听歌学英语：萤火虫 Fireflies

You would not believe your eyes
你肯定不敢相信你的眼睛/你肯定不敢相信你看到的情景：
If ten million fireflies
如果有无数只萤火虫
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
在我睡着时照亮整个世界
Cause they fill the open air
整个天空都是萤火虫
And leave teardrops everywhere
留下遍地泪瓣/光点撒落四方
You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare
尽管你会觉得我无礼，但我还是执意要站在那里注视着你
I'd like to make myself believe
我要让自己相信
That planet earth turns slowly
地球也会慢下来自转
It's hard to say that
很难讲
I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒/就算困倦，我也宁愿保持清醒
Cause everything is never as it seems
因为一切东西都不能只看表面
Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
因为我会得到
From ten thousand lightning bugs¹
来自千万只发着光的小虫子/萤火虫的拥抱
As they tried to teach me how to dance
它们试着教我跳舞
A foxtrot above my head
头顶上的狐步舞
A sockhop beneath my bed
床下的袜子舞
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
挂在线上的的士高灯球*
I'd like to make myself believe
我要让自己相信
That planet earth turns slowly
地球也会慢下自转
It's hard to say that
这难以启齿
I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒
Cause everything is never as it seems
因为一切东西都不能只看表面
When I fall asleep
当我入睡时
Leave my door open, just a crack
请给我的门留一条缝
Please take me away from here
请把我也带上吧
Cause I feel like such an insomniac²
我是失眠症患者
Please take me away from here
请带我离开这里吧
Why am I tired of counting sheep
我为何厌倦了数绵羊
Please take me away from here
请带我离开这里吧
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
越累越是睡不着/这么累却反而睡不着
To ten million fireflies
致给千万只萤火虫
I'm weird³ cause I hate goodbyes
我神秘兮兮是因为我讨厌告别
I got misty⁴ eyes as they said farewell
它们说再见时我会泪眼迷蒙
But I'll know where several are
但我会知道它们其中几只的去向
If my dreams get real bizarre
如果我的梦变得奇异无比
Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
因为我抓到几只关在了瓶子里
I'd like to make myself believe
我要让自己相信
That planet earth turns slowly
地球也会慢下来自转
It's hard to say that
这难以启齿
I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒
Cause everything is never as it seems
因为一切东西都不能只看表面
When I fall asleep
当我入睡时
I'd like to make myself believe
我要让自己相信
That planet earth turns slowly
地球也会慢下来自转
It's hard to say that
这难以启齿
I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒
Cause everything is never as it seems
因为一切东西都不能只看表面
When I fall asleep
当我入睡时
I'd like to make myself believe
我要让自己相信
That planet earth turns slowly
地球也会慢下来自转
It's hard to say that
这难以启齿
I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒
Because my dreams are bursting at the sea
因为我的梦在大海上破灭了

 

Firefly:带火的蚊子；萤火虫

1.You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep你肯定不敢相信你的眼睛/你肯定不会相信你看到的情景：我睡着的时候，会有无数只萤火虫点亮我的世界

would not不会，虚拟语气

light up照亮；点亮;露出吃惊的表情;露出喜色

He took his time lighting⁵ up a cigarette.他不慌不忙地点了一支烟。

Sue's face lit up with surprise苏一脸惊诧。

Your smiles light up my world.你的微笑点亮了我的世界。

2.I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep躺在床上我宁愿保持清醒/就算困倦，我也宁愿保持清醒

would rather宁愿，宁可；“would rather+动词原形”

They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一所房子，我们则宁愿住公寓。

He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.他宁肯在比赛中丢了性命也不愿在医院里苟延残喘。

I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.我宁愿把时间花在丽贝卡身上也不愿花在厨房里。

Leave my door open, just a crack请给我的门留一条缝

crack [kr?k] vt.使破裂；打开；变声,破裂；爆裂,破解(难题、密码)

He cracked his head on the pavement and was knocked cold.他的头撞着了路面，撞昏了。

Thunder cracked in the sky.空中雷声炸响。

She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack.她冷静而坚强，决不会垮掉的。

He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking⁶ research.经过数年的艰苦研究，他最终破译了该系统。

Please take me away from here cause I feel like such an insomniac请将我带离此地，因为我反正也睡不着

先讲词根insomnia[in'sɑmni?]，意思是‘失眠’/‘失眠症’。失眠不见得就是让人痛苦的事情。

insomniac[?n's?mn??k] n.失眠症患者

I'm not an insomniac.I just think a lot.请别叫我失眠症患者，请叫我思想家/不是我睡不着，而是我想太多

分享句子：

Kindness, gratitude⁷, love and emotions, forgiveness and forgetfulness, patience, sincerity⁸, companionship, respect, care and devotion are some of the factors that can make life pretty easier and admirable.善良、感恩、爱、感情、谅解、不计较、耐心、真诚、陪伴、尊重、关心和奉献精神，这些元素能让生活更加怡然自得。

admirable['?dm?r?bl]adj.令人钦佩(或赞赏、赞叹)的，值得赞美(或赞扬)的，可钦佩的极好的，极妙的，绝妙的，出色的
 

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 insomniac   

n.失眠症患者

参考例句：

• She's an insomniac ; she only sleeps for two or three hours a night. 她患失眠症，每晚只睡两三个小时。 来自辞典例句
• The insomniac is habitually afflicted with wakefulness at times when he wishes to sleep. 失眠症患者，这种病人在他想睡觉时经常特别清醒。 来自互联网

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 misty   

adj.雾蒙蒙的，有雾的

参考例句：

• He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿，看看是不是还有雾霭。
• The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 painstaking   

adj.苦干的；艰苦的，费力的，刻苦的

参考例句：

• She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明，但肯下苦功夫。
• Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力，才取得今天的成绩。

7 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

8 sincerity   

n.真诚，诚意；真实

参考例句：

• His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
• He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。