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24條都中？說明你20歲的身體裡住了個老靈魂！

24 Signs You're An Old Person Disguised In A 20-Something Body
　　
►For years you've wondered why you could never fully relate to other people your age.
這麼多年來，你可能一直在想，為什麼你與同齡人總是有點格格不入。
What about hookup culture is appealing? Why are girls showing their midriff in the winter? How are the horrendous things they play on the radio considered “good” music?
比如，你不明白為什麼約炮文化如此盛行？為什麼女孩兒冬天還要穿露臍裝？電臺裡那麼難聽的東西怎麼能稱之為“好”音樂？
►At times, you probably even refer to Millennials as if you're not a part of the demographic yourself. The reason? You're an old soul stuck in a twenty-something year-old's body.
有時你可能會把他們稱為“千禧一代”——說的好像你自己不是其中一員似的。為什麼會出現這種情況？因為你20幾歲的身體內，住著一個成熟的靈魂。
　　
►Here are some signs:
跡象如下：
1◉ You'd rather spend the night in your bed then out with your friends.
你寧願整晚窩在床上，也不願跟朋友們出去嗨。
2◉ You're annoyed by all of the annoying teenagers who play their music way too loud.
年輕人大聲放著惱人的音樂，會讓你煩的不得了。
What's the point in even wearing headphones?
他們竟然還戴著耳機聽，跟外放又有什麼兩樣呢？
3◉ Baking brings you great joy.
你愛上了烘焙。
4◉ You've secretly always wanted to join a knitting class.
你心裡一直偷偷想要加入一個編織培訓班。
5◉ Young & The Restless is your shit.
《不安分的青春》這類劇不是你的菜。
6◉ You enjoy walking for leisure.
你喜歡散步休閒。
7◉ You complete newspaper crossword puzzles everyday on your morning commute.
在每天早晨的通勤路上，你會做完報紙的填字遊戲。
8◉ You despise the radio and listen to the oldies instead.
你看不上電臺音樂，而是找已經不再流行的音樂來聽。
Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles…the list is far and great.
路易士·阿姆斯壯、弗蘭克·辛納屈、披頭士樂隊……這種好聽的音樂簡直太多了。
9◉ You refuse to text in acronyms.
你發短信時不用略縮語。
10◉ You're always in some sort of pain for no apparent reason.
身體某些部位經常會莫名其妙的出現疼痛。
Your lower back, shoulders, baby toes, ankles, BASICALLY EVERYTHING.
你的後腰、肩膀、小腳趾、腳踝，基本上全身都疼。
11◉ Your knees crack when sitting down, standing up, walking up the stairs, walking down the stairs…
當你坐下、站起、上樓、下樓的時候，你會聽到膝蓋發出哢擦的聲音。
12◉ There's nothing more that you love than covering up.
你不愛露肉。
13◉ You frequently mishear the things that people say.
你經常把別人說的話聽錯。
14◉ You still hand-write your lecture notes.
你仍然手寫課堂筆記。
15◉ House slippers, fuzzy socks, and snuggies make you smile.
家裡的拖鞋、毛絨襪子、保暖內衣，你喜歡的不得了。
16◉ Your signature dance move is the Chicken Dance, The Lightbulb, or the YMCA.
你標誌性的舞步是小雞舞、燈泡舞或YMCA舞。
17◉ You think housework is therapeutic.
家務能讓你放鬆身心。
18◉ If you do go out, 12AM is your designated “time to call an Uber home” time.
如果你外出，半夜12點是你指定“該打輛優步回家了”的時刻。
19◉ You have a serious passion for wine tasting.
你對品紅酒這事兒挺認真、有熱情的。
20◉ You take pride in your ever-growing book collection.
你為自己不斷增長的藏書而驕傲。
21◉ You aren't on social media.
你不玩社交媒體。
…partially because you're technologically challenged.
……一部分原因是因為你對科技之類的東西不太擅長。
22◉ You need naps to function correctly.
你需要靠午睡來恢復身體機能。
23◉ You ask for practical gifts on Christmas.
耶誕節你偏愛實用的禮物。
Candles and knee-high socks excite you.
蠟燭和齊膝長襪都好極啦。
24◉ People your actual age exhaust you.
同齡人好像都比你更有體力。
　　
【Vocabulary】
⋆midriff：上腹部; 胸與腰之間的部分
⋆horrendous：可怕的；驚人的
⋆snuggies：女式保暖長內衣

