實用句子

I spent my childhood in Paris.

我的童年在巴黎度過。

I was brought up in Paris.

我在巴黎長大。

I graduated from...

我畢業于....

My major is...

我的專業是...

I'm self-employed.

我自己創業。

經典對話

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，在香港長大的。

A: What was your childhood like?

你小時候過得怎么樣？

B: I had a pretty strict upbringing, and my parents and I were always fighting about it.

小時候家教很嚴，那時我經常為這個和我母親對著干。

A: Do you get along with your parents now?

那你現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，人近中年心態就平和多了。

A: Where did you go to university?

你在哪兒上的大學？

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。后來我從牛津大學畢業，并且拿到了一個有關英國文學的學位。

A: What is your current occupation?

那你現在做什么工作呢？

B: I'm a freelance writer. I write magazine articles and fiction books.

我是個自由撰稿人，給雜志寫點文章，也寫些小說。

A: Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer?

當作家是你一直以來的愿望嗎？

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。以前我做過五年的英語老師，后來30歲那年，我覺得自己需要一些新鮮的挑戰。

A: How did you start writing?

那你是如何踏上寫作之路的呢？

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點小文章，寫著玩兒。后來就有人請我寫書，其實我挺幸運的。

A: Are you writing a book now?

你現在還在寫書嗎？

B: Yes, it's about a group of friends living in a foreign country and all the strange experiences they have.

有的。是一本關于幾個朋友生活在異國他鄉的奇特經歷。

A: Sounds interesting.

聽起來很有意思。