听歌学英语：习惯麻木 Comfortably Numb

Hello
有人在吗？
Is there anybody in there
请问这里还有人在吗
Just nod if you can hear me
如果听到我说话就点下头好吗
Is there anyone home
请问有人在家吗

Come on, now
出来吧 现在
I hear you're feeling down
我感觉到你心情很失落
Well I can ease your pain
或许我可以减轻你的疼痛
Get you on your feet again
振作起来吧

Relax
别紧张
I need some information first
首先我需要了解下你的症状
Just the basic facts
只需要基本情况
Can you show me where it hurts
你能告诉我哪里不舒服吗
There is no pain.You are receding¹
疼痛还是没有一点都没减轻
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
一艘轮船在远处的地平线上吐着缥缈的烟
You are only coming through in waves
而你像是在风浪里独自漂泊
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
我能看见你的嘴唇在动却听不见声音
When I was a child, I had a fever
我小时候曾有过一次发烧
My hands felt just like two balloons
我的双手肿得像两只汽球
Now I got that feeling once again
现在我又一次有了那种感觉
I can't explain, you would not understand
可是我无法解释，你也不会明白
This is not how I am
不要再问我感觉如何
I have become comfortably numb²
我已经沉入那种惬意的麻木之中了
I have become comfortably numb
我已经沉入那种惬意的麻木之中了

OK...
好吧
Just a little pinprick
就轻轻打一针吧
There'll be no more --Aaaaaahhhhh
不会再继续了——啊
But you may feel a little sick
但你也许会觉得有一些恶心
Can you stand up
你能站起来了吗？
I do believe it's working. Good
应该在起效了，好的
That'll keep you going for the show
那会使你的演出得以继续进行
Come on it's time to go
来吧该走了
There is no pain, you are receding
疼痛还是没有一点都没减轻
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
一艘轮船在远处的地平线上吐着缥缈的烟
You are only coming through in waves
而你像是在风浪里独自漂泊
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
我能看见你的嘴唇在动却听不见声音
When I was a child I caught a fleeting³ glimpse
小时候我曾想抓住那个瞬间飞逝的场景
Out of the corner of my eye
它在我眼角里闪现
I turned to look but it was gone
我急忙转过头去看但是它已经消失了
I cannot put my finger on it now
现在我不能确切的感觉到它了
The child is grown, the dream is gone
那个孩子长大了，梦也已经消逝了
I have become comfortably numb
我已经沉醉在那种舒服的麻木中了

1. undocumented [,?n'd?kjumentid] adj.无正式文件的；无真凭实据的；无事实根据的；未入文献的；非法入境
undocumented immigration 非法移民 ;
In essence this is a crackdown on undocumented migrants这个措施说到底是为了打击非法移民。

2. rough patch 难关；坎坷
So if you're going through a rough patch, don't feel bad about feeling bad. 所以如果你正经历一个艰难时期，感觉难过是再正常不过的。

3. bounty⁴ hunter为获赏金捕人的人；领取佣金的代理商
bounty: bounty ['ba?nti]n. 慷慨；丰富；奖励金；赠款

4. recede⁵ 退后;收回;退去
As time passed,his facial features receded⁶ from my mind.随着时间的推移，他的容貌在我的脑子里变得越来越模糊。

5.You can show me the pictures to jog my memory（唤醒回忆）.
jog [d?ɑɡ] vt. 慢跑；轻推；蹒跚行进；使颠簸

6. conflate[k?n'fleit] vt. 合并；异文合并
Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint.不幸的是，公众将杜撰与事实合并了起来把她当做了圣人。
If you want to defend liberalism, then defend it, but why conflate your love for certain values with love for a certain country? 如果你想捍卫自由主义，那你就捍卫吧，你为什么要把对某种价值观的热爱和对某个国家的热爱混为一谈？(['l?b?r?l?z?m] n. 自由主义；开明的思想或见解)

7. flighty['flaiti]adj. 轻浮的；轻狂的；心情浮动的
Isabelle was a frivolous⁷ little fool, vain and flighty.伊莎贝尔是个轻佻、没头脑的小女人，虚荣又反复无常/轻狂。( ['fr?v?l?s] adj. 无聊的；轻佻的；琐碎的)

8. merit['mer?t]n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过vt. 值得
The argument seemed to have considerable merit.这个论点似乎有相当大的价值。
He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation⁸.他说他没有做错任何事，不应该受到刑事调查。
 

1 receding   

v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
• Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句

2 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

3 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

4 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

5 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

6 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

7 frivolous   

adj.轻薄的；轻率的

参考例句：

• This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
• He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。