评论
打印
If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far.
如果我能重返过去并生活在我喜欢的年代，我不会选很久以前。
In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived--the 1960s.
事实上，我想要重新度过我已经生活过的时光--20世纪60年代。
I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed.
我那时二十多岁，一切都在复兴。
People were coming out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible.
人们正从一种非常正式的、几乎是维多利亚时代的状态中走出来，你真的觉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.
与人见面就是这样一件事，你到咖啡馆去见朋友，并在那里花一晚上的时间。
The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out.
还有电影院、剧院，所有这些都非常令人兴奋，总有新的事物出现。
In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time!
事实上，我们似乎一直要在外边了！
I don't really remember working--of course, I was a student--or sitting around at home very much.
我不太记得工作--当然，我那时是个学生--或在家里闲坐是什么样的了。
That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating!
当时的场面已经不是之前那个时代的样子了，甚至连吃饭也是！
It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat.
当时是第一次，普通人开始出去吃饭。
We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking.
我们开始冒险尝试各种食物，但是相比于吃喝，我们对与人见面更感兴趣。
And dress, yes, that was the revolution.
还有裙装，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，女孩子们穿着非常短的裙子到处走，头发里还插着花。
And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period.
男性们穿着牛仔裤，并且头发也留的很长。那是一段美妙的时光。
It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back.
就好像生活在你从没想象过的年代，并且也不会再回来了。
We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.
我们没有多少钱，但是没有关系。你可以有很多机会去做你想做的事情。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题16至问题18。
Question 16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?
问题16. 为什么叙述人想要重新生活在20世纪60年代？
Question 17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?
问题17. 叙述人所说的当时最流行的事情是做什么？
Question 18. What do we learn about the speaker?
问题18. 关于叙述人，我们了解到了什么信息？
