Name: 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前！來聽聽這些長者最後悔的事情以及給年輕人的建議 (80 Year Olds Share Their BIGGEST Mistakes)
Uploaded: 2023-02-19T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 10 min 44 s

What is a big mistake that you have made or a big regret that you have?

你曾經犯過什麼很大的錯誤，或是你有什麼很大的遺憾嗎？

祈使句型

You can't just lie in bed and eat cookies.

你不能安逸的躺在床上吃著餅乾。

Getting old is not for the faint of heart.

他們看你的眼神好像你一文不值。

Have you ever wondered what the regrets of some of the oldest yet wisest people in the world are?

你有沒有想過，世界上一些最年長但最聰明的人的遺憾是什麼？

Or maybe some pieces of life advice that they would give to someone of your age?

或是他們會給你這個年齡的人一些什麼樣的人生建議？

In this video, I'm gonna be interviewing retired seniors in their 60s, 70s and 80s about their best pieces of life advice and their deepest regrets.

在這個影片中，我會採訪 60 多歲、70 多歲和 80 多歲的退休老人，了解他們的人生建議和最深切的遺憾。

Here's what it feels like: you look the same looking out, what people see you entirely differently.

變老的感覺是這樣：你看起來是一樣的，但人們對你的看法卻完全不同。

And in today's world, they look at you like you're worthless.

在當今世界，人們視你為一文不值。

You feel like you played tackle football the day before.

感覺自己前一天還在擒抱對手。

You just can't remember why you feel so sore.

你不記得為什麼會感到如此疼痛。

And you're up and you're doing things and you're just really sore.

你起床正在做事情的時候，真的很痛。

And then you go into the bathroom and you go like this,

然後你走進浴室，嚇了一大跳，

because all of a sudden there's this old face in front of you and you go, "holy shit. I'm old. I forgot."

因為突然之間，一張蒼老的臉出現在你面前，你會心想：「天哪。我老了。我忘了。」

I played hockey until a couple of years. I quit at 84.

我打了好幾年的曲棍球直到我 84 歲。

I take no medication. I don't remember when I've had a headache. Feel good.

我不吃藥。 我不記得我什麼時候頭疼過。 感覺不錯。

Can you describe to me what it feels like to be 73?

你能否形容一下身為 73 歲的感覺呢？

Wonderful. Depends (on) what life you had before. - It sucks.

很好。這取決於你人生是怎麼過的？- 很糟。

I was born in France came to Canada when I was very young.

我出生在法國，在我很小的時候就來到了加拿大。

What is a big mistake that you've made or a big regret that you have that you learned a valuable lesson from?

你曾經犯過很大的錯誤或你從很大的遺憾中吸取的寶貴教訓的是什麼？

Like, I don't know how old you are, but I have grandchildren that are in their thirties,  so I would probably have lived life a little bit more than getting married then.

我不知道你多大了，但我現在有三十多歲的孫子了，所以我希望當初應該多享受一點生活再結婚。

How old were you when you got married? - 18.

What age would you get married at, let's say today?

如果是現在的話，你會在幾歲結婚？

I think like I'm 23 but physically, I don't feel like I'm 23.

我覺得我心靈上是 23 歲，但身體上，我不覺得我是 23 歲。

And then the world looks at you differently and they respond differently.

然後世界以不同的眼光看待你，他們的反應也不同。

Well, I think as a woman, you feel a little invisible as you get older.

我認為作為一個女人，隨著年齡的增長，你會越來越被忽視。

When you're younger, you get a lot of attention. A lot of people look at you and talk to you.

當年輕的時候，會得到很多關注。很多人看你，和你說話。

I don't think we value older people. I think we think they're kind of like, out of date.

我覺得我們不重視老年人。 我覺得大家都認為老人家很過時。

I'm tired, man. It's like gravity has been holding on to me for a long f*cking time.

我很累。就好像地心引力已經拖著我很長時間了。

I'm like so many people who suddenly look up and go, "What? 73? When did that happen?"

我和很多人一樣，突然意識到「什麼？我 73 歲了？什麼時候發生的？」

I'm not ready for Medicare yet, but I'll take it.

我還沒有準備好使用醫療保險，但我會接受的。

When you look at the 20 somethings of today, what is one thing you don't like about them?

對於現在的 20 多歲年輕人，你不喜歡他們什麼地方？

The social media stuff, all the selfies and the kind of marketing oneself as a product.

社交媒體的東西，自拍和那種把自己當作產品來推銷的做法。

You can't sit in an airport or even in a park and talk to anybody because everybody is like this. Put it away, turn it off.

你沒辦法在機場甚至公園和任何人交談，因為每個人都在滑手機。把手機收起來，關掉。

I feel like there's a whole language of images that I just don't have the training to get because it didn't happen with me from birth, which kind of makes me feel left out a little.

