loss⁶ of the ship was a calamity to the navy⁷.
该船的沉没为海军的一大不幸。
3. catastrophe:catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
The flood was a major catastrophe, causing heavy loss of life.
洪水是一场大灾难,夺去了许多人的生命。
4. misfortune:misfortune多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
She had the misfortune to break her leg.
她不幸摔断了腿。
 

1 hoops   

n.箍( hoop的名词复数 )；（篮球）篮圈；（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓

参考例句：

• a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
• Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎，这个季节的裙圈比较宽大，裙裾却短一些。 来自飘（部分）

2 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。

3 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

4 misfortune   

n.不幸，厄运，逆境，不幸事故，灾难

参考例句：

• It is said to be an omen of misfortune.那被认为是一种不幸的先兆。
• She had the misfortune to break her leg.她不幸摔断了腿。

5 absolute   

adj.十足的；绝对的；不受任何限制的

参考例句：

• The first year of the course was an absolute doddle.第一年的课程简单极了。
• I look upon this as an absolute necessity.我认为这是绝对必要。

6 loss   

n.损失，遗失，失败，输，浪费，错过，[军]伤亡，降低

参考例句：

• His death was a great loss to the country.他的逝世对这个国家是一大损失。
• Because of the continued loss,the factory closed down.由于连续亏损，工厂关闭了。

7 navy   

n.海军，海军人员，海军军力，藏青色

参考例句：

• My brother is in the navy.我兄弟在海军服役。
• He has transferred from the army to the navy.他从陆军转到海军。