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翻轉視界 18 Changing Perspective

There's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.

通往目的地的路不止一條，有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步，然後再邁出下一步，幾年下來，將會成為巨大成就。

文章來自於New Humans of Australia (有取得授權)

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I didn’t meet my father until I was 6 years old. My parents had a comfortable, middle-class life in Shanghai, or as close as you could get under communism. But they always wanted to live overseas, and just before I was born, my dad came to Sydney to set things up. I don’t know why, but in the end, my mother and I didn’t join him until I was 6.

•a middle-class life 中產階級生活
•set things up 打點一切
•live overseas 往海外生活
•in the end 最後 (表達在經過一段時間或一連串事件之後的結果)

直到六歲前我都未曾見過父親。我的雙親在上海過著舒適的中產階級生活，或著說，在共產階級下所能得到的最接近的生活。他們一直響往海外生活，就在我出生前，我父親來到雪梨打點一切。但不知何故，直到六歲那年我與母親才終於與父親團聚。

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Unfortunately, half a year after we arrived, he left us. That was a huge shock. Our transition had already been quite difficult, as we both didn't speak English. Also, as Shanghai was such a big bustling city, Sydney felt a bit like the countryside, especially on the weekends, as no shops were open back then!

•shock 令人震驚的事件（或經歷）；驚愕，震驚 (come as a great shock 讓人倍感震驚)
•transition 轉變；過渡
•a bustling city 繁華都會

不幸的是，就在我跟母親抵達半年後，父親離開了我們。這是個巨大的打擊，因爲我們不會說英文，在適應過渡期本就已過得相當艱辛。此外，不同於上海的繁華都會，雪梨更像鄉下，尤其在週末，那時連商店都不開門。

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We were very much reliant on my dad, not only financially, but also as a conduit into the wider community. So to have that broken was quite distressing. I remember Mum crying a lot. As we had become socially isolated, we didn’t find out anything about Centrelink, so we survived on her savings for a while, and then got some help from her family back in China.

•be reliant on… 依賴...
•a conduit into 進入...的渠道
•distressing (adj.) 令人苦惱的,令人擔憂的
•become socially isolated 變得孤立於社會
•survive on her savings 僅靠的她積蓄過日子

我們相當依賴我父親，不僅是經濟，他也是我們進入更廣泛社區的渠道。因此，當局面被打破時令人相當痛苦，我還記得母親時常哭泣。由於我們孤立於社會，所以我們並不知道澳洲社會福利聯絡中心 （Centrelink）的任何資訊，僅靠母親的積蓄支撐了一段時間，然後從母親在中國的娘家得到一些幫助。

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Eventually, Mum moved us down to Melbourne, where we were able to make some new networks and family friendships. But I was bullied a bit at school about things like my food and clothing! Whenever someone bullied me, I would defend myself, but because I didn’t have the language skills to explain to the teacher why, I got in trouble quite a bit. I ended up having to move school 3 times before I came to Balwyn Primary School, which was relatively multicultural.

•be able to 能夠
•make new networks 建立新的人脈，關係網
•be bullied 被霸凌
•language skills 語言能力
•get in trouble 惹上麻煩
•end up 最後處於；最後成爲；以…告終
•relatively 相對地
•multicultural 多元文化的

最後，母親帶著我搬遷到墨爾本，在那我們能夠建立起新的網絡與家庭情誼。然而。我在學校飽受霸凌，例如我的食物及衣物。每當有人霸凌我，我會自我防衛，但我的語言技巧不足以向老師解釋事發原因，因此常常陷入麻煩。後來我不得不再三轉學，直到就讀相對多元文化的博文小學（Balwyn Primary School）。

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After that, I did alright. Music featured very prominently in my life. I had started learning the violin from the age of 2.5 years old and even with all the troubles that were going on in my life, had somehow still kept up with it. As a result, I got a music scholarship to Trinity Grammar School. But even there I used to get into quite a lot of mischief, and would often skip school to go to the movies.

