地道美語:Midlife Crisis 中年危機(情景視頻)ZT
主持人Mike Bond和楊琳帶你走進他們幽默搞怪的日常生活，帶你邊玩邊學地道美語。
今天Mike和楊琳的老板Kevin遇到了中年危機，倆人傻了，咋辦？
MONDAY, 3:20P.M., OFFICE
---Hi, Kevin, going old school today? This was like my mom's favorite song. She used to sing it to me when I was 4 or 5.
---凱文，今天走複古路線？這是我媽最喜歡的歌曲。在我4，5歲時，我媽常唱這首歌曲給我聽。
---How old are you? That isn't that old.
---你多大了？這歌沒那麽老。
---I have never heard that song before.
---我可從未聽到過這首歌曲。
---That's because it is only on 60s oldies but goodies channel.
---這是因為這首歌曲隻在60年代老歌金曲頻道播放。
---Hey 嗨
---Wow, buddy, hey 哇，哥們，嗨
---（Talk about blast from the past）. This song brings back good old days when I was a pilot in Vietman. Don't listen to these kids. They would now know good music if it bit them in the leg. They just do not understand...us.
---（這首歌曲勾起了我的回憶）。這首歌曲讓我想起了曾經在越南做飛行員的好時光。別聽這些孩子們的。即使好音樂擺在他們麵前，他們也不知道辨別音樂的好壞，他們就是不懂......我們這代人。
---US? What us? Bob is like 60 billion years old. I am only.. Oh, my gosh, feels like my 35th birthday only yesterday.
---咱們這代？誰跟他一代呀？波比好像是800歲了？ 我才...... 我的天呀，我的35歲生日仿佛就在昨天。
TUESDAY, 9:45A.M., OFFICE
---How is it going? dudes?
---台下的觀眾們，你們好嗎？
---Is it Halloween today?
---今天是萬聖節嗎？
---Oh, sweet McJaggar's. Kevin, what gives?
---我的七舅老爺。凱文，這是怎麽回事？
---This is called living the dream.
---這叫做追夢。
---Dream? Do you want to be a rocker?
---夢想？你要做搖滾？
---It is on my list.
---是我的目標之一。
---Don't you think it is little bit too late for you to join the music industry?
---你不覺得現在進入樂壇有點晚了嗎？
---Late? Better late than never. Shush. Hear that? The clock is ticking.
---晚？總比不做好吧。噓，聽到嗎？時不待我呀。
---No, Kevin is not crazy. He is just having a midlife crisis. My dad went through the same thing a couple years ago. Only he did not start a rock band, he bought a boat. You know the second the midlife crisis hits, people panic. They just splurge. Now that boat sits in my driveway collecting dust. You know I could sell that boat to Kevin.
---I do not get this. Look at Kevin, he has EVERYTHING, a good career, a big house, happily married with kids. He is living my dream. What else do you want from life. OK, Kevin. Your dream can wait. It is time to get changed now. You are gonna be on air in 20 minutes.
---Nah, I do not think so. You guys figure out how to do the show today.
---Wait, us?
---Me, I am going to the boss office to turn in my resignation letter. Out.
---Wait..., resignation... Kevin?
TUESDAY, 10:45A.M., DEAN'S OFFICE
---Kevin, you and I, we go way back. I can't let you leave like this. I just can't. You are my right-hand man.
---I do not know, Dean. I love this job, but I just do not feel like I'm...fulfilling my dream. You know, like I got nothing to look forward to for the rest of my life. Feel like it is time to step back, pause, take a second look, buddy.
---I know, I know, go buy a Ferrari, go out drink with the 20-somthings, do whatever you have to do, just do not quit. So you want to give up a six-figure job and become a starving artist becuse it makes you feel young and wild again? Been there, done that. So these are the souvenirs of my midlife crisis. I quit the job and became a singer and I wrote a lot of songs that nobody would buy. Want to take a listen? Take that back.
---Not so fast, but you are right. In today's economy, a good job is hard to find.
---That is what I am talking about. A midlife crisis comes and goes, but your mortgage is always there. Listen, I have a music show. It is a new show. It is a format that you could play with, very creative, lots of new artists. Is that something you might be interested in?
NEXT MONDAY, 1 P.M., PARKING LOT
---Hello, look at this, Kevin. Nice car, my gosh.
---I guess you are still with us, Huh?
---Yeah, figured out a way to deal with the old midlife crisis. Just shell out some dough and get it ove and done with. Plus my wife threatened to make me sleep on the couch if I...you know if I did not put on some real clothes and take out the trash.
---Yeah, good for you. I know you can step out of it.
---Well, listen, I got people to see, places to go. I will see you all later.
---You know, Kevin, a boat makes a really good addition to your cool gadgets.
---Still trying to sell the boat that?
---I am thinking of so much room in my driveway.
Kevin's Thoughts
You do not stop playing old because you grow old. You grow old because you stop playing. And honestly, age is just a number. So rock on.
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Words and Phrases
1. a blast from the past勾起回憶的東西；
E.g. Reading this book again was a blast from the past.
2. What gives? 怎麽回事呀? ;
E.g. Our supervisor looks so angry. What gives?
3. Been there, done that; 有個同樣經曆和感觸
E.g. Let go can be really hard. Been there, done that.
4. Get it ove and done with; 早弄完，早踏實
E.g. You'd better go see a dentist today. You know, get it over and done with.
5. Splurge (on) 在某人或某物上花大錢；
E.g. I splurged on that sports car.
6. Go way back 交情很深；
E.g. We have known each other for 20 years. We go way back.
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