只能在黑暗中生存的人有什么病(为什么有人明明很年轻)
2018.8.12 周日
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那些“90后老阿姨”到底在想什么?
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双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)身边老有人说“唉,老了老了”,说话者也不过20上下,要是这话让长辈们听到估计会哭笑不得。
不过今年3月份,联合国认定92年出生的人已经步入中年,可以被称作“中年人”了,照这么算,26岁就是中年,看这篇文章的你估计也离中年危机不远了,所以也难怪年轻小伙子小姑娘们都开始说自己老了。
仔细想想,你或许还真的有老了的迹象,例如说喜欢早睡,不到10点就爬上了床,而且还不用闹钟就会凌晨5点起床。
又或许,你的身体在向你发送老了的信号,像是蹲久了站起来很费力,膝盖会疼上半天,一到雨天就更是如此。
有人在reddit网站提问说:
”What is something you do that would be considered something an “old person” would do”
你有什么事是别人觉得老年人才会有(做)的?
我们选了一些有代表性的回答,看看你有没有中枪。
Crack like a glow stick whenever I stand up. I'm 21.
站起来全身骨头就跟荧光棒似的噼里啪啦响,我才21岁啊
Forget what I was doing.
老是忘了我在干嘛
I'm always like, "teenagers today..."
我的口头禅:“现在的00后啊”
Getting my hair cut at a barbershop that has almost entirely older people
我剪头发的店里的顾客几乎全是老人家
Read the newspaper
看报
I take vitamins in the morning and floss
早上吃维生素,还剔牙
Take naps
白天一定要睡会儿
I peek out the windows and watch the neighbors suspiciously...
我会从窗户里偷偷摸摸地窥探邻居的一举一动
Having the time of my life shopping for cool kitchen gadgets/appliances
花时间在超市里选购好看的厨具/厨房用品
Pickling
做泡菜
Doing chores to self-help/life advice themed podcasts
边做家务边听励志生活主题的播客
I drive a manual, and I shame people that don’t.
我开手动挡的车,还鄙视那些开自动挡的
其实有一些与自己年龄不相符的表现并不一定只是意味着变老,还有可能是变得成熟。有些早熟的小孩儿就特别有趣。
➤ When my son was 4 1/2 and learning the concept of infinity he said, "So if numbers never end, there must be numbers less than zero."
我儿子四岁半的时候我教他数学里无穷的概念,他说:“所以说如果数是无穷的,那肯定就有比0还小的数吧”。
➤ I was explaining taxes to a 13 year old, and different tax brackets. I mentioned that my ex girlfriend had made twice as much as I did annually, but had found a way to pay the same taxes as me despite being in different brackets. He said: "She made twice as much as you did? So why'd you leave her?"
我跟一个13岁的小孩儿解释个税,以及不同的征税等级。举例子的时候我提到了我的前女友,她年薪是我的两倍,但是找到了方法避税,即便征税等级跟我的不一样,但缴的税跟我一样少。这小孩儿说:“她年薪是你的两倍?那你干嘛离开她?”
➤ A few days after we were in a car accident, I said something to her about what she was doing and my 4 year old narrowed her eyes, looked right at me and said, "Well at least I didn't flip the car over."
之前我发生过一次车祸,过了几天,那天我正在教育我四岁的女儿,结果她眯着眼睛看着我,说道:“起码我没翻过车啊。”
早熟还是先老,你是哪一种?
感谢好听的bgm:
Halo - Lotte Kestner
Notes
glow stick: n 荧光棒
barbershop: n 理发店
vitamin: n 维生素
floss: v 用牙线剔牙
nap: n (日间的)小睡
peek: v 偷看
suspiciously: adv 疑心的
gadget: n 小器具;小装置
appliance: n (家用)电器,器具
pickle: v 腌渍泡菜
chore: n 杂务
podcast: n 播客
bracket: n (价格、年龄、收入等的)组级,等级
flip: v 使快速翻转
主播:拉面
编辑:李雪晴
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