英語早間課堂:人生的階段(1)

情景對(duì)話：

E : You know, Aiden, I don't know much about you. Where were you born?

你知道嗎，Aiden，我不太了解你。你是在哪兒出生的。

A : I was born in London, but I spent most of my childhood in Hongkong.

我是在倫敦出生，在香港長(zhǎng)大。

E : What was your childhood like?

你小時(shí)候過得怎樣?

A : I had a pretty strict upbring, and my parents and I were always fighting about it.

小時(shí)候家教很嚴(yán)，那時(shí)候我經(jīng)常和父母對(duì)著干。

E : Do you get along with your parents now?

那你現(xiàn)在和父母相處得怎么樣呢?

A : Oh sure. Once they reached middle age, they became a lot less uptight.

哦，好多了。人近中年，心態(tài)平和多了。

E : Where did you go to university?

你在哪兒上的大學(xué)。

A : My parents wanted me to stay in Hongkong, but I decided to go back to England. I graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Leterature.

我父母想要我留在香港，可是我自己決定回英國。后來，我從牛津大學(xué)畢業(yè)并且拿到了一個(gè)有關(guān)英國文學(xué)的學(xué)位。

E : What is your current occupation?

那你現(xiàn)在做什么工作呢?

A : I am a freelance writer. I write magazine articles and fiction books.

我是個(gè)自由撰稿人。給雜志寫點(diǎn)文章，也寫些小說。

E : Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer?

當(dāng)作家是你一直以來的愿望嗎?

A : No, 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。以前我坐過5年的英語教師。后來30歲那年，我覺得自己需要一些新鮮的挑戰(zhàn)。

E : How did you start writhing?

那你是如何踏上寫作之路的呢?

A : I start writing magazine articles for fun and eventually was asked to write a book, so I was pretty lucky.

起初我只是給雜志寫些小文章，寫著玩。后來就有人請(qǐng)我寫書。其實(shí)我挺幸運(yùn)的。

E : Are you writing a book now?

你手頭上有正在寫的書嗎?

A : Yes, it is about a group of friends living in a foreign country and all the strange experience they have.

有的。是一本關(guān)于幾個(gè)朋友生活在異國他鄉(xiāng)的奇特經(jīng)歷。

E : Sounds interesting.

聽起來很有意思。

語言要點(diǎn)：

1. know much about：對(duì)......知之甚多

2. spend one's childhood：度過童年

3. have a strict upbring：家教嚴(yán)厲

4. fight about：因......吵架

5. get along with：相處很好

6. reach middle age：進(jìn)入中年

7. Oxford University：牛津大學(xué)

8. go back to：回到

9. a degree in：在(某學(xué)科)的學(xué)位

10. a freelance writer：自由撰稿人

11. a fresh challenge：新的挑戰(zhàn)

12. for fun：找樂子，好玩地

活學(xué)活用：

I spent my childhood in Paris.

我的童年在巴黎度過。

I was brought up in Paris so it took a long time to get used to living in London.

我在巴黎長(zhǎng)大，所以需要很多時(shí)間來適應(yīng)倫敦的生活。

I had a very strict upbring.

我小時(shí)候受到的教育很嚴(yán)格。

I graduated from Cambridge University.

我畢業(yè)與劍橋大學(xué)。

My major is English Literature.

我主修英國文學(xué)。

The day I decided to change my career was the big turning-point in my life.

我決定換一種職業(yè)的那天是我人生的一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。