【聽歌學英文】電影《動物方程式》經典名曲 Shakira〈Try Everything〉
文/林依青 Elaine
編輯/Zoe Li
最近小編看了一部非常好看的電影《動物方城市》
在名為理想國度的zootopia
(取名自 Zoo動物園+Utopia烏托邦)
標榜著Anyone can be anything
任何人都可以成為想要的樣子
看似公平的的外貌下卻隱藏著內在的不平等
處處充滿著既定印象標籤與偏見
搭配著電影主體曲Shakira〈Try Everything〉
讓我不禁想起自己也曾經想當警察的小小夢想
卻因為身高不滿160而無法申請了嗚嗚
想必大家也都有過類似的經驗
讓我們一起來搭配歌詞服用吧
I messed up tonight I lost another fight
今夜我搞砸了又一次的落敗
mess up 指搞砸了,也可以用 screw up
【範例】
I messed it up. = I screwed it up.
mess up 也可以指弄髒、弄亂了【範例】He messed up my kitchen.
當 messed up 放在一起時可以解釋成糟糕、麻煩
【範例】
You are so messed up. 你真是個麻煩
I still mess up but I'll just start again
雖搞砸 但我依然會重新開始
I keep falling down I keep on hitting the ground
我總是失敗 總是摔倒
keep 後方動詞要加ing
fall down/off 都是指倒下的意思,但程度上有些微的不同
fall down 指向前倒下、掉下的動作,若有受詞要加from
【範例】
If people run across the road,they may fall down.
fall off 強調從什麼地方掉下來,後面直接接受詞
【範例】
I saw him fall off his horse.
I always get up now to see what's next
而我總能重新振作 迎接嶄新的未來
get up 通常指起床,這裡用起來的意象,只從跌倒中爬起來
get up 的其他意思還有
- 爬山 How long will it take to get up the mountain?
- (像領導者一樣)籌劃某件事 He got up a petition against rezoning.
- 穿(衣服) She got herself up in a bizarre outfit.
Birds don't just fly they fall down and get up
鳥兒不是一開始就會飛翔
他們不斷的墜落又再次奮力振翅飛翔
Nobody learns without getting it wrong
沒有人在成長的路上不曾遭遇失敗
I won't give up no I won't give in
我絕不會放棄 絕不會屈服
give up 跟 give in 都是很好用的片語喔
【範例】
I’ve give up trying to reason with you.
【範例】
After withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park.
Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
直到我抵達終點 我才會重新出發
No I won't leave I wanna try everything
不我不會放棄 我要竭盡全力
I wanna try even though I could fail
即便我注定失敗 我也要竭盡全力
I won't give up no I won't give in
我絕不會屈服絕不會放棄
Look at how far you've come
看看你堅持了多久
You filled your heart with love
你滿懷著愛
fill with = be full of 充滿著
Baby you've done enough
親愛的 你做得夠多了
Take a deep breath
深吸一口氣吧
Don't beat yourself up don't need to run so fast
不要自暴自棄 也不必太快抽跑
beat up 指打擊或責怪批評
常用beat yourself up = put yourself down
Sometimes we come last but we did our best
有時我們終能實現夢想 只要我們竭盡全力
I'll keep on making those new mistakes
我依然每天繼續犯著錯
keep on 指繼續,常用keep on going勉勵別人繼續努力
make mistakes 指犯錯,須注意動詞是make
I'll keep on making them every day
但我不會放棄
Those new mistakes
那些新的挑戰
Oh oh oh oh oooh
哦哦哦哦哦
Try everything
竭盡全力
每個人都可以嘗試努力去完成自己的夢想
只要你努力
不要怕,被嘲笑的夢想更有實踐的價值
也不要被不知來頭的 night howler 所嚇唬了!
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