•do alight 過得不錯，做的不錯
•feature (v.) 以…為特色；給…以顯著的地位
•prominently 重要地；著名地；突出地，顯眼地

之後，我便過得不錯。音樂在我生活中佔有重要的一席之地，我從兩歲半開始學習小提琴，儘管生活中事事不如意，我依然堅持不輟。因此，我獲得三一文法學校（ Trinity Grammar School）的音樂獎學金。但即使在那，我也常惡作劇、逃學看電影。

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By the end of year 11, I was told I would have to either repeat the year, or consider going to another school, which was quite humiliating for my mum. I decided to move school and surprisingly, I ended up doing quite well in year 12! As a result, I ended up getting into a double degree in Law and Music at Monash.

•repeat the year 留級 ; 重唸一年
•humiliating 令人感到恥辱的，丟臉的

11年級結束時，我被告知要麽被留級，要麼考慮轉學，這對我母親來說相當丟人。我決定轉學，而令人驚訝的是，我在12年級的時候表現優異，最後錄取蒙納士大學法律與音樂雙學位。

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When I started, my first thought was that I didn’t belong because I had done so badly in school up to year 11 and everyone else seemed so smart. But I put my head down, got through it, and ended up getting a job in the legal department of a major manufacturing company, which was a different approach to what most law students do.

•do not belong 不屬於這
•put my head down 埋頭苦幹
•the legal department of ...的法律部門
•a different approach 不同途徑
•approach （思考問題的）方式，方法，態度

當我開始進入大學，最初的想法是我不屬於這，因為我在11年級前都表現不佳，而這裡的人似乎都聰明絕頂。但我埋頭苦幹，咬牙撐過，最後在一家大型製造公司的法律部門找到工作，這與多數法律系學生的途徑不同。

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I really enjoyed it. It was hard work, but I learned a lot of foundational business, legal and corporate communication skills. After that I worked in corporate governance in RMIT, then started to moonlight as a lecturer in the Law Faculty. Eventually, they asked me if I wanted to do a PhD and I blindly said yes! I next worked at Swinburne University, and then was head-hunted to lead the corporate legal team at the Commercial Passenger Vehicles Commission.

•foundational 基礎的
•communication skills 溝通技巧
•corporate governance
•moonlight (v.) （尤指瞞著僱主）從事第二職業，兼職
•headhunt (v.) 物色（人才）； 挖角
•legal team 法律團隊

我非常喜歡這份工作，這是份辛苦的工作，但我學習了很多基礎商業、法律以及公司溝通技巧。之後我在皇家墨爾本理工大學（ RMIT）從事公司治理工作，並開始兼職擔任法律系講師。後來他們問我是否想要讀博士，我便盲目地答應了。接下來，我在斯威本大學（Swinburne University）工作，再被挖角到商用小客車委員會領導法律團隊。

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I had a good life, but after a while, I realised I wanted a different kind of job. I could see my seniors were making a lot of money but that their family life was not that good. And looking at my own upbringing, I wanted to be the kind of father who could be present in my own kids’ lives. So I decided on dentistry. It would not only allow me to use the hand skills that I had developed from playing the violin, but also the analytical and reasoning skills that I'd developed in law. Plus it would be flexible, and offer me a stable income and the chance to meet different people every day!

•upbringing 教養
•decide on sth 決定某事或東西
•analytical and reasoning skills 分析和推理能力
•offer a stable income 提供穩定收入

我的生活很不錯，但一段時間後，我意識到自己想要一份不同的工作。我知道前輩們賺了很多錢，但他們的家庭生活並不美滿。看著自己的成長經歷，我想要成為可以在孩子生活中出席的父親，所以我決定改行當牙醫。這項職業能讓我使用從拉小提琴中發展出的手部技巧，也能運用我在法律中發展出的分析與推理技能。此外，這個職業相當靈活，能為我提供穩定收入，並有機會每天與不同的人見面。

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My now fiancée, who was my girlfriend at the time, was also applying for further study, and coincidentally we both got into university in South Australia, so we moved to Adelaide together a few years ago.

