我试图愉快地接近他们，说乔治·伯恩斯又在唱他如何希望再次回到80岁的歌，他们却不喜欢听那样的歌声。

I might try a lighthearted approach and tell them that George Burns used to sing of how he wished he were 80 again; they don't like to hear it.

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这张专辑第一支歌曲的副歌——“他们试图让我去戒毒所，我说‘不不不’”——乍一听，就让人感觉这是对过分追逐名利的讽刺，也像是是她坦率的自我生活写照。

The refrain of the album's opening track - "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said 'no no no'" -sounded at once like an ironic comment on celebrity excesses and a straight bit of autobiography.

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我抓着父亲的手四处走，眼睛盯着地上，试图不去听警笛的鸣叫。

I walked around clutching my father's hand, looking at the floor trying to block out the sirens.

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I tried talking to her about some problems, but she won't listen.

我试图跟她谈谈一些问题，但她就是不听。

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