If I Could…
Guidance for Reciting
The friendship is the life pain-killer as well as the life seasoning.
If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you
And share with its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.
If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own
A place to find serenity
A place to be alone.
If I could take your troubles
I would toss them into the sea
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me.
I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair
But let me be what I know best
A friend that's always there.
Notes
1.serenity [si5renEti] n. 宁静，沉着，晴朗
2.toss [tRs] v./n. 扔；猛抬（头）；掷钱币决定
如果我能……
诵读导言
友谊是人生的止痛药，也是人生的调味品。
如果我能留住彩虹
我将只为你一个人挽留
在你感到忧伤的日子
与你分享它的美丽
如果我能建造大山
你尽可把它当成你自己的
体验宁静的空间
独处的地方
如果我能带走你的烦恼
我会把它们通通扔进大海
然而我发现所有这些事情
我都无能为力
我建不成一座大山
也留不住彩虹的美丽
就让我做你最好的朋友吧
永远与你相伴
口语点津
悬而未决的事在英语中叫“a toss-up”，这种说法是从扔硬币做决定那里引申而来的。“Toss up”除了“丢硬币决定”的动词意思之外，口语中还可表示“呕吐”。