听歌学英语：Take Me Down-The Pretty Reckless

Waitin' at these crossroads forever and a day

命运十字路口艰难抉择 日复一日的等待以至永远

On a guy to buy my soul

等着有人来买走我可怜的灵魂

I spend all night and day

白昼黑夜 都被我花尽

How much harder can I play?

我还能玩得多过分 多出界？

You know I gave my life to rock n' roll, n' roll

你知道我将一己之力付诸摇滚 热情一生不减

Mama begged me please

妈妈哀求我

Yes, she got down on her knees

嗯 她跪下来苦苦哀求

Said "you'll burn in that Mississippi sun"

说我会炙烤烧灼于密西西比烈日之下

But I'm the only one that's standing¹ here

但我却是唯一一个岿然不倒的人

So mama don't you have no fear

妈妈啊 不要心存畏惧

I'm either last or I've already won

我将笑到最后抑或我早已取胜

Here I go

再度启程

Take me down

打倒我吧

Take me down

拿下我啊

Take me down

让我堕落

Won't you take me down

你能下得了手吗？

Standin' at the crossroads a dried up pen in hand

站在命运的十字路口 手里捏着一支笔几近无力

The conversation went like this

对话最终进行到这个地步

Tell me your desire why you pulled me from the fire and we'll seal the deal with a kiss

将你所欲所求诉诸于我 你为何又将我从火中救出 以吻封缄你我的协定

Said I wanna raise the dead, find a note that I can shred²

只因我妄图起死回生 找到我能任意撕毁的记录本

On my walls I scrawl³ my gods

在墙上我肆意涂鸦绘出自己信仰的众神

Don't care what happens when I die

也丝毫不在意自己的身后事

As long as I'm alive all I wanna do is rock, rock, rock

只要我还残存一口气 我想要的只是浸淫在摇滚中过活

Take me down

打倒我吧

Take me down

拿下我啊

Take me down

让我堕落

Won't you take me down

你能下得了手吗？

Oh, sign with the devil⁴, sign with the devil, sign with the devil Oh!

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Oh!

Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Oh!

Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Oh!

Take me down

打倒我吧

Take me down

拿下我啊

Take me down

让我堕落

Won't you take me down

你能下得了手吗？

Take me down

打倒我吧

(Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil)

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Take me down

拿下我啊

(Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil, oh)

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

Won't you take me down

让我堕落

(Sign with the devil, sign with the devil, sign with the devil)

与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约 与恶魔订下契约

(I got a record deal)

（我拿下了一纸唱片合约)



Take me down

打倒我吧

Take down把...搞垮

例句：

It's sad to see the old museum being taken down to make way for a new shopping center.

看着将老博物馆拆除来建新购物中心，真令人伤心。

And nodding by the fire, take down this book.

炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌。


Tell me your desire why you pulled me from the fire and we'll seal the deal with a kiss

将你所欲所求诉诸于我 你为何又将我从火中救出 以吻封缄你我的协定

Deal with讨论；处理，对付； 涉及； 与...做生意

例句：

I think we should work out a strategy⁵ to deal with this situation.

我想我们应该制订出一项行动计划，用来对付这种情况。

She has a lot of correspondence⁶ to deal with.

她有大批信件需要处理。

Said I wanna raise the dead, find a note that I can shred

只因我妄图起死回生 找到我能任意撕毁的记录本

Wanna想要（仅能用于口语；相当于“want to”或者“want a”）

例句：

He said he was sick, but I think he just do not wanna join us anymore.

他说他病了，但我想他只是不愿再加入我们的行列。

Oh, if Tony were going, I wanna go to camp, too!

哦！假使Tony要去训练营的话，我也要去。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 shred   

v.撕成碎片，变成碎片；n.碎布条，细片，些少

参考例句：

• There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。
• The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。

3 scrawl   

vt.潦草地书写；n.潦草的笔记，涂写

参考例句：

• His signature was an illegible scrawl.他的签名潦草难以辨认。
• Your beautiful handwriting puts my untidy scrawl to shame.你漂亮的字体把我的潦草字迹比得见不得人。

4 devil   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.召鬼容易驱鬼难。
• Susie,you're a determined little devil.苏茜，你真是个坚决的小家伙。

5 strategy   

n.方法，策略，战略

参考例句：

• The only way to take the enemy position is by strategy,not by forceful attack.只可智取，不可强攻。
• Tactics differs from strategy.战术有别于战略。

6 correspondence   

n.信件，通信（联系）符合，一致，相似

参考例句：

• He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。
• What she has just said isn't in correspondence with the views of the majority.她刚才所说的同大多数人所持的观点不一致。