4個詞描述你的人生經歷，你會如何概括？

🍎賈伯斯名言- 談創新🍎

☛An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisure life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week ,but he wanted to retire. They could get by.
有個老木匠準備退休，他告訴老闆，說要離開建造行業，回家與妻子兒女享受天倫之樂。雖然老闆給他的工資很高，可是，他更想享受退休生活。生活總能維持下去。
　　

👗 30 signs you have WAY too many clothes 👗
　　
女人衣櫥裡的衣服，沒有最多，只有更多。多到衣櫃裝不下，多到衣架不夠用，多到不知穿什麼好。
　　
❖ 1. Trying to keep your wardrobe organized is like a full-time job 
需要專門騰出一大塊時間整理衣櫃
❖ 2. You have to do a charity shop clear-out every other month 
每隔一個月都要出清一些不穿的衣服給慈善商店
❖ 3. You often find things you swear you must have been drunk to buy 
經常發現一些不知什麼時候“失手”買來的衣服
❖ 4. Under your bed is full of shoe boxes that you haven't opened in forever 
床底下有不少根本從沒打開過的鞋盒子
❖ 5. You have to rotate your summer and winter wardrobes to make more room 
需要互相倒騰放夏裝和冬裝的地方，以便騰出些空間
❖ 6. You spend your days googling walk-in wardrobes 
在網上到處搜超大的衣櫃
❖ 7. When people tell you they've never seen you wear the same thing twice 
有人跟你說，他們從沒見你穿過重樣的衣服
❖ 8. You run out of hangers 
衣架不夠用了
❖ 9. Nothing gets you going quite like a good storage solution 
總也找不出存放衣服的最佳解決方案
❖ 10. You have clothes in your wardrobe, the spare room, the loft AND various suitcases 
衣櫃、空房間、閣樓、各種行李箱……到處都放著你的衣服
❖ 11. Finding that specific skirt you need takes hours, sometimes days 
想找到要穿的那件短裙需要好幾個小時，甚至好幾天
❖ 12. There's nothing quite like the rush of discovering something you forgot you owned 
突然發現你竟然還有這樣一件衣服，簡直讓你喜出望外
❖ 13. Coats have no place in your wardrobe - they take up WAY too much room 
衣櫃沒地方放外套了——因為外套太占地方
❖ 14. You could quite happily give away half of your sunglasses collection and still have a pair for every weekend of the year 
即使你樂於把一半的太陽鏡都送人，還是會發現每個週末都可以戴不重樣的
❖ 15. You never have anything to wear - mostly because of all the clothes disguising actual outfits 
你總是不知道穿什麼好——主要是因為衣服太多，不知道怎麼搭配才最好
❖ 16. No one ever wants to buy you clothes for your birthday. "You have enough" 
你生日沒人送你衣服，大家都說“你衣服夠多了”
❖ 17. Bags to you are like pants - you wear a new one every day 
包包對你來說就像褲子一樣——每天換一個
❖ 18. Every time you're invited to an event, you buy something new 
每次獲邀出席某個場合，你都要置辦幾件新行頭
❖ 19. Your friends are better at remembering what you own than you are
朋友們更容易記住你穿過的衣服，早忘了你是個什麼樣的人
❖ 20. You have a bra to match every kind of outfit 
每套行頭你都有專門的胸罩來搭配
❖ 21. Strangers on Instagram think you're rich - they don't see the Cup A Soup dinners 
社交網站上的人還以為你富得流油，殊不知你晚餐只喝一杯速食湯
❖ 22. Your dry-clean pile never gets done - when you have so many other clothes to wear, what's the point? 
你的髒衣服永遠堆在那兒——還有那麼多其他選擇，何必去洗髒的？
❖ 23. Your clothes are always creased from cramming too many in your wardrobe 
衣櫃裡衣服太多，弄的都起皺了
❖ 24. You definitely own more hangers than you know people 
你衣架的數量比你認識的人的數量還多
❖ 25. Sometimes you get home and realize the top you just bought is identical to one you already own 
有時你到家才發現，剛買的那件上衣跟之前買過的一件一模一樣
❖ 26. At weekends you play with your clothes as if they were your toys 
週末你淨跟自己的衣服打交道了，仿佛它們是你的玩具
❖ 27. Your laundry basket acts as extra storage 
髒衣簍其實是一個你儲存衣服的地方
❖ 28. So does the washing machine 
洗衣機也是
❖ 29. So does the clothes horse 
晾衣架也是
❖ 30. If you sold all of your clothes you could probably buy a mansion. 
要是你賣掉所有衣服，你應該可以買棟房了。
　　
要是那樣的話，你穿什麼呢？
文章來源：30個跡象表明你衣服太多了

