【英语早间课堂】人生的阶段(1)
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：英语早间课堂
英语课
情景对话：
E : You know, Aiden, I don't know much about you. Where were you born?
你知道吗，Aiden，我不太了解你。你是在哪儿出生的。
A : I was born in London, but I spent most of my childhood in Hongkong.
我是在伦敦出生，在香港长大。
E : What was your childhood like?
你小时候过得怎样？
A : I had a pretty strict upbring, and my parents and I were always fighting about it.
小时候家教很严，那时候我经常和父母对着干。
E : Do you get along with your parents now?
那你现在和父母相处得怎么样呢？
A : Oh sure. Once they reached middle age, they became a lot less uptight 1.
哦，好多了。人近中年，心态平和多了。
E : Where did you go to university?
你在哪儿上的大学。
A : My parents wanted me to stay in Hongkong, but I decided 2 to go back to England. I graduated from Oxford 3 University with a degree in English Leterature.
我父母想要我留在香港，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 4 occupation 5?
那你现在做什么工作呢？
A : I am 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 : 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 6.
不是。以前我坐过5年的英语教师。后来30岁那年，我觉得自己需要一些新鲜的挑战。
E : How did you start writhing 7?
那你是如何踏上写作之路的呢？
A : I start writing magazine articles for fun and eventually was asked to write a book, so I was pretty lucky.
起初我只是给杂志写些小文章，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 is about a group of friends living in a foreign country and all the strange experience they have.
有的。是一本关于几个朋友生活在异国他乡的奇特经历。
E : Sounds interesting.
听起来很有意思。
语言要点：
1. know much about：对......知之甚多
2. spend one's childhood：度过童年
3. have a strict upbring：家教严厉
4. fight about：因......吵架
5. get along with：相处很好
6. reach middle age：进入中年
7. Oxford University：牛津大学
8. go back to：回到
9. a degree in：在（某学科）的学位
10. a freelance writer：自由撰稿人
11. a fresh challenge：新的挑战
12. for fun：找乐子，好玩地
活学活用：
I spent my childhood in Paris.
我的童年在巴黎度过。
I was brought up in Paris so it took a long time to get used to living in London.
我在巴黎长大，所以需要很多时间来适应伦敦的生活。
I had a very strict upbring.
我小时候受到的教育很严格。
I graduated from Cambridge University.
我毕业与剑桥大学。
My major is English Literature.
我主修英国文学。
The day I decided to change my career was the big turning-point in my life.
我决定换一种职业的那天是我人生的一个转折点。
转自可可英语
1 uptight
adj.焦虑不安的，紧张的
- 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
- 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）
- 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。
4 current
n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的
- Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
- There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。
5 occupation
n.职业，工作；占领，占据；占用
- I haven't entered up your name and occupation yet.我尚未记下你的名字和职业。
- Reading is a useful occupation to us.阅读对我们是一种有益的消遣。