🎵 为什么分享这首歌
Avicii 的名曲《The Nights》。歌词是一个父亲对孩子说的话——总有一天你会离开这个世界，所以去过一种你不会忘记的人生。Avicii 本人 28 岁早逝，这首歌因此格外戳人。
学英语的角度：副歌 live a life you will remember（去过一种你会记住的人生）和 these are the nights that never die（这些夜晚永不消逝）句式漂亮，适合背下来直接用；词汇里也有 forsake / venture / lore 这种偏书面、但很有质感的词。
📝 歌词 Lyrics（节选）
Once upon a younger year When all our shadows disappeared The animals inside came out to play Went face to face with all our fears Learned our lessons through the tears Made memories we knew would never fade
He said, one day you’ll leave this world behind So live a life you will remember My father told me when I was just a child These are the nights that never die
When thunder clouds start pouring down Light a fire they can’t put out Carve your name into those shining stars
完整歌词见 Genius - The Nights。
🔤 重点词句
- live a life you will remember — 过一种你会记住的人生。you will remember 是省掉 that 的定语从句，修饰 a life。
- leave this world behind — leave … behind 把……留在身后 / 告别人世。
- these are the nights that never die — that never die 定语从句：永不消逝的夜晚。
- the animals inside came out to play — 比喻：心里那只野兽跑出来撒野了（指放下顾虑、尽情而为）。
- face to face with all our fears — face to face with 与……面对面 / 正面对抗。
- learned our lessons through the tears — through the tears 流着泪学会教训。
- memories we knew would never fade — fade 褪色 / 消逝。we knew would never fade 修饰 memories。
- thunder clouds start pouring down — thunder clouds 雷雨云；pour down（雨）倾盆而下。
- light a fire they can’t put out — light a fire 点火；put out 扑灭（火）。
- carve your name into those shining stars — carve A into B 把 A 刻进 B 里。
- venture far beyond these shores — venture 冒险前往；beyond 越过；shores 海岸 / 彼岸。
- don’t forsake this life of yours — forsake 抛弃（比 give up 重、更书面）。
- guide your heart through travel and lore — lore 传说 / 学问。
🗣️ 发音与连读
- leave this world behind → leave this 连读，world behind 连读，d 几乎听不到。
- live a life → /lɪv ə laɪf/，a 弱读。
- these are the nights → these are the 三个弱读词几乎黏成 /ðɪz ər ðə/。
- pouring down → pour /pɔːr/ 和 down 连读。
- venture → /ˈventʃər/，t 和 ure 合成 /tʃər/。
- forsake → /fɔːrˈseɪk/，重音在第二音节 -sake。
💬 讨论点（语音群聊用）
- Live a life you will remember. What’s one thing you want to be able to say you did, when you’re old?
- Who gave you the best life advice? What did they say?
- These are the nights that never die. Do you have a night you’ll never forget?
✍️ 我的笔记
最爱 live a life you will remember——一个 that 都不用，直接 a life you will remember，干净又有力。还有 light a fire they can’t put out（点燃一团扑不灭的火），比直白说 be brave 有画面得多。词汇方面 forsake 值得记，比 abandon / give up 多一层文学味。
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