听歌学英语:我生命里的第一天 First Day Of My Life

听歌学英语:我生命里的第一天 First Day Of My Life

如果跟喜欢英文歌曲的朋友提起Melanie C，也许会有些陌生，但是提到辣妹组合，再不关心欧美音乐的人也会如雷贯耳。谈到辣妹组合的音色，也许你会记得那个磁性十足沙哑的声音，在五人之中独树一帜，她就是Mel C。由于Mel C常以一身运动服、马尾式辫子的发型形象示人，再加上她热爱运动，所以被杂志Top of the Pops取了个叫"Spoty Spice"的昵称。在Spice Girls解散后Mel单飞了，她现在已经推出过了四张专辑，还曾在全英音乐奖和德国音乐奖ECHO中被提名。

So I found a reason to stay alive
Try a little harder see the other side
Talking to myself
Too many sleepless¹ nights
Trying to find a meaning to this stupid life
I don't want much sympathy sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you looking for
No one has the answer
They just want more
Hey who's gonna make it right
This could be the first day of my life
So I found a reason
To let it go
Tell you that I'm smiling
But I still need to grow
Will I find salvation² in the arms of love
Will it stop me searching will it be enough
I don't want your sympathy
Sometimes I don't know who to be
Hey what you looking for
No one has the answer but you just want more
Hey who's gonna make it right
This could be the first day of my life
The first time to really feel alive
The first time to break the chain the first time to walk away from pain
Hey what you looking for
No one has the answer we just want more
Hey who's gonna make it right
This could be the first day ofmy life
Hey what you looking for
No one has the answer they just want more
Hey who's gonna shine alight?
This could be the first day of my life

歌词解析：

I found a reason to stay alive, try a little harder see the other side. 我要找个活下去的理由，努力去看生命的另一面。生命是什么？"What are you looking for?" 歌曲中一直重复着这句 “你在寻找什么”。古往今来，人类千万次地这样追问过自己。“我为什么而活着?”这个问题太简单又太复杂。历史上的名人们对“生命”都有些什么样的看法呢？
1. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.—Socrates
别人为食而生 ,  我为生而食。——苏格拉底
2. The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.—Jack London
人应有的功能是生活 ,  而不是生命。——杰克·伦敦
3. Throughout life, we rely on small groups of people for love, admiration³, respect, moral support and help.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
整个一生， 我们都有赖于从一些人群中获得友爱、赏识、尊重、道义支持和帮助。——埃默森
4. The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.—Lord Byron
生命的伟大艺术是感知力，感知我们的存在，即使存在于痛苦之中。——拜伦
5. Life is to talk after a respite⁴ and not to act ahead of schedule.—Lao She
生命就是且缓一口气再讲，明天再说明天的。——老舍
6. What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo⁵ in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.—Crowfoot
生命是什么？是萤火虫在夜晚的闪光，是野牛在冬天的呼吸，是越过青草并在日落后消失的微笑阴影。——克劳富特

1 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。

2 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

3 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

4 respite   

n.休息，中止，暂缓

参考例句：

• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

5 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。