聊一聊你的家庭和工作，如何踏上寫作之路的

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論人生的階段，

聊一聊你的家庭和工作，如何踏上寫作之路的

來聽今天的講解:

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

你知道嗎艾登，我不太了解你。你是在哪兒出生的？

B: I was born in London, but I spent most of my childhood in Hong Kong.

我是在倫敦出生，在香港長大。

A: What was your childhood like?

你小時(shí)候過的怎么樣？

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

小時(shí)候家教很嚴(yán)，那是我經(jīng)常為這個(gè)和我父母對(duì)著干。

A: Do you get along with your parents now?

那你現(xiàn)在和父母處的怎么樣了？

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

哦，好多了。人近中年，心態(tài)就平和多了。

A: Where did you go to university?

你在哪兒上的大學(xué)？

B: My parents wanted me to stay in Hong Kong, but I decided to go back to England. I graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English literature.

我父母想讓我留在香港，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。

A: What is your current occupation?

那你現(xiàn)在做什么工作呢？

B: I’m 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。

A: 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？

B: 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。我以前做過5年的英語老師。后來30歲那年，我覺得自己需要個(gè)新鮮的挑戰(zhàn)。

A: How did you start writing?

那你是如何踏上寫作之路的呢？

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

起初我只是給雜志寫點(diǎn)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。

A: Are you writing a book now?

你手頭上有正在寫的書嗎？

B: Yes, it’s about a group of friends living in a foreign country and all the strange experiences they have.

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

A: Sounds interesting.

聽起來很有意思。