音乐能治愈破碎的心吗？ - 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

你好，这里是 BBC 英语教学的《6分钟英语》。

I'm Sam.

我是萨姆。

And I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

There are a million songs about falling in love and just as many about being broken-hearted. 講解

关于坠入爱河的歌曲数不胜数，而关于心碎的歌曲也同样多。

Do you remember the first time you fell in love, Sam?

萨姆，你还记得你第一次恋爱时的情景吗？

Ah, yes.

啊，记得。

I was 14 and it seemed like every word of every love song had been written just for me. 講解

当时我14岁，感觉每首情歌的每一句歌词都像是专门为我写的。

Well, there's a strong connection between music and love. 短語搭配

嗯，音乐和爱情之间有着很强的联系。

As Shakespeare famously wrote,

正如莎士比亚的名言：

"If music be the food of love, 講解

"如果音乐是爱情的食粮，

play on."

那就奏下去吧。"

In this program,

在本期节目中，

we'll be meeting a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love 講解

我们将认识一位创作型歌手，她用音乐表达了自己坠入爱河的感受，

and later to mend her broken heart when the relationship ended. 習語

并在后来恋情结束时，用音乐来治愈自己破碎的心。

And as usual,

像往常一样，

we'll be learning some new vocabulary as well.

我们也会学习一些新词汇。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Neil.

尼尔，我有一个问题要问你。

Your mention of Shakespeare reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, 短語搭配

你提到莎士比亚，让我想起了罗密欧与朱丽叶，

his famous lovers who fall in love despite their fighting families, 語法

这对著名的恋人无视家族的世仇相爱，

only to die tragically young. 語法

最终却英年早逝，令人惋惜。

But in which Italian city was Romeo and Juliet set? 用詞

但是，《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的故事背景设定在意大利的哪座城市呢？

Was it A, Florence,

是 A，佛罗伦萨，

B, Venice,

B，威尼斯，

or C, Verona?

还是 C，维罗纳？

I think it must be one of the world's most romantic cities,

我觉得肯定是世界上最浪漫的城市之一，

Florence.

佛罗伦萨。

Okay, Neil.

好的，尼尔。

I'll reveal the answer later in the program. 表達脈絡

我会在节目稍后公布答案。

Julia Jacklin is an Australian singer-songwriter whose song Don't Know How to Keep Loving You reached number eight in the Australian pop charts. 用詞

朱莉娅·杰克林是一位澳大利亚创作型歌手，她的歌曲《不知道如何继续爱你》在澳大利亚流行音乐排行榜上曾位列第八。

Her song lyrics explore feelings of falling in love as well as the pain of breaking up. 講解

她的歌词探索了坠入爱河的感受以及分手的痛苦。

Julia's songs are written from experience. 短語搭配

朱莉娅的歌曲都源自她的亲身经历。

Several years ago,

几年前，

she quit her band in Australia and bought a one-way ticket to London to be with her boyfriend and soulmate, 用詞

她退出了在澳大利亚的乐队，买了一张去伦敦的单程票，为了和她的男朋友兼灵魂伴侣在一起，

the person who she felt a special romantic connection with. 短語搭配

那个让她觉得有着特殊浪漫连结的人。

But things didn't work out as she'd hoped, 講解

但是事情并没有如她所愿，

and she found herself alone and working in a depressing job. 語法

她发现自己孤身一人，做着一份令人沮丧的工作。

Julia turned to music, 短語動詞

于是朱莉娅转向了音乐，

pouring her feelings of lost love into the songs which later became her first album as a successful musician. 習語

把失去爱情的感受倾注到歌曲中，这些歌后来构成了她作为成功音乐人的首张专辑。

So when BBC World Service program The Conversation spoke with her,

所以，当 BBC 国际频道节目《对话》采访她时，

they asked Julia what she would tell her younger self. 短語搭配

他们问朱莉娅会对自己年轻时的模样说些什么。

The one thing that was just very heartbreaking for me at that age was kind of adult cynicism, 講解

在那个年纪，让我感到非常心碎的一件事，可以说是成年人的那种愤世嫉俗，

I guess, about love.

我想，是关于爱情的。

I found that really difficult.

我发现那真的让人很难受。

You know,

你知道的，

now and when I like a young person is like really in love at 14,

现在，当遇到一个14岁、像当初的我一样深陷爱河的年轻人时，

I know that as an adult, 短語搭配

我作为成年人，深知，

I all your instincts are telling them to like,

你会本能地想告诉他们，

you know,

你懂的，

that it's probably not going to work, 用詞

这段感情可能不会有结果，

you know?

明白吗？

And that it's like,

然后就觉得，

just relax or whatever. 語氣意圖

‘放轻松就好了’之类的。

But I remember at the time just desperately wanting to be validated by adults and not be told that I was being stupid. 用詞

但我记得当时，我只是拼命地想要得到成年人的肯定，而不是被说成是个傻瓜。

I don't know.

