It takes a crane to build a crane
要一台吊车才能造一台吊车
It takes two floors to make a storey
要两块地板才能造一层楼房
It takes an egg to make a hen
要一只鸡蛋才能孵一只母鸡
It takes a hen to make an egg
要一只母鸡才能生一只鸡蛋
There is no end to what I'm saying
我可以这样说个没完
It takes a thought to make a word
要一个想法才能造出一个字
And it takes a word to make an action
要一个决定才能成就一次行动
It takes some work to make it work
要一些努力才能促成一件事情
It takes some good to make it hurt
有过幸福才懂得伤痛
It takes some bad for satisfaction
不幸才能成就幸福与满足
La la la la la la la life is wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
啊啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命不断轮回
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
啊啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Al la la la la
啊啦啦啦啦啦
It takes a night to make it dawn
要过上一夜才能见到黎明
And it takes a day to you yawn brother
要等上一天才能让你打哈欠，哥们儿
It takes some old to make you young
要有人衰老你才这样年轻
It takes some cold to know the sun
要经历寒冷才知何为阳光
It takes the one to have the other
要付出自我才能拥有另一个人/有得才有失
It takes no time to fall in love
只要顷刻便能坠入爱河
But it takes you years to know what love is
而要数年才悟出爱的真谛
It takes some fears to make you trust
要经历畏惧才学会信任
It takes those tears to make it rust
要无数眼泪心才会荒凉
It takes some dust to make it polished
尘埃掩埋会成就重现光泽
Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Ah la la la la la la life goes circle
啊啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命不断轮回
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
啊啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Ah la la la la la la it is so…
啊啦啦啦啦啦 它是多么.....
It takes some silence to make sound
沉默片刻才能有话可说
It takes a loss before you found it
先失有去才会失而复得
It takes a road to go nowhere
要走路才知道是否会走投无路
It takes a toll to know you care
没了才懂得珍惜
It takes a hole to make a mountain
要一坑泥石才能堆一座山/是坑成就了山
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
啊啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命不断轮回
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命多么美妙
Ah la la la la la la life is meaningful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命充满意义
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命充满意义
Ah la la la la la la it is so... wonderful
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 生命充满意义
It is so meaningful
它意义非凡
It is so wonderful
它如此美妙
It is meaningful
它意义非凡
It is wonderful
它如此美妙
It is meaningful
它意义非凡
It goes full circle
它不断轮回
歌词用得最多的是以下这个句型:
It takes...to do...做...需要...
it做形式主语放在句首。后面的to do...是真正的主语。正常的语序应该是To do ...takes...做什么事情需要多少时间或者金钱（精力）。来看一下这个句型在歌词中的体现。
It takes a crane to build a crane.
正常的语序应该是：To build a crane takes a crane.要建造一辆吊车需要另一辆吊车。
It takes two floors to make a storey=To make a storey takes two floors.要建造一层楼需要两层地板。
storey：楼层
A five-storey building一座五层楼的大厦。
There is no end to what I'm saying我可以这样碎碎念个没完
no end to sth:没有止境
Nights really stretch to no end in your absence.你不在的时候，黑夜似乎永无尽头。
If you are single and live in New York there is no end to the ways to fill your days. 如果你是单身，又住在纽约的话，你能找到无数的方式来填充你的生活。
It takes some work to make it work要一些努力才能促成一件事情
两个work。
第一个work是名词，表示‘努力；辛勤劳动；工作’
第二个work是动词，表示‘有成效；行得通；起作用’
make it work：使...起作用；使...有成效
If you have an idea, you'd better make it work.若果你有什么点子，这个点子最好能行得通。
It takes some good to make it hurt；It takes some bad for satisfaction有过幸福才懂得伤痛；不幸才能成就幸福与满足
good和bad可做形容词可做名词，这里歌词里将其当成名词在使用。good做名词几种意思：
善行；利益；好处；幸福
I'm telling you this for your good.我跟你说这些是为你好
There is good in her, in spite of her bad reputation. 尽管她名声不佳,她还是有善的一面。
bad反过来就是指‘不幸的事情’
satisfaction：名词；满足
What is the degree of your life satisfaction at the present? 你对于你现在的生活状态的满意程度是多少？
He didn't allow himself to show his satisfaction, of course, let alone to speak of it.当然,他没有让自己流露出满意的神色,更不会说出这种心情了。
It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is. 一见钟情只在瞬息之间,而对爱大彻大悟却需要很多年
it takes you years to know what love is这句话的结构拆分开：it takes sb sometime to do something某人做某事需要多长时间
It takes me 5 minutes to get to the bus station.去公交站需要5分钟。
It took him 10 years to build his company.他用了10年时间建起了自己的公司。
It will take you many years to forget him.要忘记他，你得需要很多年。
It takes those tears to make it rust 要无数眼泪心才会荒凉
rust：v生锈；腐蚀
It is better to wear out(磨损，耗尽；穿破) than rust out.与其懒死,不如累死.
As rust is to iron, so is laziness to man.懒惰对于人好比铁生了锈.
Don't let your mind rust during the vacation. 不要让你的脑子在假期里变迟钝.
通篇歌词就用了这一个句型：It takes sb ... to do ... / It takes something to do some other thing某人做某事需要多长时间金钱努力精力等等。 |