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If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far.
如果我能重返過去并生活在我喜歡的年代，我不會選很久以前。
In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived--the 1960s.
事實上，我想要重新度過我已經(jīng)生活過的時光--20世紀60年代。
I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed.
我那時二十多歲，一切都在復興。
People were coming out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible.
人們正從一種非常正式的、幾乎是維多利亞時代的狀態(tài)中走出來，你真的覺得任何事都是可能的。
Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening.
與人見面就是這樣一件事，你到咖啡館去見朋友，并在那里花一晚上的時間。
The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out.
還有電影院、劇院，所有這些都非常令人興奮，總有新的事物出現(xiàn)。
In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time!
事實上，我們似乎一直要在外邊了！
I don't really remember working--of course, I was a student--or sitting around at home very much.
我不太記得工作--當然，我那時是個學生--或在家里閑坐是什么樣的了。
That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating!
當時的場面已經(jīng)不是之前那個時代的樣子了，甚至連吃飯也是！
It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat.
當時是第一次，普通人開始出去吃飯。
We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking.
我們開始冒險嘗試各種食物，但是相比于吃喝，我們對與人見面更感興趣。
And dress, yes, that was the revolution.
還有裙裝，是的，那就是革命。
I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.
我的意思是，女孩子們穿著非常短的裙子到處走，頭發(fā)里還插著花。
And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period.
男性們穿著牛仔褲，并且頭發(fā)也留的很長。那是一段美妙的時光。
It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back.
就好像生活在你從沒想象過的年代，并且也不會再回來了。
We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.
我們沒有多少錢，但是沒有關系。你可以有很多機會去做你想做的事情。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據(jù)你剛剛聽到的文章回答問題16至問題18。
Question 16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?
問題16. 為什么敘述人想要重新生活在20世紀60年代？
Question 17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?
問題17. 敘述人所說的當時最流行的事情是做什么？
Question 18. What do we learn about the speaker?
問題18. 關于敘述人，我們了解到了什么信息？
