Christina's Future Plans 1

克里斯蒂娜的未来计划

Christina sells women's clothing in a department store.克里斯蒂娜在百货公司卖女装。

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，但这周她要休息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，坐火车大约三个小时就到。

They are looking forward to seeing her.他们盼望见到她。

They haven’t seen her for almost a year.他们已经快一年没见到她了。

Christina is their only child.克里斯蒂娜是他们唯一的孩子。

Christina isn’t going on the trip by herself.克里斯蒂娜不会一个人去旅行。

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.她打算把他介绍给她的父母。

She and her boyfriend want to get married.她和她的男朋友想结婚。

If everything goes well, they plan to get married in 6 months.如果一切顺利，他们计划6个月后结婚。

After they get married, Christina plans to quit her job. 他们结婚后，克里斯蒂娜打算辞职。

She wants to spend more time designing clothes.她想花更多的时间设计衣服。

She wants to set up her own business.她想自己创业。

This will take time.这需要时间。

Her boyfriend thinks it’s a good idea.她男朋友认为这是个好主意。

He's also thinking about starting his own business.他也在考虑自己创业。

They don’t plan to have children right away.他们不打算马上要孩子。

In fact, they may decide not to have children.事实上，他们可能决定不生孩子。

They don’t know yet.他们还不知道。

It’s going to be a big decision.这将是一个重大的决定。

Christina’s parents want her to marry and have children. 克里斯蒂娜的父母希望她结婚生子。

They are looking forward tohaving grandchildren.他们盼望有孙子孙女。

They don’t want her to start her own business. 他们不想让她自己创业。

They think it’s more important to have children. 他们认为有孩子更重要。

In fact, they would like her to live closer to them. 事实上，他们希望她住得离他们近一些。

They want to be close to their grandchildren.他们想要和他们的孙子们在一起。

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诉父母。

For now, she just wants them to meet her boyfriend.现在，她只是想让他们见见她的男朋友。

She wants them to be happy that she is going to get married. 她希望他们因为她要结婚而高兴。

She wants them to like him and see her happiness. 她希望他们喜欢他，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. 现在的生活和过去不一样了。

Times are changing.时代在改变。