1、When is the best time to marry?最佳结婚年龄?Hanna:Hi, Im Hanna from Australia.汉娜：嗨，我是汉娜，来自澳大利亚。Diego:And Im Diego from Mexico.迭戈：我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。Hanna:And today were asking the question when is the best time to marry? What do you think Diego?汉娜：今天我们要讨论的话题是，什么时候是结婚的最佳时间？迭戈，你怎么看？Diego:I dont know. The question g
2、ives me the chills. I have no idea when Imgoing toget marriedso I honestly have no clue. But in Mexico at least, people tend toget marriedbefore they are thirty and after they are twenty five so maybe twenty seven, twenty eight would be the average today.迭戈：我不知道。这个问题让我发冷。我不知道我什么时候会结婚，说实话，我真的不知道。不过至少
3、在墨西哥，人们一般在25岁以后、30岁之前结婚，现在的平均结婚年龄大概是二十七八岁。Hanna:Oh really, thats quite early.汉娜：哦，真的吗，那太早了。Diego:Really.迭戈：真的。Hanna:In Australia peopletend toget marriedquite late especially childbirth. Most people dont have their first child until around thirty five or forty.汉娜：在澳大利亚，人们一般晚婚，而且晚育。大多数人在35或40岁左右才生第一胎
4、。Diego:Wow, thats really late for Mexicans.迭戈：哇哦，那对墨西哥人来说太晚了。Hanna:Im not sure about marriage but I think if youregoing tohave children you shouldget marriedearlier because once you get a bit older biologically yourenot reallyable tohave children as well and youre not as fit as you used to be. So pr
5、obably the same as you maybe twenty five or thirty.汉娜：结婚年龄我说不好，不过我认为，如果打算要孩子，那应该早点结婚，因为从生物学角度来说，年纪大了以后，就不能生孩子了，而且也不像年轻时那么健康了。所以，可能像你说的那样，在25岁或30岁结婚合适。Diego:Maybe. Yeah, I think so. I think thats the best age to get married.迭戈：也许吧。嗯，我想是这样。我认为那是最佳结婚年龄。Hanna:Yeah.汉娜：对。重点讲解：1. be going to do sth. 将要，即将（
6、发生）；例句：Hesgoing tofix a time when I can see him.他会确定一个我和他会面的时间。2. get married 结婚；例句：If we everget marriedwell have one terrific wedding.如果我们哪一天结婚的话，一定会有一个棒极了的婚礼。3. tend to do sth. 往往会；经常就；例句：It is worth remembering that childrentend tocopy their parents in this respect.值得记住的是孩子们在这一方面往往会效仿父母。4. be ab
7、le to do sth. 可以的，能够的；例句：If only I could get some sleep, I wouldbe able tocope.要是能睡上一会儿，我就能应付了。What makes a good leader?优秀领导人的特质?Tlotlo:Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.特罗特洛：嗨，我是特罗特洛，来自博茨瓦纳。Resse:Hello, Im Resse from Botswana as well.里斯：大家好，我是里斯，同样来自博茨瓦纳。Tlotlo:And our question is how mu
8、ch sleep do you get a night?特罗特洛：我们要讨论的问题是，你晚上睡几个小时？Resse:Maybe three or four hours on the weekdays.里斯：周中的话我可能睡三到四个小时。Tlotlo:My sleeping pattern has actually changed recently because Iused toget about eight hours of sleep and these days I just get about five hours at most and sometimes even four, wh
9、ich is not really good.特罗特洛：我的睡眠时最近一直在改，因为我以前晚上要保证8小时睡眠，可是最近我最多睡5个小时，有时甚至只能睡4个小时，这不太好。Resse:What changed, what happened?里斯：为什么会改变，发生了什么？Tlotlo:School. School is really hectic so you get your sleep very early in the morning and obviously with school you have other activitiesgoing on, theres a lotgoin
10、g onbecause Im in college now so basically there is a lot going on in my life at the moment, so my sleeping pattern has like drastically changed. From eight to four thats a very big change.特罗特洛：学校。学校里有很多事，非常忙，所以早上很早就要起床，而且学校还有其他活动，我现在在上大学，目前我生活中有很多事情要做，所以我的睡眠时间发生了巨大的改变。从8个小时减到4个小时，非常大的变化。Resse:A ver
11、y big change.里斯：的确是非常大的变化。Tlotlo:Yes. So what about you?特罗特洛：对。你呢？Resse:I think I play many games at home.里斯：我在家会玩很多游戏。Tlotlo:Yeah, I watch movies sometimes and it disrupts the sleeping pattern.特罗特洛：对，我有时会看电影，这也会扰乱作息时间。Resse:But I think itsbad formy health, I think I need to start sleeping for eight
12、 hours a day.里斯：不过我认为那对我的健康有害，我想我要确保每天能睡8个小时。Tlotlo:I wish I couldgo back tothat.特罗特洛：我希望我也能回到那种睡眠模式。重点讲解：1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；例句：Theyused totake off their clothes and go skinny dipping in the creek.他们以前常常脱了衣服在小河里裸泳。2. go on 进行；发生；例句：She was oblivious to what wasgoing onaround her.她没有注意周围发生的事。3. be bad for 不利的；有害的；例句：Caffeineis bad foryour health.咖啡因对人体健康有害。4. go back to 回到（过去）；例句：The best way to keep babies off sugar is togo back tothe natural diet and eat lots of fresh fruit.避免婴儿摄入食糖的最好办法是让其回归自然的饮食，多吃新鲜水果。
