生活英语情景主题: 人生的阶段

Emma: You know, Aiden, I don’t know much about you. Where were you born?
爱玛: 你知道吗艾登，我不太了解你。你是在哪儿出生的？
Aiden: I was born in London, but I spent most of my childhood in Hong Kong.
艾登: 我是在伦敦出生，在香港长大。
E: What was your childhood like?
你小时候过的怎么样？
A: I had a pretty strict upbringing, and my parents and I were always fighting about it.
小时候家教很严，那是我经常为这个和我父母对着干。
E: Do you get along with your parents now?
那你现在和父母处的怎么样了？
A: Oh sure. Once they reached middle age, they became a lot less uptight¹.
哦，好多了。人近中年，心态就平和多了。
E: Where did you go to university?
你在哪儿上的大学？
A: My parents wanted me to stay in Hong Kong, but I decided² to go back to England. I graduated from Oxford³ University with a degree in English literature.
我父母想让我留在香港，可是我自己决定回英国。后来我从牛津大学毕业并且拿到了一个有关英国文学的学位。
E: what is your current occupation?
那你现在做什么工作呢？
A: I’m a freelance writer. I write magazine articles and fiction books.
我是个自由撰稿人。给杂志写点文章，也写些小说。
E: Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer?
当作家是你一直以来的愿望吗？
A: Do, I didn’t. I was an English teacher for about five years, but by the time I was 30, I decided I wanted a fresh challenge.
不是。我以前做过5年的英语老师。后来30岁那年，我觉得自己需要个新鲜的挑战。
E: How did you start writing?
那你是如何踏上写作之路的呢？
A: I started writing magazine articles for fun and eventually was asked to write a book, so I was pretty lucky.
起初我只是给杂志写点小文章，写着玩。后来就有人请我写书。其实我挺幸运的。
E: Are you writing a book now?
你手头上有正在写的书吗？
A: Yes, it’s about a group of friends living in a foreign country and all the strange experiences they have.
有的。是一本关于几个朋友生活在异地他乡的奇特经历。
E: Sounds interesting.
听起来很有意思。

 

1 uptight   

adj.焦虑不安的，紧张的

参考例句：

• He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
• Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.试着一笑了之，不要紧张。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。