13 當(dāng)我長(zhǎng)大后
When I grow up, I don't want to be like my parents.
我長(zhǎng)大后,不要像我父母一樣。
I don't want to be like my teacher, either.
我也不要像我的老師。
In fact, I don't want to be like anybody I know.
事實(shí)上,我不要像我認(rèn)識(shí)的任何人。
Everybody is just too busy.
每個(gè)人都太忙碌了。
They don't seem to have time for anything except work.
他們似乎除了工作之外就沒(méi)有時(shí)間做任何事。
They have their lives, but to me, they aren't really living.
他們有自己的生活,但對(duì)我而言,他們并不是真的活著。
There must be more to life than just work.
生活中一定有比工作更重要的事。
I have,therefore, decided that when I grow up, I want to be a writer.
因此,我決定長(zhǎng)大后要當(dāng)作家。
I will travel around as much as possible to learn about life.
我要盡可能到世界各地去旅行來(lái)體驗(yàn)人生。
Eventually, I'll write a book telling people how to live a full life.
最后,我要寫(xiě)一本書(shū)來(lái)告訴人們?nèi)绾芜^(guò)充實(shí)的生活。
I may be too ambitious, but I believe that one day my dream will come true.
我也許野心太大了,但我相信我的夢(mèng)想總有一天會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)的。
短語(yǔ)解析:
1.grow up 長(zhǎng)大
例:When Jimmy grows up,he wants to be a soldier.
吉米長(zhǎng)大后想當(dāng)軍人。
2. not…,either 也不……
例:I don't like Mexican food and my wife doesn't, either.
我不喜歡墨西哥菜,我太太也不喜歡。
3. in fact 事實(shí)上
例:In fact, Sarah learned English by listening to our radio broadcasts.
事實(shí)上,薩拉是聽(tīng)我們的廣播學(xué)英文的。