【张艺兴】小蕾老师英语课堂 LESSON 91/Summer Solstice 夏至（四）

Summer Solstice(4)

夏至（四）

I felt very lonely during that period of time,

那段时间我觉得自己很孤独

it seemed like I had suddenly lost all sense of direction.

好像突然没有了方向

Every day it felt like I was taking one step further away from the dreams I desired.

每天都觉得自己和想要的梦想又遥远了一步

I had to completely fill my time practising at home, writing songs, arranging melodies,

只能把时间全部填满，在家练习，写歌，编曲

only this way would I have no spare time to think about other things.

让自己没有空余的时间想其他的事情

In Korea. I trained so hard every day, 

在韩国，我每天那么努力地练习

I wanted to dance to the best of my abilities and use it to equip myself.

想用最好的舞蹈把自己武装起来

> equip [ɪˈkwɪp]  

vt.装备，配备;使具备，使有准备

Eg. If you want to live in this world, equip yourself with a strong heart. 

如果你想在这个世界上生活，要给自己装备一颗强大的心。

Eg. He is equipped with much experience in teaching.

他具有丰富的教学经验。

Eg. His training equipped him to cope with the new job.

他的训练使他能够胜任新的工作。

Was everything I strove hard for going to just end this way?

这一切难道就这样结束了吗？

Because I was truly hopeless at that time, I wrote a song for myself.

那个时候因为太绝望，所以给自己写了一首歌

“......I will work hard to charge forward, I will work hard to fly,

“……我会努力闯，我会努力飞翔

> charge [tʃɑ:dʒ]

v.索价;控诉;充电;装载;向前冲;记在账上

Eg. The restaurant charged us 30yuan for dinner,

这家餐馆收了我们30元做餐费。

Eg. The suspect was chargad with murdering his wife.

嫌疑犯被控诉为谋杀他的妻子。

Eg. He forgot to charge the battery.

他忘记给电池充电了。

Eg. She was charged with an important mission.

她被委以重任。

n.费用;指控;电荷;责任;照顾

Eg. The newspaper is available free of charge .

这份报纸可以免费领取。
Eg. He was arrested on a of robbery.

他被指控抢劫罪而遭逮捕。

Eg. The nurse is in charge of the patients.

这位护士负责照顾这些病人。

Eg. Next week he will take charge of the department. 

他下个月就会来负责管理这个部门。

Eg. You are in charge of the job and you should make the decision.

你是负责人，应该由你来下这个决定。

because there is still my family standing behind me, giving me an approving look......

因为在我身后还有我的家人，给我赞许目光……

> approving [əˈpru:vɪŋ]  

adj.满意的

approve [əˈpru:v]

v. 批准；赞成；同意；称许

Eg. I quite approve of the idea of your plan. 

我赞同你计划中的想法。

Eg. She doesn’t approve of me leaving school this year.

她不同意我今年离校。

Persevering for my dreams, working hard to fly, 

执着梦想，努力飞翔

charging forward no matter how difficult the road ahead may be, 

不管前方的路有多么难闯

walking my own path, allowing others to judge,

走自己的路，让别人去评说

deciding on my own direction myself,

自己决定自己的方向

I want to fly far away, it was only a dream,

想飞去远方，那只是梦想

everything seemed like it had never happened to me,

这一切好像不曾发生在我身上

I will work hard to charge forward, I will work hard to fly, 

我会努力闯，我会努力飞翔

because behind me my family casts me an approving gaze......"

因为在身后有家人为我投来赞许目光……”

I don't remember the lyrics much,

歌词有点记不太清了

but actually at that time I had already prepared myself that I might be unable to go back.  

但其实那时候已经做好了再回不去的准备的

Two or three months had passed,

都过了两三个月了

there was neither a phone call, nor even an e-mail,

一通电话，甚至连一封邮件也没有

Neither...nor...[ˈni:ðə nɔ:]   

既不…也不…

Eg. Neither Jack nor I have seen this film. 

杰克和我都没有看过这部电影。

either...or... 英[ˈaiðə ɔ:]  美[ˈiðɚ ɔr]  

不是…就是…，…或…，要么…要么…

Eg. Either you or I am to go.

你或我必须有人去。

that feeling of waiting was really horrible, 

那种等待的感觉太不好了

it was a lot worse than the first period of waiting due to passport reasons.

比第一次因为护照原因等待的感觉还要糟糕许多

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