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1、Life-Then and Now生活-过去和现在odd: Hey Meg, so I thought we would talk about then an d now, the present and the past.托德：嘿,梅格,我们来谈谈那时和现在,现在和过去.Meg Sounds good.梅格：听上去不错.Todd: So, it's very easy to compare things, compare thin gs now, and sometimes people thinkthings were better in the past, or thingswe

2、re worse inthe past, so let'ssee what you think.The first one is are you happiernow than you were last year?托德：现在很容易对事情进行比较,有时人们认为以前更好,也有人认为 以前更糟糕,我们来听听看你的想法.第一个问题是,你现在比去年更幸 福吗Meg Am I happier now? I think I'm about the same happ iness level, so last year I was happywith my job and m y famil

3、y and my friends and this year I'm still happy.What about you? Areyou happier now than last year?梅格：我现在更幸福吗我想我的幸福程度和去年差不多,去年我对我的 工作、家庭和朋友感到满意,今年我依然感到很满意.你呢你现在比去 年更幸福吗Todd: I am happier because last year I was still in co llege in graduate school and I finished.托德：我今年更幸福,由于去年我还在读研究生,而现在我已经毕业了.Meg

4、 Congratulations.梅格：祝贺你.Todd: Yes, and I have more free time now and because o f that, I'm happier this year. Lessstressed.托德：嗯,我现在的空闲时间更多,所以我今年更幸福.压力更少.Meg Less stressed always makes up happier.梅格：压力少通常就会更幸福.Todd: OK, so the next one is do you think you are hea lthier these days than you were b

5、efore, say ten years a go?托德：好,下一个问题是你现在比以前更健康吗比方和10年前的健康状况相比Meg Actually no. I think I am not healthier than I wa s about tenyearsago. LatelyI've been sobusy that Ihaven't beentaking enough time toexercise or cookhealthy food, so I would say Iwas probably healthier ten ye ars ago. What abou

6、t yourself? Are you healthier now or before?梅格：实际上弁不是.我认为我现在弁不比10年比更健康.最近我一直非常忙,没有足够的时间锻炼或烹饪健康的食物,所以我想我可能10年前更健康一些.你呢你现在比以前更健康吗Todd: I think I'm healthier actually. Even though I'm alittle fatter than I was ten years ago, Idrink less a nd I eat more vegetables. I eat less fast food. I thin k

7、 I get more sleep, and I feelless stressed, so I thin k I am a little bit healthier than I was ten years ag o.托德：我认为我现在更健康.虽然我现在比 10年前胖一些,不过我喝酒少 了,而且我现在吃的蔬菜更多.我现在很少吃快餐.另外,我的睡眠时间 更多了,我感觉压力少了,所以我想我现在比10年前更健康一些.Meg Yeah, that definitely sounds healthier.梅格：对,听起来你现在肯定更健康.Todd: But I'm older so that&

8、#39;s . you know.托德：不过我年龄大了,你懂的.Meg Right, well older and healthier.梅格：对,年龄大了,但是更健康了.Todd: Right. OK, so how about stress ? Are you more stre ssed now than you were five yearsago?托德：好.那压力呢你现在的压力比5年前大吗Meg That's a hard question. Probably I'm about the same , so I wouldn't say that I'm

9、 morestressed now, but five yearsagoI wasfinishingmy master'sdegree, so thatwas also astressful time,and latelyI'vebeen quite busy soI'mprobably at thesame stresslevelas fiveyears ago. What aboutyourself? Are you more stressed now?梅格：这是个很难答复的问题.可能我的压力差不多一样,我不会说我现 在的压力更大,不过5年前我即将完成硕士学位,那时

10、也是压力很大的时 刻,而最近我一直很忙,所以我现在的压力程度可能和5年前一样.你呢你现在压力更大吗 Todd: I think I'm less stressed now actually because now I worry less thanI didbefore, sobefore Iwasmore stressed because I worried about everything, and now I've learned to let itgo, letthingsgo. I don't letthem bother me.托德：我想实际上我现在的压力更

11、小,由于我现在担忧的事情比以前少 了,以前我压力更大,由于我对所有事情感到担忧,而现在我学会了放 手,让事情顺其自然.我不会再让那些事情烦扰我了.Meg That sounds like a good policy.梅格：听起来是个不错的方法.Todd: Yeah.托德：对.区语阅读 Meg So, you think you're less worried now, but what ab out your future. Are you more worriedabout your future t han before?梅格：你认为你现在担忧的更少了,那未来呢相比于以前,你现在对

12、未 来更担忧吗Todd:Ooh, you know what, yeah I do thinkI'mmoreworried aboutmy future now becauseI'm older soI'mmoreworriedabout money. I'm more worriedaboutwhatI'llbedoing intenyears,job security , thingslikethat, sosadly I am a little more worried about that. 托德：哦,你知道,我认为我现在更担忧我的未来,由于我年

13、纪大了,所 以我对钱越来越担忧.我对未来10年我要做的事情、还有就业保证等等感到越来越担忧,不幸的是,我现在更担忧这些事情.Meg There'salotmore tothink about.梅格：有很多要考虑的事情.Todd: Yeah,sobutI'm lessworried aboutmy life dayto day.Everythinghappening aroundme, so I guess that'swhy Ifeel lessworriedthan I was say five years ago.托德：对,不过我现在对自己日常生活的担忧比以前少了.

14、现在我对周围 所发生事情的担忧更少了,我想这就是我的担忧比5年前少了的原因.Meg Right.梅格：没错.Todd: How about you? Are you more worried about your fu ture these days?托德：你呢你现在对未来的担忧比前多了吗Meg I don't think so. I have a good job and I likewhereI live soI don'tfeeltoo worried aboutwhatI'llbe doing nextyearor infive years, but probablyIshouldplan aheada bitmore.Maybe I should be alittle more worried, butI feelOK abo