
活得毫無遺憾!
Tim and Margaret are a couple. They are chatting.
提姆和瑪格麗特是一對夫妻,他們正在聊天。
Tim: Have you heard about a study on the world’s oldest people and their regrets?
提姆:你有聽說有項研究是關於世界最長壽的人和他們後悔的事嗎?
Margaret: Oh, you mean those who are over 110 years old? What did the study find out?
瑪格麗特:喔,你是指那些超過110歲的人嗎?研究發現了什麼?
find sth. out發現、查明=find out sth.
Tim: Well, most of them regret not spending more time with their families. Does that sound familiar?
提姆:嗯,他們大多數都後悔沒有花更多時間陪家人。聽起來很耳熟吧?
spend time with sb.陪伴~spend time度過familiar(adj.)熟悉的be familiar with熟悉~
Margaret: Yeah, spending time with family is important. Anything else?
瑪格麗特:是啊,和家人共度時光真的很重要。還有別的嗎?
Tim: Some regret working too hard, like a guy from Venezuela who did physical work his whole life. He wished he had tried a different career.
提姆:有些人後悔太努力工作,就像一位來自委內瑞拉的人,他一輩子都從事體力勞動。他希望自己嘗試過不同的職業。
physical(adj.)身體的、體力的physical power體力=physical strengthwish(v.)希望career(n.)生涯、職業career-minded(adj.)事業心強的
Margaret: I feel for him. Many people are also working too hard without realizing it. Is there anything more about the study?
瑪格麗特:我很同情他。很多人太努力工作,但卻都沒有意識到。這項研究還有其他的內容嗎?
feel for同情
Tim: Yeah, not traveling more. A lady from Argentina wished she had traveled more. It makes me want to plan a trip!
提姆:有,還有旅行得不夠。有位來自阿根廷的女士希望以前的她有更多機會旅行。這讓我想要計劃一趟旅行!
travel(v.)(n.)旅行、旅遊trip(n.)旅行journey(n.)旅程
Margaret: Interesting. Let’s make sure we spend more time with our family, enjoy our work, and travel more so we don’t have those regrets when we’re old!
瑪格麗特:真有趣。我們一定要花更多時間和家人相處,享受工作,還有多旅行,這樣我們變老時就不會有這些遺憾!
make sure 確保、一定要
Tim: Absolutely! Let’s live with no regrets!
提姆:一定要!讓我們活得毫無遺憾!