day 34choices

choices

Plan a year living in another country, step by step and with your reasons, using ……，好…… and 为了……而……; retell a survey on money, time and happiness; read a reflection on the roads we choose.

words to say

• 挑战 tiǎozhàn · challenge; to challenge
• 未来 wèilái · future; coming
• 向往 xiàngwǎng · to yearn for
• 渴望 kěwàng · to long for, crave
• 尝试 chángshì · to try, attempt
• 眼光 yǎnguāng · eye, taste, judgement
• 差异 chāyì · difference
• 融入 róngrù · to blend into, fit in
• 好奇 hàoqí · curious
• 理想 lǐxiǎng · ideal, dream; ideal (adj.)

sentences

• 我很向往自由的生活。 · I long for a free life.
• 每个人都渴望被理解。 · Everyone longs to be understood.
• 他敢于接受新的挑战。 · He dares to take on new challenges.
• 不同的国家有文化差异。 · Different countries have cultural differences.
• 她很快就融入了当地的生活。 · She soon fitted into local life.

say it after the voice

• 刚到一个新的国家，语言不通，习惯也不同，每一天都是一个新的挑战。 · When you first arrive in a new country, you don’t speak the language and the habits are different: every day is a new challenge.
• 为了更快地融入当地的生活，她每天都跟邻居聊天，周末还去学做当地的菜。 · To fit into local life faster, she chats with her neighbours every day and learns to cook local dishes at weekends.
• 带着好奇的眼光去看世界，你就会慢慢发现，文化的差异其实也是一种美。 · Look at the world with curious eyes and you will gradually find that cultural differences are a kind of beauty too.
• 年轻的时候多尝试一些不同的事情，好知道自己真正向往的是什么样的生活。 · When you’re young, try out different things, so that you find out what kind of life you really long for.

questions to answer

• 你怎么看年轻人出国工作？ · What do you think of young people going abroad to work?
• 父母该不该替孩子做重要的选择？ · Should parents make important choices for their children?
• 你喜欢稳定的生活还是有挑战的生活？ · Do you like a steady life or a life full of challenges?

a passage to retell

• A recent survey asked people what makes them happy. Between more money and more free time, most young people chose time. The survey also found that people who often try new experiences with friends are happier than people who mostly like buying things. In the first group, seven out of ten said they were very happy; in the second, only four. The researchers believe things slowly grow old, while experiences turn into happy memories.

a passage to read aloud

人的一生，会遇到很多选择：读什么专业，去哪座城市，做什么工作，和谁成为朋友。每一次选择，都像站在一个路口：走上一条路，就意味着放弃另一条。所以很多人在选择面前犹豫很久，总担心自己选错了，好像另一条路上的风景一定更美。有时候，我们甚至因为害怕选错，干脆什么都不选。

其实，每一条路都有它的风景，也都有它的困难。人生没有标准答案。年轻的时候，我们可以多尝试一些，带着好奇的眼光，去融入不同的生活，去理解人与人之间的差异。走过的路，会成为我们的一部分；没有走的路，也让我们更明白自己为什么而出发。重要的不是选对了哪一条，而是在自己选的路上认真地走下去。