•fiancée 未婚妻
•at the time 當時
•apply for 申請
•further study 繼續教育，進修；進一步研究；深造
•coincidentally 碰巧地；巧合地

我的未婚妻，當時的女友，也申請繼續深造，巧的是我們都考上南澳大學（University of South Australia)，所以幾年前一起搬到阿得雷德（ Adelaide）。

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I was lucky to get a university job at Flinders University. Initially, I started out as a casual lecturer in the law school, but I’ve since transitioned into teaching health law and research, and I’m currently writing a few books on the intersection between law and medicine. And also, obviously, trying to finish my dentistry degree!

•start out as… 起初擔任...
•transition into… 轉變到...

我很幸運的在福林德斯大學（Flinders University）找到工作，起初我在法學院擔任臨時講師，但我後來轉換到醫事法教學及研究。目前我正撰寫幾本關於法律與醫學相接的書籍，並努力完成我的牙醫學位。

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Mum eventually retrained as a Chinese high school teacher, and she’s still teaching to this day. Like most first generation migrants, she struggled quite a lot, and invested heavily in my success. After we’re married, my fiancée and I are planning to have children, and I’m sure they will have it much easier than I did.

•retrain 重新培養；再培訓；再訓練
•to this day 至今
•first generation migrants 第一代移民
•struggle a lot 掙扎奮鬥許久
•have it much easier 過的比較輕鬆

我的母親最終重新接受培訓，成為一名中文高中老師並執教至今。如同大多數第一代移民，她掙扎奮鬥許久，並為我的成功投資甚多。我與未婚妻打算婚後生孩子，我確信孩子會過的比我輕鬆得多。

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Still, a lot of the failures that I’ve had in my life have really informed a lot of my successes. Looking back, I wouldn't really want to change that to have a smoother life.

•inform [正式] 影響某人的態度或意見
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/inform

•have a smoother life 有一個更順遂的人生

我的生活中的種種失敗確實為我的成功提供借鑑。回首過去，我不會想要改變那些坎坷經歷去擁有一個更順遂的人生。

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Over the years, I've learned that perseverance is very important. I hope that through telling my story, I can be an example to others who might be in a similar position as I was: to show that there's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.

•over the years 多年來
•perseverance 不屈不撓，堅持不懈
•be an example 成為榜樣
•be in a similar position 處於相似的處境
•down the road/line/track 將來(的路)

多年來，我學到堅持不懈是至關重要的。我希望透過講述自己的故事，能成為其他可能與我有相似處境的人的榜樣：向他們展示通往目的地的路不止一條，有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步，然後再邁出下一步，幾年下來，將會成為巨大成就。

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批判性思考問題大全: http://bit.ly/34rdtJ7

「天降甘霖」、「及時雨」英文怎麼說?

Yay! It's finally raining!

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Taiwan gets some much-needed rain after a prolonged dry spell.

在一段長期的乾旱後，臺灣獲得了亟需的降雨。

相關詞彙

•dry spell 乾期；枯水期
•prolonged drought 長期的乾旱
•water shortage 缺水
•water usage restrictions 用水限制

•timely rainfall 及時雨 ; (fig.)​ timely assistance 即時的幫忙*
•from the heavens 從天而降
•much-needed rain 亟需的降雨
•provide drought relief 為乾旱提供救濟
•rain falls in the nick of time 於關鍵時刻降水
•the rains [plural] （熱帶地區的）雨季
•monsoon （炎熱的亞洲國家的）季雨；季節風；季風
•plum rain 梅雨；霉雨**
•replenish water supplies 補充供水
•breathe a small sigh of relief 稍微鬆了口氣

*timely (adj.): https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/timely

**梅雨，指由冷熱空氣交鋒而成之鋒面雨，在每年春夏交際時於臺灣、日本中南部、韓國南部，以及中國長江中下游地區、四川盆地東部和江淮地區等地形成的持續天陰有雨之自然氣候現象。由於梅雨發生的時段正是江南梅子的成熟期，並且由於長期下雨，導致衣物、食品等容易發霉，因此梅雨又有一個別名：「霉雨」。台灣過去並無「梅雨」一詞，而是自國民政府遷台後所帶來，雖然時間上較早，又與梅子成熟期不完全吻合，但其成因及降雨特性卻與長江梅雨、日本梅雨都相似，所以也採用「梅雨」這個名稱。

資料來源: https://bit.ly/3yLZXgS

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Any more expressions? Let it rain!

