【英语时差8,16】走下坡

 Anyone who's ever climbed up a hill and gone down the other side knows several things: A.) climbing up is a lot harder than going down the other side. B.) the view from the top is better than the view from the bottom. C.) after reaching the peak, you have passed the highest point, and from then on you must go down.

Some people look at life in the same way. We struggle through youth, and climb in our career with difficulty, but when we reach the peak of adulthood¹, it is all downhill after that. Physically², we begin to slowly deteriorate³, and career-wise, we may get pushed aside as younger people take our place. The only question is: When do we begin "to go over the hill?" Some people say it's at 30 years old, others at 40 or 50, but more positive folks say it is even older than that.

1 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。