Earth song.doc

Michael为呼吁人类行动起来，保护自然和我们赖以生存的地球而作的伟大单曲。在这首歌中，Michael用淋漓的情感、高亢的高音嘶吼，流着泪诉说着一切正离我们而去的美好事物：“你有没有看到，地球在流泪，海岸在哭泣？一切和平呢？鲜花遍布的田野呢？属于你和我的所有梦想呢？神圣的土地被四分五裂你是不是忘了在战争中哭着死去的孩子？”Earth Song00:38.60Written and Composed by Michael Jackson00:46.91What about sunrise00:50.47What about rain00:53.97What about all the things00:56.41That you said we were to gain01:00.91What about killing fields (1)01:04.35Is there a time01:07.85What about all the things01:09.97That you said was yours and mine01:13.85Did you ever stop to notice01:17.04All the blood weve shed (2) before01:20.60Did you ever stop to notice01:23.85The crying Earth / the weeping shores01:25.60Aaaaaaaaaah oooo Aaaaaaaaaah oooo01:56.54What have we done to the world02:00.04Look what weve done02:03.47What about all the peace02:05.79That you pledge (3) your only son02:10.41What about flowering fields02:13.91Is there a time02:17.35What about all the dreams02:19.60That you said was yours and mine02:23.04Did you ever stop to notice02:26.41All the children dead from (4) war02:30.04Did you ever stop to notice02:33.35The crying Earth the weeping shores02:36.41Aaaaaaaaaaah oooo Aaaaaaaaaaah oooo03:05.41I used to dream03:08.41I used to glance beyond the stars03:12.10Now I dont know where we are03:15.10Although I know weve drifted (5) far03:18.41Aaaaaaaaaaah oooo Aaaaaaaaaaaah oooo03:46.10Aaaaaaaaaaah oooo Aaaaaaaaaaaah oooo04:15.16Hey what about yesterday04:17.66(What about us)04:18.73What about the seas04:20.42(What about us)04:22.23The heavens are falling down04:24.41(What about us)04:25.73I cant even breathe04:27.48(What about us)04:29.23What about the bleeding Earth04:31.35(What about us)04:32.73Cant we feel its wounds04:35.29(What about us)04:36.16What about natures worth (6)04:38.29(ooo ooo)04:42.23Its our planets womb (7)04:43.23(What about us)04:45.29What about animals04:45.85(What about it)04:46.66Weve turned kingdoms to dust04:47.91(What about us)04:50.04What about elephants04:50.73(What about us)04:53.48Have we lost their trust04:55.23(What about us)04:56.98What about crying whales04:58.60(What about us)05:00.42Were ravaging (8) the seas05:02.10(What about us)05:03.98What about forest trails05:06.42(ooo ooo)05:08.10Burnt despite our pleas (9)05:08.85(What about us)05:10.48What about the holy land05:12.48(What about it)05:14.98Torn apart (10) by creed05:16.29(What about us)05:17.73What about the common man05:18.85(What about us)05:19.92Cant we set him free05:22.86(What about us)05:24.79What about children dying05:26.67(What about us)05:28.23Cant you hear them cry05:29.98(What about us)05:31.73Where did we go wrong05:34.54(ooo ooo)05:36.17Someone tell me why05:37.92(What about us)05:38.54What about babies05:40.54(What about it)05:41.98What about the days05:43.17(What about us)05:45.54What about all their joy05:47.54(What about us)05:48.92What about the man05:50.23(What about us)05:52.48What about the crying man05:54.35(What about us)05:55.92What about Abraham05:57.73(What was us)05:59.48What about death again06:01.42(ooo ooo)06:03.35Do we give a damn (11)06:04.73Aaaaaaaaaaaaah oooo Aaaaaaaaaaaaah ooo1. Killing fields 杀戮场2. Shed1. To shed blood means to kill people in a violent way，usually in a war洒 (热血).young warriors, eager to shed blood.2. When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal sheds hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off. 落 (叶); 脱 (发); 蜕 (皮)Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves.3. Shed something means to get rid of it. 去除; 摆脱The firm is to shed 700 jobs.4. You shed tears, you cry. 落 (泪)They will shed a few tears at their daughters wedding.3. Pledge pled v. promise solemnly(庄严地，严肃地) and formallyPhilip pledges support and offers to help in any way that he can.菲利普承诺给予支持并提供力所能及的帮助。The French president is pledging $150 million in French aid next yearThe president pledged himself to increase taxes for the rich but not the middle classes.He asked her to pledge the house as security for a loan.他要她抵押房子作为贷款担保。n.The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.会议以加快该地区6个州之间合作的承诺结束。4. Die from & die ofThey decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die from envy and jealousy of what they lack. 自己可以决定是幸福的满足于已经拥有的，还是死于对自己所缺的东西的羡慕与嫉妒。And we know were not finished when 40, 000 women a year still die from this disease.Pay your taxes to die of cancer if thats what you want to do.Theyre more likely to die of more common causes such as stroke or heart attack, he said.Through these examples, we shall realize the differences between them.5. Drift If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled. 脱离正途; 偏离We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values.我们需要给误入犯罪歧途的年轻人提供另一套价值观。It is proposed that the drift of the continents was vectored by westward forces. 6. Worth n. 财产; 价值If an idea or thought has any worth, you will remember it.You should not deprecate your own worth. 你不应该贬低你自己的价值。Your advancement depends on your worth your ability. 你的晋升取决于你自己的价值，即你的能力。7. Womb wu:m 发源地;子宫8. Ravage rvid 毁坏；破坏；掠夺The country has been ravaged by civil warRavage the economy. Ravage flowers9. Plea pli: n. 恳求，请求；辩解，辩护；借口，托辞I conjure you to hear my plea. 我恳求你听取我的请求。She put in a plea of guilty. 她提出无罪抗辩。No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance. 以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。10. Tear apart 撕碎；心痛欲裂It feels like Ive torn apart my life, and Im rebuilding it from fairly basic bu