Christina's Future Plans 1
克里斯蒂娜的未來計(jì)劃
Christina sells women's clothing in a department store.克里斯蒂娜在百貨公司賣女裝。
She usually works 6 days a week, but this week she's going to take 3 days off.她通常一周工作6天，但這周她要休息3天。
She’s taking time off so that she can visit her parents.她正在休假，以便能去看望她的父母。
Her parents live in the mountains, about three hours away by train.?她的父母住在山里，坐火車大約三個小時就到。
They are looking forward to seeing her.他們盼望見到她。
They haven’t seen her for almost a year.他們已經(jīng)快一年沒見到她了。
Christina is their only child.克里斯蒂娜是他們唯一的孩子。
Christina isn’t going on the trip by herself.克里斯蒂娜不會一個人去旅行。
Her boyfriend is going with her.她男朋友要和她一起去。
She is going to introduce him to her parents.她打算把他介紹給她的父母。
She and her boyfriend want to get married.她和她的男朋友想結(jié)婚。
If everything goes well, they plan to get married in 6 months.如果一切順利，他們計(jì)劃6個月后結(jié)婚。
After they get married, Christina plans to quit her job.?他們結(jié)婚后，克里斯蒂娜打算辭職。
She wants to spend more time designing clothes.她想花更多的時間設(shè)計(jì)衣服。
She wants to set up her own business.她想自己創(chuàng)業(yè)。
This will take time.這需要時間。
Her boyfriend thinks it’s a good idea.她男朋友認(rèn)為這是個好主意。
He's also thinking about starting his own business.他也在考慮自己創(chuàng)業(yè)。
They don’t plan to have children right away.他們不打算馬上要孩子。
In fact, they may decide not to have children.事實(shí)上，他們可能決定不生孩子。
They don’t know yet.他們還不知道。
It’s going to be a big decision.這將是一個重大的決定。
Christina's Future Plans 2
Christina’s parents want her to marry and have children.?克里斯蒂娜的父母希望她結(jié)婚生子。
They are looking forward tohaving?grandchildren.他們盼望有孫子孫女。
They don’t want her to start her own business.?他們不想讓她自己創(chuàng)業(yè)。
They think it’s more important to have children.?他們認(rèn)為有孩子更重要。
In fact, they would like her to live closer to them.?事實(shí)上，他們希望她住得離他們近一些。
They want to?be close to?their grandchildren.他們想要和他們的孫子們在一起。
So Christina doesn’t plan to tell her parents everything.?所以克里斯蒂娜不打算把一切都告訴父母。
For now, she just wants them to meet her boyfriend.現(xiàn)在，她只是想讓他們見見她的男朋友。
She wants them to be happy that she is going to get married.?她希望他們因?yàn)樗Y(jié)婚而高興。
She wants them to like him and see her happiness.?她希望他們喜歡他，看到她的幸福。
She wants her parents to accept her way of life.?她希望她的父母接受她的生活方式。
Life isn’t the same now as it used to be.?現(xiàn)在的生活和過去不一樣了。
Times are changing.時代在改變。
