E80【挑战】By the time I was thirty, I decided I want a fresh challenge

▍核心句型

By the time I wasthirty, I decided I want a fresh challenge.

直到30岁，我才决定想要迎接全新的挑战。

▍场景对话

A: Where did yougo to university？ 

你在哪里读的大学？

B: My parents wanted me to stay in Hong Kong, but I decided to go backto England. I graduated from Oxford University with adegree in English literature. 

我父母想要我呆在香港，但我决定回英格兰。我毕业于牛津大学并且拿到了英文文学的学位   

A: What's your current occupation? 

你现在做什么工作呢？   

B: I'm a freelance writer. I write magazine articles and fiction books. 

我现在是自由作家。我写一些杂志文章和小说。

A: Did you always know youwanted to be a writer? 

 你过去一直认为你想成为一名作家吗？   

B: No, I didn't. I was an English teacher for about five years, but by the time Iwas thirty, I decided I want a fresh challenge. 

不是的。我当了差不多5年的英语老师，但直到30岁，我才决定想要迎接全新的挑战。 

▍语言点

by the time直到……时候

decide /dɪ'saɪd/ v. 决定

fresh /freʃ/adj. 全新的

challenge /'tʃælɪndʒ/ n. 挑战

  ·want a fresh challenge

straightA student 学霸

graduate from 毕业于 

degree /dɪ'ɡriː/ n. 学位

occupation /ˌɑːkjəˈpeɪʃən/ n. 职业

  ·job /dʒɑːb/

freelance /ˈfriːlæns/ n.自由职业人