我覺得現在社會有全新的圖像語言是我沒有學習過的，因為它不是我出生時發明的，這讓我覺得有點被社會排除在外。

I just signed a seven-year employment contract.

剛剛簽了一份為期七年的聘僱合約。

Like, I just have learned enough to get started.

我剛學了足夠的知識來開始人生。

A little bit of walking problems had not in tune with the body.

有一點些走路的問題，跟身體不協調了。

Every now and again, I'm reminded that I'm not 40 anymore, I'm 59 and I'm 60 next year and that's surprising.

時不時地，我被提醒我不再是 40 歲了，我已經 59 歲了，明年我就 60 歲了，這很令人震驚。

If you could give one piece of advice to someone younger than you, what would you say?

如果你可以給比你年輕的人一個建議，你會說什麼？

Don't worry so much about things. I worried about everything when I was young. After a while you just think, "what's the point?" Just do it.

不要擔心那麼多事情，我在年輕的時候什麼都擔心，過了一段時間，你就會想「這有什麼意義呢？」做就對了。

Because we were mental health nurses, I can say not being happy is not the same as being ill, but I think there's a big emphasis on mental health.

因為我們是心理健康的護士，所以我可以肯定地說，不快樂和生病是不一樣的，但我認為人們非常重視心理健康。

It encourages people to think that if they're not happy all the time, there's something wrong as opposed to it's just normal life.

它鼓勵人們認為，如果他們一直不開心，那就是有問題，而不是正常的生活。

Sometimes you're happy about things, sometimes you're not happy about things.

有時你對事情感到高興，有時你對事情不高興。

What is the biggest mistake or biggest regret that you have in your life?

你一生中犯過最大的錯誤或最大的遺憾是什麼？

I mean, I've traveled a lot, but I really enjoy that.

我的意思是，我已經去很多地方旅行過了，但我很享受旅行這件事。

I'm sorry I let one of the languages I knew when I was younger go.

我很抱歉我忘掉了我年輕時學習的一種語言。

I also really, really f*n and regret that I didn't take advantage of public schools here.

我也非常後悔我沒有進到這裡的公立學校就讀。

I could have learned to play a musical instrument.

For whatever reason I didn't do... I think it was because I didn't think my parents had enough money to buy me an instrument.

不管出於什麼原因我沒有去學習……我想是因為我認為我父母沒有錢買樂器給我。

I didn't do it and now I regret it desperately.

我當時沒有學習，而現在我極度後悔。

You know, I really wish I had learned to play music because it's very, very important to me.

我真的希望我學會演奏音樂，因為音樂對我來說非常非常重要。

I feel like it's in me, but I don't know how to express it.

我覺得它就在我心裡，但我不知道該如何表達。

What does it feel like to be... - Wait a second, you're 85!

83 歲是什麼感覺？- 等等，你是 85 歲！

What does it feel like to be 83 and 85? - Old.

83 歲跟 85 歲的感覺是什麼？- 很老。

感謝上帝，我的健康狀況很好。

我是游泳運動員。我可以游 1000 碼。

When did you start saying that you felt old?

你什麼時候開始說自己感覺很老的？

When my son says that I should sell the house and move into an assisted living, things like that. You feel old.

當我的兒子說我應該賣掉房子，搬到輔助生活社區那些的，你就感到自己老了。

It's pretty good. I don't want to go through my life again.

很好。我不想再經歷我的人生一次了。

But we do look at all you young people and we envy you because we think you have so many choices.

但確實，我們看著你們這些年輕人會羨慕你們，因為我們認為你們有很多選擇。

Physically, I feel fine. Mentally, I feel fine. A little more tired, but I regret some of the mistakes I made.

身體上，我很好；精神上，我也感覺很好，是有一點點累，不過我對自己犯的一些錯誤感到後悔。

I'm a nurse. I help people die who are much younger than me.

我是一名護士，我幫助那些比我年輕很多的人死去。

We are slowly losing our memory and I realize that and this worries me.

我們正在慢慢失去記憶，而我意識到了這一點，這讓我很擔心。

Physically, I feel younger, but mentally, I feel older.

身體上，我覺得比較年輕，但精神上，我覺得自己老了。

What is something that when we were younger, we tend to prioritize, but as we get older, we realize isn't that important?

什麼事情是我們年輕的時候往往會優先考慮的，但隨著我們年齡的增長，我們會意識到這並不重要？

Time. It just seems to me young people are always in such a hurry, such a hurry.

時間。感覺年輕人總是如此匆忙。

I understand it. The world is out there to be taken, you know?

我懂。這個世界有很多可以爭取的，

So if I go here, I go there, I go here, I go there.

But I think just calm down and proceed sensibly.

但我認為年輕人要冷靜下來，理智地往前走。

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