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Five Hundred Miles
Five Hundred Miles
If you miss the train Im on,
You will know that I am gone.
如果你错过我坐的火车，你会知道我已离开，
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles,
你可以听见汽笛在一百里以外响，
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles.
You can hear the whistle blow
一百里，一百里，一百里，一百里
你可以听见汽笛在一百里以外响。
A hundred miles.
Lord, Im one, Lord, Im two.
Lord, Im three, Lord, Im four,
Lord, Im five hundred miles
天啊，一百里，二百里，
天啊，三百里，四百里，
天啊，我已离家五百里。
Away from home,
Away from home,
away from home,
Away from home, away from home,
Lord, Im five hundred miles
Away from home.
Not a shirt on my back,
Not a penny to my name,
Lord, I cant go home this a way,
离开了家，离开了家，
离开了家，离开了家
天啊，我已离家五百里
无衬衫穿在身，
身上也无分文，
天啊，我不能这个样回家园
This a way, this a way,
This a way, this a way,
Lord, I cant go home this a way.
If you miss the train Im on,
You will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles.
这个样，这个样，
这个样，这个样，
如果你错过我坐的火车，
你会知道我已离开，
你可以听见汽笛在响，
一百里以外。
歌词、句型分析
1． If you miss the train Im on, you will know that I am gone.
=If you fail to catch the train that I take, you will know that I have left.
如果你错过了我搭的那班火车，你会知道我已经走了。
miss: fail to catch a train (bus ,ship, etc.); fail to see a film (play, performance, etc.)
例：She always misses the bus.
她总是错过公共汽车。
to be gone: have（has, had） left
例：All her friends are gone.
她的朋友们都走了。
His happy days are gone.
他幸福的日子过完了。
2．You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
=You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles away.
你可以听到汽笛在百里之外响着
whistle vi 鸣汽笛，吹口哨，n, 口哨，汽笛
例：The judge whistled for the runners to start.
裁判吹哨子命令比赛开始。
3．be away from: 远离
例：He is away from his loved ones.
他离开了他所爱的人。
4．Im five hundred miles away from home.
“离……有……远”一般不可删去away.
例：My hometown is five hundred kilometers away from Beijing.
我的家乡离北京有500公里远。
5．Not a shirt on my back.
=I have not a Shirt on my back.
have not a shirt on my back: 穷得衣不遮体
keep ones shirt on:（美俚）耐着性子；保持镇静
6．Not a penny to my name
=I have not a penny to my name.一文不名。
To ones name 属于某人的
例如：He has not a penny to his name. He lives on help from friends.
他现在一文不名，靠朋友接济而生活．
