介绍： 20171230 周六 英语晨读

Happy New Year Tarja Turunen


词汇注释：（标*的为非考研大纲词汇）
1. champagne [ʃæm'peɪn] n. 香槟酒
2. fireworks* ['faɪəwɜ:ks] n. 烟花
3. blue [bluː] adj. 心情低落的，沮丧的
4. vision ['vɪʒən] n. 视力；视野；憧憬；想象，幻象；远见卓识
5. lay down and die 躺下然后死去；坐以待毙
6. thr...

介绍： 20171230 周六 英语晨读

Happy New Year Tarja Turunen


词汇注释：（标*的为非考研大纲词汇）
1. champagne [ʃæm'peɪn] n. 香槟酒
2. fireworks* ['faɪəwɜ:ks] n. 烟花
3. blue [bluː] adj. 心情低落的，沮丧的
4. vision ['vɪʒən] n. 视力；视野；憧憬；想象，幻象；远见卓识
5. lay down and die 躺下然后死去；坐以待毙
6. thrive [θraɪv] v. 茁壮成长，兴旺发达
7. ash [æʃ] n. 灰烬
8. drag [dræg] v. （费力地）拖，拽
9. clay [kleɪ] n. 黏土
feet of clay 不为人知的弱点，内在缺点
He insisted that all great men had feet of clay.
他坚称所有大人物都有些不可告人的事。
10. astray* [əˈstreɪ] adv. 迷失，迷路 (go astray)
11. confetti* [kən'fetɪ] n.〔婚礼、聚会或游行等时抛撒的〕五彩纸屑
12. decade ['dekeɪd] n. 十年
13. down the line 往后，以后
There may be more costs further down the line.
往后说不定还有更多的开销。

No more champagne
香槟饮尽
And the fireworks are through
烟花散落
Here we are, me and you
只有我俩，我和你
Feeling lost and feeling blue
失落并忧伤着
It's the end of the party
这是派对的尾声

And the morning seems so grey
清晨看来如此灰暗
So unlike yesterday
昨日已不再
Now's the time for us to say
现在我们该说
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have a vision now and then
愿我们现在和过去的梦幻成真
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
愿我们时时拥有邻居如友的世界
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
愿我们都有可以去为之努力的希望和心愿
If we don't we might as well lay down and die
如果没有的话我们不如坐以待毙
You and I
你和我

Sometimes I see
有时我仿佛看到
How the brave new world arrives
这勇敢的新世界是如何到来的
And I see how it thrives
看着它蓬勃壮大
In the ashes of our lives
在我们生命的灰烬下
Oh yes, man is a fool
对，人类就是傻瓜
And he thinks he'll be okay
他认为他会好的
Dragging on, feet of clay
于是在致命的弱点上拖延着
Never knowing he's astray
却不知他已误入歧途
Keeps on going anyway
漫无目的，四处游走
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have a vision now and then
愿我们现在和过去的梦幻成真
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
愿我们时时拥有邻居如友的世界
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
愿我们都有可以去为之努力的希望和心愿
If we don't we might as well lay down and die
如果没有的话我们不如坐以待毙
You and I
你和我

Seems to me now
现在对我来说
That the dreams we had before
曾经拥有过的梦想
Are all dead, nothing more
全都消逝了，荡然无存
Than confetti on the floor
地上的这些彩色纸屑
It's the end of a decade
是这十年的终结
In another ten years time
在接下来的十年
Who can say what we'll find
谁知道我们将会追寻到什么
What lies waiting down the line
还有什么谎言在等待着我们
In the end of eighty-nine
在1989年年末
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have a vision now and then
愿我们现在和过去的梦幻成真
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
愿我们时时拥有邻居如友的世界
Happy new year
新年快乐
Happy new year
新年快乐
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
愿我们都有可以去为之努力的希望和心愿
If we don't we might as well lay down and die
如果没有的话我们不如坐以待毙
You and I
你和我