听歌学英语:Traveling Light

听歌学英语:Traveling Light



演唱者Joel Hanson和Sara Groves是两个乡村歌手,Joel 是一个优秀吉他弹奏者,在与Sara Groves合作前发行过两张专辑《broken》和《Interview》。与Sara Groves合作的第一支单曲就是《Traveling Light》并因此而大获成功。

[00:02.60]EnglishExpress
[00:05.98]轻松英语之旅
[00:16.14]Traveling Light
[img:00:17.04]053-Traveling Light.jpg
[00:53.99]Well I was doubling
[00:55.26]over the load
[00:56.25] on my shoulders
[00:57.99]Was a weight
[00:58.80]I carried with me everyday
[01:01.46]Crossing miles of frustrations¹
[01:03.52]and rivers a raging
[01:05.73]Picking up stones
[01:10.00]I found along the way
[01:11.65]I staggered and I stumbled down
[01:13.20]Pathways of trouble
[01:16.24]I was hauling those
[01:17.44]souvenirs of misery²
[01:18.49]And with each step
[01:20.09]taken my back was breaking
[01:22.67]’Til I found the One
[01:24.34]who took it all from me
[01:26.37]Down by the riverside
[01:30.61]I laid my burdens down
[01:33.36]Now I’m traveling light
[01:34.75]My spirit lifted high
[01:37.98]I found my freedom now
[01:41.50]And I’m traveling light
[02:00.60]Through the darkest alleys³
[02:02.39]and loneliest valleys
[02:04.15]I was dragging those heavy
[02:05.31] chains of doubt and fear
[02:08.52]Then with the one word
[02:10.04]spoken the locks were broken
[02:13.01]Now He’s leading me to places
[02:14.88]Where there are no tears
[02:16.99]Down by the riverside
[02:20.99]I laid my burdens down,
[02:23.57]Now I’m traveling light
[02:25.12]My spirit lifted high
[02:28.26]I found my freedom now
[02:30.08]And I’m traveling light
[02:50.49]Down by the riverside
[02:54.35]I laid my burdens down,
[02:58.05]Now I’m traveling light
[02:58.83]My spirit lifted high
[03:02.50]I found my freedom now
[03:05.25]And I’m traveling light
[03:06.76]Down by the riverside
[03:10.97]I laid my burdens down,
[03:13.64]Now I’m traveling light
[03:15.09]My spirit lifted high
[03:19.28]I found my freedom now
[03:21.70]And I’m traveling light
[03:23.97]Down by the riverside
[03:27.95]I laid my burdens down
[03:30.45]Now I’m traveling light
[03:32.14]My spirit lifted high
[03:36.40]I found my freedom now
[03:38.69]And I’m traveling light
[04:12.96]Well I was doubling
[04:14.19] over the load
[04:15.52] on my shoulders
[04:16.97]Was a weight
[04:18.86] I carried with me everyday
[04:27.00]Crossing miles of frustrations
[04:29.10]and rivers a raging
[04:31.42]Picking up stones
[04:32.09]I found along the way
[04:39.88]I staggered and
[04:41.27]I stumbled down
[04:42.88]Pathways of trouble
[04:50.01]I was hauling those
[04:50.99]souvenirs of misery
[04:52.79]And with each step
[04:53.88]taken my back was breaking
[05:03.64]’Til I found the One
[05:05.35]who took it all from me
[05:11.25]Down by the riverside
[05:13.01]I laid my burdens down
[05:19.27]Now I’m traveling light
[05:21.29]My spirit lifted high
[05:27.60]I found my freedom now
[05:29.18]And I’m traveling light
[05:36.44]Through the darkest alleys
[05:37.33]and loneliest valleys
[05:42.45]I was dragging those heavy
[05:44.26] chains of doubt and fear
[05:51.55]Then with the one word
[05:53.16]spoken the locks were broken
[06:00.09]Now He’s leading me to places
[06:02.20]Where there are no tears
[06:27.56]traveling light
[06:33.98]travel 旅行
[06:36.49]traveler
[06:40.00]I was doubling over the load
[06:41.16] on my shoulders
[06:44.86]load
[06:45.96]重担
[06:47.04]on one’s shoulders
[06:48.43]在某人的肩上
[06:52.42]I was doubling ..
[06:58.34]a weight I carried with me
[07:00.10]everyday
[07:01.05]carry
[07:02.06]背负
[07:05.99]I laid my burdens down
[07:07.25]我卸下了负重
[07:09.30]laid
[07:14.95]lay sth dwon 放下
[07:26.84]frustration
[07:30.95]挫败, 挫折
[07:32.67]pick up stones
[07:33.96]拾石头
[07:34.98]pick up
[07:35.85]捡起
[07:42.11]After a while,
[07:43.28] I have to pick up my baby.
[07:47.97]stagger
[07:50.47]摇晃, 蹒跚
[07:54.97]stumble
[07:57.84]蹒跚
[07:58.91]I staggered and
[07:59.63] I stumbled down
[08:01.16]Pathways of troubles
[08:08.94]haul 拖, 拉
[08:12.40]They hauled the boat up
[08:14.48]onto the shore.
[08:18.68]I found my freedom now
[08:20.69]And I’m traveling light
[08:25.82]I was dragging those
[08:26.92]heavy chains of
[08:28.30]doubt and fear
[08:34.17]drag: 拖曳
[08:40.53]The horse was dragging
[08:41.70]a heavy load.
[08:45.19]chain
[08:47.70]链条
[08:53.07]chains of doubt and fear
[08:59.09]threw off
[08:59.73]the chains of slavery.
[09:02.87] a chain of
[09:04.24]一连串的
[09:05.89]a chain of coincidences
[09:07.91]一连串的巧合

1 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

2 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

3 alleys   

胡同，小巷( alley的名词复数 )； 小径

参考例句：

• I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys. 我紧随他穿过一条条迂迴曲折的窄巷。
• The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. 孩子们领我穿过迷宫一般的街巷，来到城边。