听歌学英语：Connection-OneRepublic

These days my waves get lost in the oceans



近来我如茫茫海域中的波涛般迷失了方向



Seven billion swimmers, man I'm going through the motions



七十亿游泳者的大潮朋友啊我只是走走过场



Sent up a flare 1, I need love and devotion



发射信号弹我需要以爱与奉献



Traded for some faces that I never know, notion



好换得那些我从未熟悉之人的信任



Maybe I should try to find the old me



也许我该试着去找回从前的自己



Take me to the places and the people that know me



带我去往熟悉的地点面见熟悉的人



Tryin' to disconnect, thinking maybe you could show me



试图切断联系想着也许你可以告诉我



If there's so many people here, then why am I so lonely?



倘若这里真人来人往我为何如此孤单？



Can I get a connection?



我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我能否能否得到回应？



Can I get a connection?



我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我能否能否得到回应？



Real friends, good friends–hard to find, let's face it



真朋友好朋友向来难寻面对这真相吧



Find the perfect tone and there's a flood in the basement



找到最合适的方式去解决问题地下室已被洪水淹没



Made a couple dollars now and I ain't tryin' to chase it



也赚得盆满钵满现在我不会再去追逐利益



Kids from Oklahoma, man we don't waste it



来自奥克拉荷马的孩子们朋友啊别虚度光阴



I'm just tryin' to paint the picture for me



我不过是努力为自己描绘着美好蓝图



Something I could give a damn about at maybe 40



这是我也许会在不惑之年开始在乎的事情



Years and I be ready and willing and able to edit the story



我已准备就绪亦有能力去编写自己的人生



Cause there's so many people here to be so damn lonely



因为这里人潮拥挤都孤单无比



Can I get a connection?



我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我能否得到一丝回应？



Can I get a connection?



我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我究竟能否得到回应？



I can see it in my, see it in my reflection



我能从自己的倒影中感觉到



Oh, can I get a connection?



噢我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我究竟能否得到回应？



Lonely



深感孤寂



Right now, right now, I'm switching to a new lane



此刻我正转换至一条新的路途



Foot to the floor, man searching for the real thing



脚踏实地寻找着真实之物



Meet somebody else, sometimes ain't no shame



遇见新的人有时候也不算丢脸



Head to the clouds sayin'



思绪飞向云端说道



It's like can I get a connection?



我能否得到一丝回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我究竟能否得到回应？



Can I get a connection?



我能否得到一丝回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我究竟能否得到回应？



I can see it in my, see it in my reflection



我能从自己的倒影中感觉到



Oh, can I get a connection?



噢我能否得到回应？



Can I get, can I get a connection?



我究竟能否得到回应？



Try'na find the old me



试图找回曾经的自己



Lonely



深感孤寂







七十亿游泳者的大潮朋友啊我只是走走过场



Go through（法律、合同等正式）通过； 用完； 检查； 完成



例句：



But will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?



但是谁会有胆量经受这件事？



Men go through a change of life emotionally just like women.



男人和女人一样，也要在情绪上经历更年期。



He expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline.



他希望转账在今天中午的最后期限之前完成。





Made a couple dollars now and I ain't tryin' to chase it



也赚得盆满钵满现在我不会再去追逐利益



ain't，它原本是美国南部一帮文盲、粗人（但非原住民）说的话，现在趋于普遍，并且已经收入到了各类词典当中。最开始它是am not的缩写，最初写作amn't，后由于发音连读问题（省去前一个辅音m，只发后一个辅音n），以讹传讹地变成了ain't，显然，这是由一个be动词am和一个否定词not组成的，所以原则上只适用于任何am not的缩写情况。



在英国，ain't一般只用工人阶级，比如那些说伦敦方言，通常被认为是不正当的。中产阶级和上流社会，与19世纪的英国，乐意使用在熟悉的演讲和中上层阶级的教育。



很少被发现在正式写作中，它经常被使用在更多的非正式书面文字，例如流行歌曲的歌词





Foot to the floor, man searching for the real thing



脚踏实地寻找着真实之物



Search for搜索，搜寻； 访求； 追索



例句：



They drew a blank in their search for the driver.



他们四处寻找那个司机，但一无所获。



His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.



他对我的当面质询迫使我思索如何作答。



Her search for love has often caused her excruciating misery 2 and loneliness.



她对爱情的寻觅常常给她带来极大的痛苦和孤独感。