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Well, if I could go back in history and live,
好吧，如果我能回到過去生活，
I'd like to go back to the 18th century and perhaps in colonial America in Yankee, New England,
我希望能回到18世紀殖民時期的美國新英格蘭。
where one of my ancestors lived, because it was the beginning of something.
那是我祖先生活的地方，一切開始的地方。
By the 18th century, there was a feeling of community that had grown.
到了18世紀，社區意識開始并被人接受。
My ancestor was a preacher traveling around the countryside.
我的祖先是游歷于鄉村的牧師。
People lived in small communities.
人們居住在小社區里。
There were fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted and looked like food,
漁民和農民提供新鮮的食物，它們看起來和嘗起來確實是食物，
unlike that in today's supermarkets, and there were small towns and New York wasn't that far away.
和今天超市中的食物不同。這里有一些小城鎮，離紐約也不遠。
I'm deeply attached to the Puritan tradition, not in a religious sense.
我深深迷戀著清教徒的傳統，并非是處于宗教原因。
But they believed in working for something, working for goals. And I like that.
是因為他們堅信為了某事，為了目標而工作的理念。我很欣賞這點。
They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement.
無論做什么，他們都很努力，有一種成就感。
They believed in goodness, in community, and helping one another.
他們信仰美德，信仰團體，信仰互助。
I love the colonial fabrics all the silver works, the furnishings, the combination of elegance and simplicity. I love it.
我喜歡殖民時期的織物、銀器、家具，又優雅，又簡潔。我很喜歡。
The printing, the books, I'm very attached to all that kind of thing
各類印刷品和書籍，我都非常喜歡，
that may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world.
雖然這些在現代人眼里，并不是那么有趣。
But I would have enjoyed spending my evenings in that environment, discussing new ideas, building a new world,
但是我很樂意在這樣的環境中度過夜晚，討論新想法，建立新世界。
and I can see myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needle work.
我可以想象到自己正坐在火爐旁的小椅子上，做一些針線活。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據你剛剛聽到的文章回答問題19至問題21。
Question 19. Why does the speaker say she would like to go back and live in the 18th century America?
問題19：說話者為什么說她想回到18世紀的美國生活？
Question 20. What does the speaker say about the Puritans?
問題20：關于清教徒，說話者講了些什么？
Question 21. What would the speaker like doing if she could go back to the past?
問題21：如果可以回到過去，說話者想要做些什么？
