听歌学英语:青春年少时 When We Were Young

When we were young the world seemed so old
当我们青春年少时，感觉世界似乎过于苍老
Careless and cold
无情与冷酷充斥其中
We did what we were told in our lives
我们按照叮咛嘱咐过生活

When we were young
当我们青春年少时
Had the world by the tail, good would prevail, starships would sail
仿佛世界在握，以为正义必胜，飞船也必将遨游太空
And none of us would fail in this life
谁都不会拥有失败的人生
Not when you're young
至少在青春年少时不会

We were drawn¹ to whoever could keep us together
我们会因某某而惺惺相惜
And bound by the heavens above
被抬头可见的天空所禁锢
And we tried to survive
我们也曾痛苦挣脱于
Travelling at the speed of love
转瞬即逝的懵懂爱情之伤

Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们青春年少时
When we adored the fabulous²
当我们沉浸于美丽的童话
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少无知时
We were the foolish fearless
我们曾因无知而无畏
Never knowing the cost of what we paid
却从不知要付出怎样的代价
Letting someone else be strong
才能使旁人变得更坚强

Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少轻狂时
In a moment of grace
美好时刻的感受
A long leap of faith
形成了永久的信念
There's still more glorious dawn awaits my life
我的人生还会有更璀璨的黎明来临
I'm here with the lovers
我与我爱的人同在
Then we burned the bridges we're crossing over
我们点燃一路走过的木桥
Just to see the firelight
只为看那绚丽夺目的火光
And the innocent are getting over being old tonight
当年的天真烂漫经历重重，在今晚日渐成熟

Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们青春年少时
When everything was what it seemed
当一切事物看上去一如既往
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少无知时
And everyday was how we dreamed
每天都如生活在梦境一般
Never knowing the cost of what we paid
从不知要付出怎样的代价
Letting someone else be strong
才能使旁人变得更坚强
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少轻狂时
And when you look at yourself tonight
当你今晚凝望自己
Are you someone you recognise?
还是那个曾经认知的自己吗？
You can take back what you've given away
你也许可以挽回曾放弃的一切
But it must be the last time
但这是最后一次机会
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们青春年少时
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少无知时
When we were young
当我们年少轻狂时
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们青春年少时
When we adored the fabulous
当我们沉浸于美丽的童话
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少无知时
We were the foolish fearless
我们曾因无知而无畏
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少轻狂时
We didn't know it wouldn't last
我们不知青春不会常驻
Wooaaah when we were young
喔……当我们年少轻狂

歌词解析:

When we were young the world seemed so old, careless and cold当我们青春年少时，感觉世界似乎过于苍老,无情与冷酷充斥其中
careless:adj. 粗心的；无忧无虑的；淡漠的；马马虎虎的；毛手毛脚的
The teacher let that careless student off and didn't fail him. 老师放过了那个粗心的学生，没给他打不及格。
It was careless of you to leave the door unlocked.你没锁门，太粗心了。
She's careless about her clothes她对穿着一点都不讲究。

When we were young, （we） had the world by the tail, good would prevail, starships would sail我们年少时，仿佛世界在握，以 为正义必胜，飞船也必将遨游太空
这句话里面的have the world by the tail指的是‘抓住了世界的尾巴’‘掌控全场’
Her dress made a splash at the party, so she felt she had the world by the tail.她的晚礼服在晚会上造成了轰动，她觉得非常得意

Now he feels that he has the world by the tail. 他现在觉得一切都在自己的掌控之中。good would prevail，这句话前面省掉了the,the good指的是一切美好的人或者物。prevail是动词，vi.‘盛行，流行，占上风’的意思，例如
：Will such views prevail?这样的见解会占上风么？
Justice has prevailed,the guilty man has been punished.正义已经获胜，有罪的人受到了惩罚

And (we were)bound by the heavens above我们被抬头可见的天空所禁锢
be bound by：受…约束
A lot of young people say they won’t be bound by ‘boys having to wear this or girls wearing that'. 很多年轻人说他们不愿意‘被男生该怎样穿、女生该怎样穿’之类的教条所束缚。
As long as you want to live and prosper³, you are bound by rationality to some degree. 如果你想要活着并活得很好，你就不得不在一定程度上受到理性的约束。

We were drawn to whoever could keep us together.我们会因某某而惺惺相惜
这句歌词是意译。短语be drawn to sth / sb是‘为...所吸引；为...而着迷’的意思。来看几个例句:
The girl was drawn to the cartoon.那个小姑娘被动画片吸引过去了。
The man was so genial⁴, so I was drawn to him at once.这人这么和蔼，我立刻为他着迷。

And we tried to survive travelling at the speed of love我们竭尽全力在转瞬即逝的懵懂爱情之伤中幸存了下来。
这句话也是比较抽象，在这里用了比喻。年轻之时，总是很容被爱情所伤。这里面的survive是‘存活；幸存’的意思。那survive sth表示的是
‘在...幸存了下来’。来看一下例句，Only two passengers survived the air-crash.这次飞机失事中，只有两名乘客幸存了下来。

When we adored the fabulous当我们只懂得沉浸于美丽的童话的时候
adore:v,. ‘崇拜；爱慕；喜爱；极喜欢’的意思。
I simply adore the way your hair is done!我就喜爱你的发型!
fabulous，极好的，极妙的;神话般的；来看一个例句：
One cannot always be a fabulous hero, but can always be a man.人不可能成为神话中的英雄,但可做一个光明正大的人。
We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。

There's still more glorious dawn awaits my life我的人生还会有更璀璨的黎明来临
glorious，adj. 光荣的；辉煌的；极好的；dawn，黎明；开端；await,后面直接加宾语，vt. 是‘等候，等待；期待’。我们来分别看一下这 几个词在句子中的使用。glorious:She is always bucking⁵ about her glorious past.她老是吹嘘她辉煌的过去。dawn: We must get up at dawn.我们必须天一亮就起来。await:A hearty⁶ welcome awaits you.你将受到热烈的欢迎。

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

3 prosper   

v.成功，兴隆，昌盛；使成功，使昌隆，繁荣

参考例句：

• With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
• It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。

4 genial   

adj.亲切的，和蔼的，愉快的，脾气好的

参考例句：

• Orlando is a genial man.奥兰多是一位和蔼可亲的人。
• He was a warm-hearted friend and genial host.他是个热心的朋友，也是友善待客的主人。

5 bucking   

v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的现在分词 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• a bucking bronco in the rodeo 牛仔竞技表演中一匹弓背跳跃的野马
• That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin's gut. 那就是说咱们要背这一袋袋的谷子，得把五脏都累坏。 来自辞典例句

6 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。