【聽歌學英文 】Taylor Swift 新歌〈I Knew It, I Knew You 〉:獻給那些分開後,依然懂你的老朋友
文/黃靖絜
泰勒絲為《玩具總動員5》量身定做的主題曲〈I Knew It, I Knew You 〉,傳達出了時光無法磨滅的了解與羈絆。就算兩人經歷了長久的離別、生活各自軌跡不同,但在再次見面的那一刻,只要看見對方熟悉的笑容,那份「我依然懂你」的連結就會瞬間復甦。
先來聽歌吧!Taylor Swift 〈I Knew It, I Knew You 〉
描述好久不見的重逢
"Man, it's been a while" / "But I knew it, I knew you"
老兄,我們真的好久不見了/但我心底明白,我始終懂你
It's been a while 好久不見、隔了好長一段時間
Catch up 敘舊、敘近況
【例句】
It’s been years! We definitely need to grab coffee and catch up.
好多幾年沒見了!我們真的該找時間喝杯咖啡、好好敘敘舊。
Pick up right where we left off 銜接如初、默契不減
【例句】
True friends can not see each other for years and still pick up right where they left off.
真正的朋友就算好幾年沒見,一見面還是能無縫接軌,就像從未分開過一樣。
形容各自奔東西與時光流逝
"Life has ways of leaving those days behind"
現實生活總有方法,悄悄把那些美好日子拋在腦後
Drift apart(關係)逐漸疏遠、各自奔東西
【例句】
After graduation, many classmates drifted apart as they moved to different cities.
畢業後,許多同學因為搬到不同的城市而逐漸疏遠。
Cross paths again 再次相遇、人生軌跡重疊
【例句】
I hope our paths will cross again in the future.
希望我們未來還能再次相遇。
【補充】
Bittersweet (adj.) 苦樂參半的(常用來形容畢業或道別的心情)
描述多年未變的笑容與記憶
"Standing there in the light of the window wearing that same smile"
你就站在那扇灑滿窗光的窗前,依舊掛著當年的招牌笑容
wear a smile 帶著笑容
英文習慣用動詞 wear 來搭配表情、氣味或態度
【例句】
Even after all these years, he walked into the cafe wearing that same smile I remembered from high school.
就算過了這麼多年,他走進咖啡廳時,臉上依然掛著我高中記憶裡那抹熟悉的笑容。
【補充】
signature smile 招牌笑容
歲月會改變生活的軌跡,卻帶不走真正懂你的那份默契。你身邊是否也有個許久未見、卻依然念念不忘的老朋友呢?不妨現在就將這篇文章分享給他,一起約出來喝杯咖啡敘敘舊吧!