6 bí kíp LUYỆN PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH cho người mới bắt đầu

Câu hỏi này mình nhận được nhiều lắm luôn. Trong post này, mình sẽ cố gắng đúc rút và tổng hợp những cách chi tiết, mong các bạn thấy có ích phần nào nha. Let's get started.

🛑 1, Học và sử dụng IPA

IPA là gì? IPA (viết tắt của International Phonetic Alphabet) là hệ thống các ký hiệu ngữ âm được các nhà ngôn ngữ học tạo ra và sử dụng nhằm thể hiện các âm tiết trong mọi ngôn ngữ một cách chuẩn xác và riêng biệt. Với Tiếng Anh, ngôn ngữ này có 26 chữ mà có tận 44 âm khác nhau. Ví dụ như cùng một chữ “c", mà sao “cook" và “nice" lại có cách đọc khác nhau? Ui chà, quá ư là mệt. Vì thế, khi học và nắm vững IPA, chúng mình sẽ biết cách phát âm từ chuẩn xác.

Lúc đầu, nhiều bạn có thể thấy khá rối và khó nhớ. Bí kíp của mình là bên cạnh học, thì phải tra từ điển thật nhiều, nhìn IPA bên cạnh nhiều riết rồi quen à. Các bạn có thể dành 1-3 buổi để xem/đọc những tài liệu về IPA sau, mình thấy khá hấp dẫn, dễ hiểu này:

-- Video Youtube:
+ mmmEnglish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NVPg2kHv4
+ Crown Academy of English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8KppNXfx2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwTDPu2TE6k (cái này thì chỉ đọc tất cả âm và kèm theo 1 ví dụ đi kèm cho mỗi âm, bạn có thể xem cái này để hình dung nha)

Bài viết “Quy tắc và cách phát âm chuẩn không tì vết": https://vn.elsaspeak.com/phat-am-tieng-anh-chuan-nhu-ban-xu/

Bài viết “Phonetic Alphabet - Examples of sounds", có đưa ra một số âm hay dùng trong giao tiếp hàng ngày, kèm ví dụ nha:
https://www.londonschool.com/blog/phonetic-alphabet/#:~:text=The%20International%20Phonetic%20Alphabet%20

Trang này rất hay này “Sound of English by Sharon Widmeyer and Holly Gray": https://www.soundsofenglish.org/headhate

🛑 2. Tra từ điển

Đi kèm với học IPA, thì mình cũng nên tra từ điển thường xuyên để quen dần và học nhanh hơn nha. Mình ngày trước thì không học IPA mấy vì thấy hơi khó hiểu. Nên năm cấp 1, cấp 2, mình chỉ tra từ điển giấy và hỏi thầy cô. Năm cấp 3, mới dùng ipad, máy tính nhiều thì mới nghe được cách phát âm từ các từ điển online, các video nước ngoài chuẩn chính. Thành ra, đến bây giờ, mình phát âm nhiều từ vẫn sai tùm lum, các bạn rút kinh nghiệm từ mình nha: Học IPA, chăm tra từ điển online để nghe họ phát âm, siêng nghe/xem video nước ngoài.

- Các từ điển mình hay sử dụng:

+ Merriam - Webster Dictionary: America's most trusted online dictionary for English word definitions, meanings, and pronunciation.
Website | iOS | Android

+ Longman English Dictionary - the leading dictionary for learners of English of all levels: definitions, idioms, examples and more.
Website | iOS | Android

+ Google Translate: tìm “How to pronounce {insert từ} “ thì sẽ có cả phần minh hoạ miệng lúc nói từ đó bên cạnh audio phát âm nữa. Mình cũng hay dùng GG translate để học nói cả đoạn văn dài. (Bạn có thể dùng gương để xem miệng và lưỡi mình đã có vẻ “đúng" khi nói theo họ chưa nhá)

Còn nhiều từ điển lắm, các bạn dùng cái nào hay thì comment thêm để học lẫn nhau hén.

