【#038】Beautiful Now - Zedd ft. Jon Bellion

Beautiful Now

スズキSwiftのCMの曲として使用されていました。
サビは誰もが聞いたことがあると思います。比較的聞き取りやすい発音なので、リスニングにはもってこいです。単語のレベルは高校生レベルのものをもってきました。



初級者向け

Quiz

歌詞の穴に入る単語を聞き取りましょう。

I see what you're wearing, there's nothing (①        ) it

(②          ) me for staring, (②          ) me for breathing

We might not know why, we might not know (③      )

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We're beautiful now We're beautiful now

We might not know why, we might not know (③      )

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We'll light up the sky, we'll open the (④         )

'Cause baby, tonight, we're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful we're beautiful

Wherever it's going, I'm gonna (⑤       ) it

What's left of this moment, I'm not gonna (⑥         ) it

Stranded together, our worlds have (⑦            )

This won't be forever, so why try to fight it?

We're beautiful now We're beautiful now

We might not know why, we might not know (③      )

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We'll light up the sky, we'll open the (④         )

'Cause baby, tonight, we're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful we're beautiful

Let's live tonight like fireflies

And one by one light up the sky

We (⑧            ) and pass the crown

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful

We're beautiful, 

we're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful

Choices

歌詞の穴に入る単語の候補です。

a, how
b, collided
c, beneath
d, chase
e, forgive
f, disappear
g, waste
h, clouds

Check the Meanings

意味確認をしましょう。

【中学レベル】
how
try to
cloud
disappear

【高校レベル】
collide
beneath
chase
forgive
waste

Answer and Explanation

①c, beneath
②e, forgive
③a, how
④h, clouds
⑤d, chase
⑥g, waste
⑦b, collided
⑧f, disappear

Check the Meanings

意味確認をしましょう。

【中学レベル】
how　副詞　どのようにして
⇒nowとの発音の違いを意識して聞きましょう。
try to 　～しようと試みる、努める
cloud　名詞　雲
disappear　動詞　消える
⇒これは代表的な接頭語のdis-がついています。
　appear　動詞　現れる　の否定形です。
接頭語について何度もしてきていますが
【#001】A Whole New World

でもやっているので確認しましょう。

【高校レベル】
collide　動詞　衝突する
beneath 前置詞　~の下に
chase　動詞　追う
forgive　動詞　許す　
waste　動詞　浪費する

Listen again

単語の意味を確認しながらもう一度リスニングしましょう。

I see what you're wearing, there's nothing (①beneath) it

(②Forgive) me for staring, (②forgive) me for breathing

We might not know why, we might not know (③how)

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We're beautiful now We're beautiful now

We might not know why, we might not know (③how)

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We'll light up the sky, we'll open the (④clouds)

'Cause baby, tonight, we're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful we're beautiful

Wherever it's going, I'm gonna (⑤chase) it

What's left of this moment, I'm not gonna (⑥waste) it

Stranded together, our worlds have (⑦collided)

This won't be forever, so why try to fight it?

We're beautiful now We're beautiful now

We might not know why, we might not know (③how)

But baby, tonight, we're beautiful now

We'll light up the sky, we'll open the (④clouds)

'Cause baby, tonight, we're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful we're beautiful

Let's live tonight like fireflies

And one by one light up the sky

We (⑧disappear) and pass the crown

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful

We're beautiful, 

we're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now

We're beautiful now, 

we're beautiful