听歌学英语：The Skies Will Break-Corinne Bailey Rae

And so it's all over

嗯，一切都结束了

So they've already run

人群四散

And we all fall down

你我也倒下了

And the clouds they blot¹ out the sun

乌云斑驳了阳光

Very soon your world could be different

很快你的世界将会改变

But you've got your mind set on silence silence silence

而你的心沉浸在一片安静中

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The waves will part the seas will rend²

浪会将海洋劈开

The skies will break for you my friend

天空会裂开

The skies will break for you my friend

天空会裂开啊，我的朋友

It won't be long until it ends

用不了多久，就会结束的

Singing

唱吧

But the heart speaks in whispers you've got to listen

心中的那些低语你可要听清楚了

But the crowd is so loud

但是奈何人群这么吵杂

It feels like they'll drown you out

好像人语会将你湮没

And the waves crash down

浪潮拍打

And there's chaos³ all around

浪声回荡

But don't let your mind rest on violence violenceviolence

但是也不要让你的心沉浸在暴力中

Oh the skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The waves will part the seas will rend

浪会将海洋劈开

The skies will break for you my friend

天空会裂开，

The skies will break for you my friend

为你裂开，朋友

It won't be long until it ends

用不了多久，就会结束的

Singing

唱吧

But the heart speaks in whispers

但是心是只会悄声细语的

But the heart speaks in whispers

心是只会悄声细语的

But the heart speaks in whispers

心是只会悄声细语的

But the heart speaks in whispers

心是只会悄声细语的

You've got to listen

一定要倾听你的心啊

Oh the skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The waves will part the seas will rend

浪会将海洋劈开

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

The skies will break for you my friend

天空将为你破裂，朋友

It won't be long until it ends

用不了多久，就会结束的

Singing

唱吧

Bright lights

明亮的光，流动

Streaming we're golden

我们是闪闪发光的

Sunlight sunlight

日光，日光

Revealing⁴ we're golden

照耀得我们闪闪发光

And you will know

你会懂的

And you will know it

你会懂我在唱什么的

And you will know

你会懂的

And you will know it

你会懂我在唱什么的

And you will know

你会懂的


And we all fall down

你我也倒下了

fall down跌倒； 失败

例句：

How was it possible to fall down from the thirdfloor without being hurt?

从三楼掉下而没有受伤，这怎么可能呢？

You must watch your step so as not to falldown.

你必须留心脚下才不会跌下去。


But the heart speaks in whispers you've got to listen

心中的那些低语你可要听清楚了

Have got to 不得不； 必须

例句：

It's time for you to be going home, so you'dbetter hop⁵ along, or your parents will wonder where you have got to.

你该回家了，现在就走吧！要不然你父母又不知道你到哪儿去了。

Jim broke away from his friends, saying "Ihave got to hit the books."

吉姆离开他的朋友时，说道：“我得回去做功课了。”


And the waves crash down

浪潮拍打

crash down

例句：v.朝下猛撞

He crashed down on the floor with a wallop.

他砰的一声倒在地板上了。

As the wind rose to eighty miles an hour, treeafter tree crashed down.

当风速增加每小时80英里时，一棵接一棵的树被刮倒了。

1 blot   

vt.弄脏（用吸墨纸）吸干；n.污点，污渍

参考例句：

• That new factory is a blot on the landscape.那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
• The crime he committed is a blot on his record.他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。

2 rend   

vt.把…撕开，割裂；把…揪下来，强行夺取

参考例句：

• Her scrams would rend the heart of any man.她的喊叫声会撕碎任何人的心。
• Will they rend the child from his mother?他们会不会把这个孩子从他的母亲身边夺走呢？

3 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 revealing   

adj.有启示作用的，给人启发的；透露真情的；袒胸露肩的v.显示，展示；揭示，揭露；泄露

参考例句：

• The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
• They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？