🛑 3. Phân bổ ra nhiều âm tiết

Ví dụ: từ “analysis"

Bạn vào trang: https://www.howmanysyllables.com/words/analysis, thì sẽ cho ra kết quả như thế này:

How many syllables in analysis? 4 syllables
Divide analysis into syllables: a-nal-y-sis
Stressed syllable in analysis: a-nal-y-sis
How to pronounce analysis: uh-nal-uh-sis
How to say analysis: audio

Đỉnh của chóp hem. Nhìn cũng dễ hiểu ha 🥰

🛑 4. Nhớ nhấn trọng âm

Về nguyên tắc trọng âm, thì mình thú thật là mình hông nhớ. Mình nghe và nói nhiều, riết thành quen á, rồi sẽ có lúc đọc một từ thấy sai sai, thì tra từ điển liền hoặc hỏi các anh chị bản ngữ sửa giùm. Luyện tập nói nhiều sẽ tạo cho mình một phản xạ rất tốt như vậy.

Mới đây, mình đi dẫn một chương trình, và mình nói từ “cartoon character". Ôi lúc nói xong đã thấy sai sai rồi, mà không có cơ hội quay lại lần nữa mà sửa. Mình nói “chaRACter" - trọng âm thứ 2, thay vì “CHAracter" - trọng âm 1 mới đúng. Những người bản xứ và sử dụng Tiếng Anh vẫn hiểu mình nói gì, tuy nhiên đó là nhờ việc mình nói sai trọng âm một từ, chứ nhiều từ sai trọng âm trong câu thì nghe thành ngôn ngữ khác mất. Các bạn lưu ý điều này nha.

🛑 5. Thu âm lại

Nghe và thu âm lại là một cách học nhiều người khuyên rùi. Với những bạn mới bắt đầu, thì việc học phát âm đúng từ đầu quan trọng hơn cả, tránh để sai về lâu về dài, khi sửa lại sẽ khó hơn.

Thế nên, mình nghĩ tốt hơn cả, vẫn nên có một người bạn/thầy/,... hỗ trợ sửa giúp mình khi nghe bản thu âm hoặc khi luyện tập nói chuyện cùng nhau. Nếu chưa tìm được, thì các bạn có thể chịu khó:

- Tra Google Translate cả đoạn bạn vừa nói để nghe chị Google đọc mẫu.
- Tra từ điển online từng từ mà bạn còn cảm thấy băn khoăn
- Dùng Elsa Speak để check phát âm của mình được bao nhiêu phần trăm
- Nghe các bài nói, phim ảnh,.... trên YouTube với cài đặt tốc độ chậm hơn để nói theo. Lúc nghe, bạn sẽ nhận ra vài câu mình từng nói có lỗi như thế nào đó.
- Thu âm lại từng quá trình cải thiện để xem sự tiến bộ và viết ra sổ những lỗi mình từng mắc.

Mình nói chịu khó là chịu khó thiệt á, vì mấy việc này cần thời gian, nỗ lực tỉ mỉ lắm, nhưng kết quả sẽ rất okla nên cố lên nhá.

🛑 6. Hiểu được sự kỳ cục

Ngày nhỏ, mình học ngoại ngữ, mình hay so sánh “ơ sao âm này giống âm trong tiếng Việt nhỉ, ơ sao trong tiếng Việt không có âm này ha?” Nhưng việc này càng khiến mình kém phát âm hơn. Thế nên, mình cứ mạnh dạn phát âm, dù trong suy nghĩ của mình cách phát âm hơi kỳ cục, nhưng như vậy mình mới luyện tập đúng từ đầu được. Nếu bạn thực sự gặp khó khăn với một âm nào đó cụ thể, hãy viết nó ra cùng với các âm vị tương tự nhưng phát âm khác, đọc đi đọc lại chúng nhiều lần. Điều này sẽ giúp bạn nhận ra sắc thái và nắm vững những khác biệt nhỏ đó nhaaaa.