♛ Ten special stamps have been released to celebrate the Queen's birthday, including a stamp sheet featuring four generations of the Royal Family.
慶祝女王生日的十張紀念郵票已經發行，其中包括一張王室家族四代傳人的合影。
The picture of the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George was taken in Buckingham Palace last year.
這張包含女王、查理斯王儲、威廉王子和喬治王子的四人合照拍攝於去年。
　　
♛ George, making his first appearance on a Royal Mail stamp, had to stand on four foam blocks bound together with tape so his head was at roughly the same height as the seated royals.
這是喬治第一次在皇家郵票上露臉，為了能跟家族中其他三位坐著的長輩保持同樣的高度，喬治不得不站在四塊泡沫塑料板上。
This is a photograph which will be remembered long after this week's celebrations.
這是一張必定會被長久銘記的照片。
Think of it this way. When Prince George is celebrating his own 90th birthday, it will be the year 2103.
想想看，等喬治王子慶祝自己90歲壽辰的時候，得到2103年了。
　　
♛ Six further stamps have been released for the head of state's 90th birthday, three focusing on the Queen's family life and three honoring her official role. 
紀念女王90大壽的郵票中還包括6張展現女王家庭生活和履行王室職責的照片。
They show the Queen: as a young Princess Elizabeth with her father then the Duke of York in around 1930; attending the State Opening of Parliament in 2012; with Princess Anne and Prince Charles in 1952; visiting New Zealand in 1977; with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1957; and riding in an open top carriage with Nelson Mandela in 1996.
照片展示的分別是：1930年左右女王還是伊莉莎白公主的時候跟時任約克公爵的父親的合影；2012年出席議會開幕儀式；1952年與安妮公主和查理斯王子的合影；1977年訪問紐西蘭；1957年與愛丁堡公爵合影，以及1996年與曼德拉同乘馬車。
　　
女王生日當天都幹啥？
♛ On her actual birthday on Thursday, the Queen and Prince Philip will undertake a walkabout in Windsor and unveil a plaque marking The Queen's Walkway, a 6.3km self-guided walking trail connecting 63 points of significance in Windsor.
到了女王生日的正日子，4月21日，女王和菲力浦親王會在溫莎城堡內進行巡遊，同時為“女王步道”揭幕，這是一條長6.3公里的步行小路，連接了溫莎城堡內的63個重要地點。
It was designed to recognize the moment the monarch broke the record on 9 September 2015 held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria by being on the throne for 63 years and seven months.
這個步道是為了紀念伊莉莎白女王在2015年9月9日打破了其曾曾祖母維多利亞女王63年零7個月的在位記錄。
　　
♛ In the evening, the Queen with Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, will light the principal beacon setting in train a series of more than 900 beacons across the UK and around the world to mark the milestone birthday.
到了晚上，女王會和菲力浦親王、威爾士王子以及康沃爾公爵夫人一起點亮歡慶活動的主體彩燈。900多個歡慶彩燈將遍佈整個英國和世界各地。
On Friday, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be joining the Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle.
週五（4月22日），美國總統奧巴馬和夫人蜜雪兒將到訪溫莎城堡，與女王共進午餐。
　　
♛ Britain's longest-serving monarch celebrates two birthdays each year, her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on a Saturday in June.
英國在位時間最長的王室首領（伊莉莎白女王）每年要慶祝兩個生日，一個是她實際的生日4月21日，另一個是她的官方生日，在6月的一個週六。
Official celebrations to mark sovereigns' birthdays have often been held on another day, particularly when the actual birthday has not been in the summer.
官方慶祝王室領袖的生日一般都不跟實際的生日在同一天，尤其如果生日不在夏天的話。
女王90歲大壽，慶典活動安排
4月20日：女王會在溫莎參觀皇家郵政遞送局，並為那裡的樂隊演奏台揭幕
4月21日：為溫莎的“女王步道”揭牌，之後點亮第一束歡慶彩燈。英國境內還會鳴放禮炮。
5月12-15日：溫莎城堡內馬術表演及歡慶巡演
6月10日：在聖保羅大教堂舉行感恩儀式
6月11日：皇家騎兵衛隊閱兵儀式
6月12日：女王舉辦萬名賓客街道午餐派對