我不知道。

I'd probably just be like, 用詞

我可能只会说，

"Yeah, go for it." 語氣意圖

"去吧，放手去做吧。"

Many teenagers have a romantic ideal of everlasting love, 短語搭配

许多青少年对永恒的爱情抱有浪漫的理想，

often in contrast to the beliefs of adults, 短語搭配

这往往与成年人的观念形成对比，

which Julia calls cynicism,

朱莉娅称这种观念为“愤世嫉俗”，

the belief that something will not be successful or that the people involved are not sincere. 語法

即认为某事不会成功，或者涉及的人并不真诚。

The young Julia wanted to feel validated,

年轻时的朱莉娅想要得到肯定（validated），

to get confirmation that her feelings were worthwhile and valued. 短語搭配

想要得到确认，证明她的感情是有价值和被重视的。

She wanted someone to tell her,

她希望有人告诉她，

"Go for it,"

"放手去做（Go for it），"

a phrase used to encourage a person to do whatever it takes to make something work. 短語搭配

这个短语用来鼓励某人不惜一切代价把事情做成。

Young love is delicate and it's easy to be pessimistic. 習語

年轻的爱情是脆弱的，很容易让人变得悲观。

I mean, how many couples do you know, Sam, 語法

我的意思是，萨姆，你认识多少对情侣，

who met as teenagers and stayed together for the rest of their lives? 短語搭配

是在青少年时期相识并相伴余生的？

I don't know many,

我认识的不多，

it's true.

这是事实。

Neuroscientist Dr. Lucy Brown is co-creator of The Anatomy of Love, 用詞

神经科学家露西·布朗博士是《爱的解剖学》的联合创始人，

a website exploring the science of romance.

这是一个探索浪漫科学的网站。

She thinks we need to be more realistic about falling in love, 短語搭配

她认为我们需要更现实地看待坠入爱河这件事，

as she explains here to BBC World Service's The Conversation.

正如她在这里向 BBC 国际频道的《对话》栏目所解释的那样。

I wish someone had said, 語法

我希望有人曾对我说，

"You know,

"你知道，

love is wonderful.

爱情很美好。

Yes, go for it.

是的，去追求吧。

But heartbreak happens,

但是心碎也会发生，

you know, and maybe this isn't going to last. 用詞

你懂的，而且这也许不会长久。

Um,

嗯，

um,

嗯，

maybe it is, 表達脈絡

也许会长久，

but maybe it isn't.

但也可能不会。

And just realize that it can be one of the most devastating experiences in your life. 語法

只要明白，这可能会是你人生中最具毁灭性的经历之一。

But you're going to get over it." 短語動詞

但你终究会走出来的。"

Dr. Brown thinks it's important to know that relationships can end in heartbreak, 習語

布朗博士认为，重要的是要知道感情可能会以心碎告终，

feelings of great sadness,

也就是一种极度悲伤的感觉，

as if your heart is broken,

仿佛你的心碎成了两半，

especially after the end of a romantic affair.

尤其是在一段浪漫关系结束之后。

But she also wants young people to know that whatever happens, 語法

但她也希望年轻人知道，无论发生什么，

they can get over it,

他们都能挺过去（get over it），

feel better again after something has made them unhappy.

即在经历了让人不愉快的事情后重新好起来。

Falling in love is one of the great experiences in life,

坠入爱河是人生中伟大的经历之一，

and developing the strength to face whatever happens makes it more likely that the story ends happily, 講解

而培养出面对任何境遇的勇气，会让故事更有可能以喜剧收场，

unlike the tale of Romeo and Juliet.

而不像罗密欧与朱丽叶的故事那样。

I think it's time to reveal the answer to my question, Neil.

尼尔，我想是时候公布我刚才那个问题的答案了。

In which Italian city does the story of Romeo and Juliet take place? 短語動詞

《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的故事发生在意大利的哪座城市？

I said it was Florence.

我说是佛罗伦萨。

So, was I right?

那么，我答对了吗？

Well, Florence is a romantic city,

嗯，佛罗伦萨是个浪漫的城市，

but the correct answer is Verona.

但正确答案是维罗纳。

Verona was little known in Shakespeare's time, 用詞

维罗纳在莎士比亚的时代鲜为人知，

but nowadays thousands of tourists visit the sites connected with the story, 短語搭配

但现在，成千上万的游客会去参观与这个故事相关的景点，

including the famous balcony where Romeo declared his eternal love. 短語搭配

其中包括罗密欧宣告他永恒之爱的那个著名的阳台。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, 表達脈絡

好了，让我们来回顾一下今天学到的词汇，

starting with soulmate,

从“soulmate（灵魂伴侣）”开始，

the special person who you feel a strong romantic bond to.

指让你感觉到强烈浪漫羁绊的那个特别的人。

Cynicism describes the belief that something will not work out successfully.

“Cynicism（愤世嫉俗/悲观主义）”描述的是认为某件事不会成功的观念。

If you are validated, 用詞

如果你被“validated（得到肯定）”，

you get external confirmation that your actions are ideas or feelings are worthwhile and valued.

意味着你得到了外部的确认，证明你的行为、想法或感受是有价值的。

You can use the phrase go for it to encourage someone to make whatever efforts are necessary to get something done. 短語搭配

你可以用“go for it（放手去做）”这个短语来鼓励别人为了完成某事而付出一切必要的努力。

Heartbreak describes feelings of great sadness as if your heart is broken.

“Heartbreak（心碎）”描述的是仿佛心碎成两半的极度悲伤之情。

And finally,

最后，

to get over something means to feel better again after something has made you unhappy. 短語動詞

“to get over something（克服/走出阴影）”的意思是在经历了令人不快的事情后重新振作起来。

Once again,

又一次，

our 6 minutes are up, 表達脈絡

我们的6分钟时间到了，

but there's time for one more famous saying and I think it's good advice,

但还有时间分享一句名言，我觉得这是个很好的建议：

better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. 文化背景

爱过又失去，总好过从未爱过。

Bye for now.

先说到这啦。

Goodbye.

再见。

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