The Facts of Life
When boys are just eleven
男孩十一岁的时候
They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before
他们开始比以前都要飞快地长高
They develop curiosity and start to fantasize
对以前从来没有想过和做过的事情
About the things they have never thought of doing before
产生了好奇心开始了幻想
These dreams are no more harmful than
这些梦想比起成为足球球星或者百万富翁的一般想法
The usual thoughts that boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
远没有那么糟糕
As long as the distinction between fantasy and fiction remains
只要仍能区分幻想和虚构
It's just a nature walk
那就是一个自然过程
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
There's no master plan
没有大体计划
Walk me home from school
走在放学回家的路上
I'll let you hold my hand
我会让你抓着我的手
You're getting ideas
你就有了主张
And when you sleep at night
当你在夜晚睡去
They develop into sweet dreams
他们进入你甜蜜的梦乡
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
A boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
男孩坐在电话机旁，想要打给女孩
But not daring to because she might say no
但又不敢，因为怕她拒绝
At last he summons up the courage phones
而他终于鼓起勇气拿起话筒
And discovers someone else has asked her first and she's said yes
发现另一个人抢在前面问了她，而她说“好”
Now's time to deal with the fear of being rejected
现在是该处理被拒绝的恐惧的时候了
No-one gets through life without being hurt
没有被伤害，就没有人度过生活
At this point the boy who's listening to this song
此时正在听这首歌的男孩
Is probably saying it's easier said than done and it's true
或许正在说“说易行难”，这是对的
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
There's no master plan
没有大体计划
Walk me home from school
走在放学回家的路上
I'll let you hold my hand
我会让你抓着我的手
You're getting ideas
你就有了主张
And when you sleep at night
当你在夜晚睡去
They develop into sweet dreams
他们进入你甜蜜的梦乡
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
Small-town dating differs from more urban situations
小镇约会不同于城市的情况
In particular if there's few places to go
尤其要是只有几个地方可去
Adolescents normally gather in a cafe or an arcade
小青年们通常聚集在咖啡馆或拱廊
If they have to almost anywhere will do
只要他们想去任何地方，他们都会去
A family car, a disused coalmine
家用轿车、废弃煤矿
A rowing boat or a shed
划艇或棚子
Experimentation, familiarization
试验，熟络
It's all a nature walk
那就是一个自然过程
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
There's no master plan
没有大体计划
Walk me home from school
走在放学回家的路上
I'll let you hold my hand
我会让你抓着我的手
You're getting ideas
你就有了主张
And when you sleep at night
当你在夜晚睡去
They develop into sweet dreams
他们进入你甜蜜的梦乡
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
这就是生活的真相（美梦变成真实）
There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
没有大体计划（真实变成美梦）
Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
走在放学回家的路上（美梦变成真实）
I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)
我会让你抓着我的手（真实变成美梦）
You're getting ideas (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
你就有了主张（美梦变成真实）
And when you sleep at night (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
当你在夜晚睡去（真实变成美梦）
They develop into sweet dreams (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
他们进入你甜蜜的梦乡（美梦变成真实）
It's just the facts of life
这就是生活的真相
It's just the facts of life(Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
这就是生活的真相（美梦变成真实）
There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
没有大体计划（真实变成美梦）
Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
走在放学回家的路上（美梦变成真实）
I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)
我会让你抓着我的手（真实变成美梦）