听歌学英文，是一种非常好的学英语的方式。
本期我们要分享的歌曲是the lakes by Taylor Swift
建议大家先对着歌词听一遍音乐，再看后面的精析。效果会更好~
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Is it romantic how all of my elegies eulogize me?倘若我所作的哀歌都尽数用于称颂自己 这是否足够浪漫
Elegy
音标：/'elɪdʒɪ/
中文释义：
n. 哀歌,挽歌
英文释义：
An elegy is a sad poem, often about someone who has died.
例句：
Feel like an elegy? Well, fine, then this can be the sunset of Nelson's England.
像是一首挽歌吗？好吧，这就是以纳尔逊为代表的旧英国的衰落。---《艺术的力量-约瑟夫·玛罗德·威廉·特纳》
拓展：
这里的“elegies”为“elegy”的复数形式
What should be over burrowed under my skin在我的皮囊之下 又有何秘密值得世人不断探寻
burrow
音标：
英音：/'bʌrəʊ/
美音：/'bɝro/
中文释义：
vi. 翻寻 n. 地洞
英文释义：
①A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
②If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
例句：
①A mole has burrowed a hole in the sand.
鼠在沙地上挖了一个洞。
②What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?
你在我抽屉里乱翻什么？
I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze我已尽全力从那些损毁声誉的欺诈中逃出生天
name-dropping
中文释义：
n.提到所认识的名人以引起别人的注意;
v.抬出名人显要以提高身价; 说出名人名字以抬高自己;
英文释义：
the practice of referring frequently to famous or fashionable people, esp as though they were intimate friends, in order to impress others
sleaze
中文释义：
n. 〈俚〉
①肮脏，污秽，邋遢；破败
②卑劣的人
③人身攻击
英文释义：
You use sleaze to describe activities that you consider immoral, dishonest, or not respectable, especially in politics, business, journalism, or entertainment.
例句：
①They have made it easy for Sven to fill his expensive boots while allowing an atmosphere of sleaze to develop.
②The senator denounced the press for engaging in 'sleaze' and called the story a lie.
With no one around to tweet it因为无人在周围对它的生长议论纷纷
tweet
中文释义：
“鸟类的叽叽喳喳声”
英文释义：
A tweet is a short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
拓展：
tweet我们可能最熟悉它的另一个很像的词Twitter
但是tweet作为名词、动词也和Twitter有关噢
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief我招致灾祸的爱意与无法抗拒的悲伤都一齐沉入水下
calamitous
音标：/kə'læmɪtəs/
中文释义：
adj. 灾难的;悲惨的
英文释义：
If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
例句：
①Climate change moves slowly, which is part of its calamitous power.
气候变化进展缓慢，这是其灾难性力量的一部分。-----《经济学人》
②State help for ethnic Malays may seem to have worked. But its benefits are debatable and its costs calamitous.
国家帮助马来少数族裔人群可能确实有帮助，但其优点仍有待商榷，且代价惨重。----《经济学人》
insurmountable
音标：/ˌɪnsə'maʊntəb(ə)l/
中文释义：
adj. 不可逾越的
英文释义：
A problem that is insurmountable is so great that it cannot be dealt with successfully.
例句：
The crisis doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem.