“Pronunciation is about so much more than accents.” Cố lên các bạn nhá. Hy vong bài viết giúp ích được phần nào đó các bạn nhớ 😍❤️

【英語字幕】OK. So when I was in junior high school, I lived in Kanazawa. Every junior high school has at least one native speaker to teach the students real English, and my junior high school was really small but there was one native speaker. I think he was an American teacher. His name was Bob. I think he was from the state of Minnesota. And I really liked that guy. I really liked him. He was a big man like American, and he made me curious about the life in America cuz we didn't have internet back then. So on his last day of his teaching term, I wanted to tell him, I wanted to say thank you to him. Actually I wanted to say more than just thank you. So the night before his last day, I was reading a dictionary, trying to come up with something to say to him. And I still remember it was "I had a good time with you". That was the phrase. And so the next day, very first in the morning, I went to teachers' room, and I found Bob sitting at his desk. And I came up to him and said "Good morning Bob. I had a good time with you. Thank you." But I wasn't sure what I said would make sense. But this big guy Bob, all of a sudden, put a big smile on his face, and said "I had a good time with you too. We're friends now.", and we shook hands. I was really happy. I was really happy to realize... first of all, I was so happy that my English made sense. And that's the time, that's the moment I realized how powerful a language is. How much a single phrase moves a person. So after that moment, English wasn't just a study for me. It was more like... it was more something human.

※文法や言い回しなど微妙なところもあるので、ご参考までに。

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Original / Romaji Lyrics English Translation
Mada kono sekai wa boku wo kainarashitetai mitai da
nozomi doori ii darou utsukushiku mogaku yo

This world seems like it still wants to keep me tamed
As you wish, then- I'll struggle beautifully

Tagai no sunadokei nagame nagara kisu wo shiyou yo
"sayonara" kara ichiban tooi basho de machi awaseyou

Let's kiss as we watch each other's hourglasses
And let's meet up at the place farthest from goodbye

Jisho ni aru kotoba de dekiagatta sekai wo nikunda
mangekyou no naka de hachigatsu no aru asa

I cursed this world made of words from a dictionary
Inside the kaleidoscope, on an August morning

Kimi wa boku no mae de hanikande wa sumashite miseta
kono sekai no kyoukashono you na egao de

You always look bashful, and then play coy in front of me
With a smile that seemed like the textbook of the world

Tsui ni toki wa kita kinou made wa joshou no joshou de
tobashiyomi de ii kara koko kara ga bokuda yo
keiken to chishiki to kabi no haekakatta yuuki wo motte
ima da katsutenai supiido de kimi no moto e daibu wo

The time is finally here; everything till yesterday was a prologue to the prologue
It's fine if you skip it as you read through; this is me from here on out
With experience, knowledge, and an almost mouldy courage
I'll dive to you at a speed that was never before known

Madoromi no naka de namanurui koora ni
koko de nai dokoka wo yumemita yo
kyoushitsu no mado no soto ni
densha ni yurare hakobareru asa ni

During my nap, I dreamt of someplace not here
Inside the lukewarm cola
Outside the classroom window
And in the mornings I was being swayed by the train

Aishikata sae mo kimi no nioi ga shita
arukikata sae mo sono waraigoe ga shita

Even the way you love smelled like you
Even the way you walk sounded like that laugh

Itsuka kiete nakunaru kimi no subete wo
kono me ni yakitsuketeoku koto wa
mou kenri nanka ja nai gimu da to omounda

To burn onto my eyes
All of you, who will disappear someday
I don't think it's a right anymore; but my obligation

Unmei da toka mirai tokatte kotoba ga dore dake te wo
nobasou to todokanai basho de bokura koi wo suru
tokei no hari mo futari wo yokomeni minagara susumu
sonna sekai wo futari de isshou iya, nan-shou demo

Destiny and future; in a place where such words cannot reach us
No matter how much they extend their arm, we'll fall in love
The needles of the clock would move as they look at the two of us from the corners of their eyes
Let the two of us, for our whole lives- no, no matter for how many chapters,

Ikinuite ikou

Keep living through such a world.