2001年11月12日,在全世界歌迷的翘首期盼下,Westlife推出了自己的第三张专辑World Of Our Own,专辑的同名单曲“World of Our Own"更是空降到英国单曲的冠军位置,发行仅一周便以30多万的销量打败了歌坛天后Madonna的精选专辑成为冠军。新专辑共收录了19首世界当红词曲创作者们的杰作,其中有7首歌曲完全由团员们自己创作。音乐的类型和表现与以前的作品相比,内容更为丰满,除了高超的技巧和成熟的唱功外,又加入了灵魂式的唱腔。浪漫抒情的歌曲依然是Westlife专辑的传统特色,而多首快板歌曲更衬托出了Westlife年轻人的活泼动感。
You make me feel funny
When you come around
Yeah that's what I found out honey
What am I doing without you
You make me feel happy
When I leave you behind
It plays on my mind now honey
What am I doing without you
Took for granted everything we had
As if I'd find someone
Who's just like you
We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no-one else knows
I let you in where no-one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you
Well I guess I'm ready
For settling down
And fooling around is over
And I swear that it's true
No buts or maybes
When I'm falling down
There's always someone who saves me
And girl it's you
Funny how life can be so surprising
I'm just realising what you do
We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no-one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you
Well it's feeling right now
So let's do it right now
Praying that somehow
You will understand the way
It's feeling right now baby somehow
I won't let this slip away
We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no-one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you
我们竭尽全力想让我们的儿女们过得更好,而结果却适得其反。对我的孙辈们,我就明智得多了。
我真的希望他们能够了解什么是兄长传下来的旧衣服,家制的冰淇淋,以及吃剩的肉糕。真希望如此。
我的宝贝孙子,我希望你在经受失败的考验之后能学会谦卑,也希望你能学会诚实,即使在没有人注视你的时候。
我希望你能学会自己叠被子,自己刈草坪,自己洗车——我还希望在你满16岁时没有人送给你一辆崭新的轿车。
假如你至少有一次机会看见小牛犊出生,假如你不得不为你的老狗送终,那时有一位好朋友在场为你作伴——那样该有多好啊!
我希望你为维护自己的信仰而被人打得鼻青脸肿。
我希望你能和你弟弟共享一间卧室——即使你在卧室中间划一条分界线也没关系。可是,当弟弟因为害怕而要爬进你的被窝时,我希望你会接纳他。
当你要出去看迪斯尼电影,你的小弟弟想做你的小尾巴时,我希望你能带上他。
我希望你能和朋友们一起爬山,也希望你所生活的城市里做这项运动不会有什么危险。
如果你想要一把弹弓,我希望你父亲能教你怎样自己做一把,而不是给你买一把现成的。我还希望你能学会挖泥巴和读书;而当你学会使用电脑时,你也应该学会加减法的心算。
当你第一次恋上一个女孩时,我希望你会受到朋友们的嘲弄;而当你跟你母亲顶嘴时,希望她叫你尝一尝象牙肥皂的滋味。
但愿你能在爬山时擦破膝盖,或者在炉子上烫伤你的手,或者一不小心舌头粘在结冰的旗杆上。
我希望吸烟者对着你的脸上喷吐烟雾时,你会感到恶心。如果你尝试喝一次啤酒,我不会在意;但是我希望你不会上瘾。如果有一位朋友请你吸一口含大麻的香烟,或者任何毒品,我希望你明智地意识到他不是你的朋友。
我当然希望你能抽时间陪你爷爷在阳台上坐一坐,或者陪你叔叔钓钓鱼。
如果你扔棒球砸破了邻居的窗户,我希望你母亲惩罚你。如果你能按自己的手型做一个石膏模型,并修理整齐送给你母亲,我希望她会拥抱和亲吻你。
我希望你能经历艰难的岁月和失望;希望你努力工作,幸福快乐。
1. cherish v. 珍爱, 怀有
2. humility n. 谦逊, 谦卑
3. survive v. 幸免于, 从......中逃生
4. mow v. 割草
5. lawn n. 草地, 草坪
6. calf n. 小牛
7. crawl v. 爬行, 蠕动
8. scared adj. 惊慌的, 吓坏了的
9. tag v. [俗] 尾随
10. uphill adv. 上坡
11. slingshot ] n. 弹弓
12. subtract v. 作减法
13. razz v. 非难, 嘲弄
14. crush n. 迷恋
15. ivory n. 象牙
16. stove n. 火炉
17. joint n. 含大麻的香烟
18. porch n. (美)阳台,走廊
19. baseball n. 棒球
20. hug v. 拥抱
21. plaster n. 胶泥, 石膏
22. pare v. 修剪, 削去
23. mold [mould] n. 模子, 雏型
24. tough adj. 艰难