时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:听歌学英语


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听歌学英语:当死神如此靠近你 Thirty People Away



Tamas Wells,是一支来自澳洲墨尔本的独立乐团(indie-pop),成立于2000年初,目前已发行4张专辑,曲风清新、平缓而又优美。(最为人所熟知的是《Valder Fields》-电影《仙境之桥》当中的插曲),Tamas Wells作为一个歌者的姿态正如他这个人一般谦逊。他在歌曲中不泛滥悲伤,也不过度去渲染喜悦,他一直如巡演的状态一样,简单地站在台上,穿着平常穿的衣服,自在并且不带很多感情诱导的哼唱。人类的情感和这个世界一样并非那么简单,正如世界不全如Tamas Wells的歌声一般美好,他温暖治愈的歌声下,其实有着很多很多个悲伤的故事。若不是看了他的专访,我也不知道这个唱片的名字背后那么哀伤。





Tamas Wells的《Thirty People Away 》



We heard first from you

and then in the papers

and the radio said 3pm

when all of people

crowded around at the stakes 1

just yards from the lake



But we heard you say

that nobody knew about

the dangers all on the stages

opened up an appalling 2 line

if people waiting in vain

as it started to rain



when had laughed about the days

when I wouldn't say the fourth of May

and sometimes we told stories

where movies stars were old

and made up to seem like they were only seventeen

and then we'd spend a dollar for the frames 3



we heard that you fell down

when the flames came out

and people started to shout

that some had fallen and still lay down

their faces dark from the flames

the news had read out the names



we had laughed about the days

when I wouldn't say the fourth of May

and sometimes we told stories

where movies stars were old

and made up to seem like they were only seventeen

and then we'd spend a dollar for the frames

 



我们第一个从你这听说到这个消息

然后报纸里写了这个

接着下午三点广播里报道了这个消息

就当所有人聚集在这个要塞

就离湖边几码远

可我们听见你说

没人认识到

在舞台上无尽的危机

你揭露了一个骇人听闻的消息

是否人们在虚无中等待

正当天开始下起雨来

我们谈笑当年

那时的我不愿提起五月的最后一星期(5月25日:非洲解放日)

有时我们讲故事

这时当年的影星已经老去

编造他们的样子

好像他们还只有17岁

我们花了一美元去看他们的作品

我们听说你心情低落

当火苗开始窜出

当人们开始大叫

说着有些人已经跌倒并扔躺着站不起来

他们的脸色在火苗的映衬下渐渐暗淡

这个消息已经得到官方的认可

我们谈笑当年

那时的我不愿提起五月的最后一星期

有时我们讲故事

这时当年的影星已经老去

编造他们的样子

好像他们还只有17岁

我们花了一美元去看他们的作品



Thirty People Away》亲眼目睹30多个人在身边死去,多么可怕多么骇人听闻的故事!说他是个乐观主义者,是因为那么悲伤的题材如果交给其他同类型的歌手去演绎,这或许会变成特别伤感和催人泪下的歌;但到了Tamas Wells的口中,如此悲伤的题材,我们竟可以在这天籁般的声音中感觉到治愈的力量——仿佛他说忘掉这一些悲伤吧,在我的歌声中重获力量勇敢去面对这个世界,勇敢去和现实战斗。



 



Appalling[?'p?:li?] adj. 可怕的;令人震惊的

相关短语

appalling crimes骇人听闻的罪行

appalling acts令人惊愕行为

appalling weather恶劣的天气

They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.

他们在最骇人听闻的条件下生活了两个月。

I developed an appalling headache.

我得了严重头疼。



 



Vain [vein] adj. 徒劳的;虚荣的;空虚的;自负的

He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.

他想让世人知道他儿子的死不是毫无意义的。

He wasn't so vain as to think he was smarter than his boss.

他还没有自负到以为他比自己的上司还精明。



n.(赛马、竞赛等的)奖金;桩( stake的名词复数 );刑柱;股份;(在公司、计划等中的)重大利益
  • An amateur shouldn't play roulette for high stakes. 外行不该下大赌注赌轮盘赌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups. 游戏通常在两大集团之间进行,下的赌注一般都很大。 来自辞典例句
adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
n.框架( frame的名词复数 );眼镜框;组织;边框
  • roughly hewn timber frames 粗劈成的木架子
  • The window frames had begun to warp. 窗框已经开始变形。
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