英語論壇 Easy English：“流行金曲”大家評（一）

 我聽之我見：Kelly Clarkson一夜成名的故事，去年也發生在了中國。跟她的風格和實力最為相似的張靚穎，也已經走出辛酸的往事，用自己的聲音講述自己的感情和野心。Kelly那具有穿透力的聲音，自然而然的讓人想到另一個酷愛唱歌的女孩華麗的海豚音。她們都擁有上天恩賜好嗓子、好運氣和清醒的頭腦。用自己的方式走自己的路，這樣的成功令人艷羨……


 Lyrics

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far

Because of you
I neverstray too far fromthe sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trustnot only me, buteveryone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the samedamnthing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

 Words and phrases

1.  stray from=stay away from（遠離）；stray from有時候也可以作“走失”，例如：stray from one's group 離群走散。

2.  not only……but……:通常我們遇到這個詞組的時候，它是以not only……but also……的形式出現。不過在英美國家，去掉also的形式出現的頻率更高。

3.  I watched you die:這里的die不是指“死去”，而是借die這個詞來突出主人公的“憔悴”和“萎靡”

4. damn:在英語中，人們常常用它來發泄心中的不滿。它可以是動詞，其意義為：

·譴責，例如：The critics damned the play.（評論家們譴責該劇。）

·使失敗,毀掉，例如：The expedition was damned from the start.（那次探險一開始就注定會失敗。）

它也可以作名詞，意為“詛咒”。

而在日常生活中，它被廣泛的用于口語中，意為“該死，討厭”，是一個語氣詞。例如：Damn it! I forgot to turn off the gas.（該死! 我忘關煤氣了。）

 中文歌詞

我不會重蹈你的覆轍
也不會讓自己的心品嘗苦澀
更不會像你一樣崩潰
我知道痛苦的滋味
卻絕不會輕易去體會

因為你
人生的軌道我從不敢偏離
因為你
我學會用封閉內心來保護自己
因為你
我不僅難以相信自己
連周圍的人我都懷疑
因為你
我如此畏懼

我迷失了
就在你發現前那一刻
我不能哭泣
因為在你眼中這就是脆弱
每一天，我偽裝的笑容都寫滿逼迫
我的心不可能再破碎了
因為她已經毀在了最初的那刻