【#032】Wake Me Up - Avicii

Wake Me Up

先日亡くなったAviciiの代表曲です。
優しい単語で構成されていて、聞き取りやすいと思います。



中級者向け

Quiz

Feeling my way through the (①          )

Guided by a beating heart

I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand

They say I'm caught up in a dream

Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my (②           )

Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③         ), and I

Didn't know I was (④            )

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③         ), and I

Didn't know I was (④            )

I tried carrying the weight of the world

But I only have two hands

Hope I get the chance to (⑤             ) the world

But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this (⑥          )

Not afraid to close my eyes

Life's a game made for everyone

And love is a (⑦            )

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③         ), and I

Didn't know I was (④            )

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③         ), and I

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know

Words Bank

歌詞の①～⑦の空白に入る単語を考えよう。

a,myself

b,young

c,eyes

d,lost

e,darkness

f,prize

g,travel

Check the Meanings

以下の単語の意味を確認しましょう。

【中学レベル】

myself

young

eye

lost

darkness

prize

travel

Translate into Japanese

以下の文を日本語に訳しましょう。

使われている文法的は中学校で習っています。

I can't tell where the journey will end

⇒

I'm too young to understand

⇒

Answer and Explanation

①e,darkness

②c,eyes

③a,myself

④d,lost

⑤g,travel

⑥b,young

⑦f,prize

Check the Meanings

以下の単語の意味を確認しましょう。

【中学レベル】

myself　代名詞　私自身

young　形容詞　若い

eye　名詞　目

lost　形容詞　紛失した　または　loseの過去形・過去分詞形

darkness　名詞　暗さ

prize　名詞　賞

travel　動詞　旅行する

Translate into Japanese

以下の文を日本語に訳しましょう。

使われている文法的は中学校で習っています。

I can't tell where the journey will end

⇒私はその旅がどこで終わるかを教えることはできません。

この文は間接疑問文です。

間接疑問文は難しく考えすぎず、疑問詞(Where,When,Howなど)が文の途中に入ってくるだけと考えてください。意味は今まで通りです。

where ~ なら　どこで～
when ~ なら　いつ～

how~ なら　どうやって～

です。

I'm too young to understand

⇒私は若すぎて理解することができない。

（私は理解するには若すぎる）

これは以前にも

【#016】Sorry - Justin Bieber

で出てきた、too~to...の文です。

とても～なので…できない、…するには～すぎると訳しましょう。

Try Again

それでは以上のことを確認し、もう一度リスニングに挑戦してください。

答えのところの意味や下線部のところの意味を思い出して聴いてください。

Feeling my way through the (①darkness)

Guided by a beating heart

I can't tell where the journey will end

But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand

They say I'm caught up in a dream

Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my (②eyes)

Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③myself), and I

Didn't know I was (④lost)

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③myself), and I

Didn't know I was (④lost)

I tried carrying the weight of the world

But I only have two hands

Hope I get the chance to (⑤travel) the world

But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this (⑥young)

Not afraid to close my eyes

Life's a game made for everyone

And love is a (⑦prize)

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③myself), and I

Didn't know I was (④lost)

So wake me up when it's all over

When I'm wiser and I'm older

All this time I was finding (③myself), and I

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know