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JacksonBrowne_2010X-_“如果我能到任何地方”_
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| Thank you. |
谢谢。 |
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| ? Slide into the shimmering surface ? |
? 慢慢陷入那微微发光的表面 ? |
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shimmering:adj.闪烁的;微微发亮的;v.闪耀(shimmer进行式);
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| ? between two worlds. ? |
? 恍如两个世界 ? |
| ? Standing at the center of time ? |
? 站在时光中间 ? |
| ? as it uncurls. ? |
? 看着它无限延展 ? |
| ? Cutting through the veil of illusion . ? |
? 透过幻觉的面纱 ? |
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veil:n.面纱;面罩;遮蔽物;托词;v.遮蔽;掩饰;以面纱遮掩;用帷幕分隔; illusion:n.幻觉,错觉;错误的观念或信仰;
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| ? Moving beyond past conclusions . ? |
? 抛开过去的论断 ? |
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conclusions:n.结论,总结;决定;(conclusion的复数)
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| ? Wondering if all my doubt and confusion will clear. ? |
? 不知能否解开我的困惑 ? |
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confusion:n.困惑;混淆;混同;困窘;
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| ? If I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能到任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能到任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere right now, ? |
? 如果我此刻能到任何地方 ? |
| ? I would want to be here. ? |
? 这里便是我愿去的地方 ? |
| ? Searching for the future ? |
? 在我们抛弃的事物中 ? |
| ? among the things we're throwing away. ? |
? 寻找未来 ? |
| ? Trying to see the world ? |
? 试着透过我们每天? |
| ? through the junk we produce everyday. ? |
? 产生废弃物来看这个世界 ? |
| ? They say nothing lasts forever, ? |
? 都说没有什么可以永远 ? |
| ? but all the plastic ever made is still here. ? |
? 但塑料垃圾却一直存在着 ? |
| ? And no amount of closing our eyes ? |
? 在怎么闭上我们的双眼 ? |
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no amount of:即使再大(或再多)的…(也不);
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| ? will make it disappear . ? |
? 也无法让它消失 ? |
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disappear:v.消失;失踪;不复存在;
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| ? If I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere in history, ? |
? 如果我能穿越时空,到达任何地方 ? |
| ? I would want to be here. ? |
? 这里便是我愿去的地方 ? |
| ? The Romans, the Spanish ? |
? 罗马人,西班牙人 ? |
| ? the British, the Dutch , ? |
? 英国人,荷兰人 ? |
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Dutch:adj.荷兰的; n.荷兰人; v.费用平摊地;
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| ? American exceptionalism , so out of touch . ? |
? 美国例外,所以我们不谈 ? |
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exceptionalism:n.例外论;例外主义; out of touch:失去联系;不来往的;
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| ? The folly of empire repeating its course, ? |
? 荒唐的故事还在一遍遍上演 ? |
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folly:n.愚蠢;荒唐事;讽刺剧;
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| ? imposing its will ? |
? 强加意愿 ? |
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imposing:adj.壮观的; v.推行,采用; (impose的现在分词)
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| ? and ruling by force ? |
? 暴力统治 ? |
| ? on and on through time. ? |
? 不断上演 ? |
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on and on:继续不停地;
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| ? But the world can't take it very much longer. ? |
? 但我们的世界已无法承受 ? |
| ? We're not going to make it ? |
? 除非我们能更加聪明强大 ? |
| ? unless we're smarter and stronger. ? |
? 否则我们将无法幸免 ? |
| ? The world is going to shake itself free of our greed ? |
? 世界将通过它的方式 ? |
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greed:n.贪婪,贪心;
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| ? somehow . ? |
? 摆脱我们的贪婪 ? |
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somehow:adv.以某种方法;莫名其妙地;
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| ? If I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere in time, ? |
? 如果我能立刻到达任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere and change things, ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方,改变些什么 ? |
| ? it would have to be now. ? |
? 我必须立刻启程 ? |
| ? They say nothing last forever, ? |
? 都说没有什么可以永远 ? |
| ? but all the plastic ever made is still here. ? |
? 但塑料垃圾却一直存在着 ? |
| ? And no amount of closing our eyes ? |
? 即使你闭上双眼 ? |
| ? will make it disappear. ? |
? 也无法让它少一点点 ? |
| ? And the world can't take it ? |
? 我们的世界 ? |
| ? very much longer. ? |
? 已无法承受多久 ? |
| ? We're not going to make it ? |
? 除非我们能更加聪明强大 ? |
| ? unless we're smarter and stronger. ? |
? 否则我们将无法幸免 ? |
| ? The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed ? |
? 世界将通过它的方式 ? |
| ? somehow. ? |
? 摆脱我们的贪婪 ? |
| ? And the world can't take it, that you can see. ? |
? 你会看到我们的世界已无法承受 ? |
| ? If the oceans don't make it, neither will we. ? |
? 如果海洋都束手无策,我们也将无法拯救 ? |
| ? The world's gonna shake itself all the way free ? |
? 世界将通过它的方式 ? |
| ? somehow. ? |
? 摆脱我们的贪婪 ? |
| ? If I could be anywhere, ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere in time, ? |
? 如果我能立刻到达任何地方 ? |
| ? if I could be anywhere and change the outcome , ? |
? 如果我能去任何地方,改变结果 ? |
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outcome:n.结果,结局;成果;
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| ? it would have to be now. ? |
? 我必须立刻启程 ? |
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| Thank you. |
谢谢。 |
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