你小時(shí)候經(jīng)歷過(guò)什么？跟父母相處的怎么樣

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷，
 
你小時(shí)候經(jīng)歷過(guò)什么？跟父母相處的怎么樣
 
來(lái)聽(tīng)今天的講解:
 
A: I don't know much about you. Where were you born?
 
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(zhǎng)大的。
 
A: What was your childhood like?
 
你小時(shí)候過(guò)得怎么樣？
 
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)，那時(shí)我經(jīng)常為這個(gè)和我母親對(duì)著干。
 
A: Do you get along with your parents now?
 
那你現(xiàn)在跟父母相處的怎么樣了？
 
B: Oh sure. Once they reached middle age, they became a lot less uptight.
 
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(guó)。后來(lái)我從牛津大學(xué)畢業(yè)，并且拿到了一個(gè)有關(guān)英國(guó)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(xiě)點(diǎn)文章，也寫(xiě)些小說(shuō)。
 
A: Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer?
 
當(dāng)作家是你一直以來(lái)的愿望嗎？
 
B: 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.
 
不是。以前我做過(guò)五年的英語(yǔ)老師，后來(lái)30歲那年，我覺(jué)得自己需要一些新鮮的挑戰(zhàn)。
 
A: How did you start writing?
 
那你是如何踏上寫(xiě)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(xiě)點(diǎn)小文章，寫(xiě)著玩兒。后來(lái)就有人請(qǐng)我寫(xiě)書(shū)，其實(shí)我挺幸運(yùn)的。
 
A: Are you writing a book now?
 
你現(xiàn)在還在寫(xiě)書(shū)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)朋友生活在異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)的奇特經(jīng)歷。
 
A: Sounds interesting.
 
聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有意思。