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🍃 1. The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it.
往昔已逝，靜如止水;我們無法再做改變。而前方的未來正生機勃勃;我們所做的每一件事都將影響著它。
🍃 2. You laugh at me for being different, but I laugh at you for being the same.
你嘲笑我和別人不一樣，我嘲笑你和大家都一樣。
🍃 3. The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.
今天的果，緣於過去行為種下的因。想要改變你的未來，改變你的今天。
🍃 4. Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
經驗是個很苛刻的老師，因為她總是一上來就把你考倒，然後才給你上課。.
🍃 5. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
能力會讓你青雲直上，到達頂峰，但必須靠足夠的人格魅力，才能讓你留在那裡。
🍃 6. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
生活，不是用我們呼吸了多少下來衡量的，而是要看我們多少次屏住呼吸
🍃 7. I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
生活的哲學：把空的裝滿，把滿的倒空，哪裡癢抓哪裡.
🍃 8. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
別到處宣稱世界對你不公平，世界不欠你任何東西，因為世界比你早誕生的多。
🍂 9. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
幸福不意味著凡事都完美，那只是因為你已經不再只看到缺憾了。
🍂10. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
不要祈望工作適合你的能力，而要祈望自己的能力去適應工作。那麼，工作將永遠只是工作，而你卻能成長為一個奇跡
🍂11. Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
不要害怕你的生活將要結束，應該擔心你的生活永遠不曾真正開始.
🍂12. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十歲時起支配作用的是意志，三十歲時是機智，四十歲時是判斷.
🍂13. What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.
讓我們陷入困境的不是無知，而是看似正確的謬誤論斷.
🍂14.Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.
生活就像熱水澡，泡著很舒服的樣子;但泡得越久，皺紋也就越多。
🍂15. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who do not.
生命太短，沒留時間給我們每日帶著遺憾醒來。所以去愛那些對你好的人，忘掉那些不知珍惜你的人
🍂16. People who are serious about the relation are moody as they have devoted a lot that makes them worry about gains and losses.
動了真感情的人都會喜怒無常，因付出太多，難免患得患失。

你們家有沒有這樣一把椅子，它不是供人坐的，而是專門用來堆衣服的？嗯，我知道有些人被說中了。其實呢，這種做法是全球通行的。國外的妹子們還直接拿地板當衣櫥呢！
今天，我們就來說說跟衣櫥（wardrobe）相關的幾個詞彙表達。
　　

🎩莎士比亞作品中的十大經典“吐槽" 🎩

✿ rose ♥ 玫瑰
She is a rose of loveliness.
她是位可愛的美人。

笑，除了laugh和smile，你還能想到哪些詞？

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