The color of my hair matches my sweatshirt, and the color of my hair sometimes matches the sky, and that's just one of the signs of aging.

我頭髮的顏色與運動衫相匹配，頭髮的顏色有時與天空相匹配，這只是衰老的跡象之一。

In this English lesson I'm going to talk about the signs of aging.

在這節英語課上，我要談談衰老的跡象。

And yes, the first one is grey hair.

沒錯，第一根是白髮。

Now I have grey hair in my beard.

現在，我的鬍子都長白頭髮了。

I have grey hair on my head.

我頭上有白髮。

I'm trying to remember when I got my first grey hair.

我在努力回憶我第一次長白頭髮是什麼時候。

That's usually when people start to get a little bit worried that they're getting old.

這通常是人們開始擔心自己變老的時候。

I think I got my first grey hair 10 or 15 years ago.

我想我第一次長白頭髮是在 10 年或 15 年前。

I'm not sure.

我不確定。

But, anyways, welcome to this English lesson about the signs of aging.

不過，不管怎樣，歡迎來到這堂關於衰老跡象的英語課。

The first sign of aging I can think of, grey hair.

我能想到的第一個衰老跡象就是白髮。

The same color as my sweatshirt, the same color as the sky.

和我運動衫一樣的顏色，和天空一樣的顏色。

So my grandfather on my mom's side of the family had a full head of hair when he was old.

所以，我媽媽那邊的外公在年老的時候有一頭濃密的頭髮。

My grandfather on my dad's side of the family was bald.

我父親那邊的祖父是個禿頭。

And I'm not sure which future is in store for me.

我不知道我的未來會怎樣。

I'm not sure whether I'm going to go bald like my grandfather from my dad's side of the family, or if I'm going to keep this full head of hair until I'm really, really old.

我不知道自己會不會像我爸爸那邊的爺爺一樣禿頂，還是會一直留著這滿頭秀髮，直到我真的真的老了。

We'll have to see.

我們拭目以待。

But that's another sign of aging.

但這是衰老的另一個跡象。

Hair loss.

脫髮

Men sometimes go bald as they get older.

隨著年齡的增長，男性有時會禿頂。

Actually, some men go bald in their 30s.

事實上，有些男人 30 多歲就禿頂了。

But for me, I'm just thankful so far that as I am in my early 50s, I still have a full head of hair.

但對我來說，我很慶幸自己已經 50 歲出頭了，還能擁有一頭秀髮。

I do think, though, that I'm balding slightly.

不過，我確實覺得自己有點禿了。

I think there's a little piece right here where the hair is starting to get thin.

我覺得這裡有一小塊頭髮開始變得稀疏。

Sometimes your hair thins out, and then sometimes eventually you go bald.

有時你的頭髮會變得稀疏，有時最終會變成禿頭。

Another sign of aging.

衰老的另一個標誌

So if you look really closely at my forehead and around my eyes, I have a few lines and wrinkles.

是以，如果你仔細觀察我的額頭和眼睛周圍，就會發現我有一些細紋和皺紋。

As you get older, you start to get lines and wrinkles.

隨著年齡的增長，您會開始出現細紋和皺紋。

They usually start on your forehead and around your eyes.

它們通常從額頭和眼睛周圍開始。

When I was young, my skin was smooth and it looked really, really nice.

我年輕的時候，皮膚很光滑，看起來非常非常漂亮。

But as I get older, I'm starting to get lines and wrinkles.

但隨著年齡的增長，我開始出現細紋和皺紋。

Another sign of aging.

衰老的另一個標誌

I even have a few lines and wrinkles on my hands.

我的手上甚至出現了一些細紋和皺紋。

When I look at my hands, they aren't the hands I remember that I had when I was 25.

當我看著自己的手時，它們已經不是我記憶中 25 歲時的那雙手了。

They look a little bit older, and I'm not really that old.

他們看起來有點老，而我其實並不老。

But anyways, another sign of aging.

但不管怎麼說，這又是一個衰老的跡象。

You start to get lines and wrinkles on your skin.

你的皮膚開始出現細紋和皺紋。

So it's quite bright out here, and when I came outside, I had my sunglasses, and I must have dropped them somewhere or something because I can't find them.

外面很亮，我戴著太陽鏡出來，肯定是掉在什麼地方了，因為我找不到了。

So I guess I'll just have to squint as I talk about this part.

所以，我想我在談論這部分時只能眯著眼睛。

Oh, here they are.

哦，他們來了。

They were just on my forehead.

它們只是在我的額頭上。

Forgetfulness.

健忘。

That is another sign of aging.

這是衰老的另一個標誌。

As people get older, they tend to forget things a little bit more often than normal, regular aged people do.

隨著年齡的增長，人們往往會比正常人更容易忘記一些事情。

Again, I'm not that old, but I tend to forget things every once in a while.

再說一次，我沒那麼老，但我偶爾也會忘記一些事情。

Sometimes I go to work and I forget to take my phone.

有時我去上班，會忘記帶手機。

The other day I went to town to make a video, and I forgot to take my wallet.

有一天，我去鎮上拍視頻，忘了帶錢包。

So forgetfulness, starting to forget things, definitely another sign of aging.

是以，健忘、開始忘記事情，肯定是衰老的另一個跡象。

This is one that, yeah, I'm not really looking forward to.

是的，我不太期待這個節目。

I don't mind wrinkles.

我不介意皺紋。

I don't mind going bald.

我不介意禿頭。

But I really like the ability to remember things.

但我真的很喜歡這種記憶能力。

So hopefully as I get older, I can keep my mind really sharp, and I can avoid forgetfulness.

是以，希望隨著年齡的增長，我能保持頭腦清醒，避免健忘。

So just a minute, I have a text message coming in.

等一下 我有條簡訊進來

I need to read this, but yeah, I'm going to need to put on my reading glasses in order to do that.

我得讀讀這個，不過是的，我得戴上老花鏡才能讀。

Ah, okay, no problem.

啊，好的，沒問題。

Jen wants me to get some milk from the grocery store today.

珍要我今天去雜貨店買些牛奶。

I'll have to remember to do that.

我得記得這麼做。

Starting to wear reading glasses, poor eyesight, bad eyesight.

開始戴老花鏡，視力差，視力不好。

This is another thing that is a sign of aging.

這也是衰老的另一個標誌。

As we get older, our eyesight gets weaker.

隨著年齡的增長，我們的視力會越來越弱。

Sometimes you need to wear reading glasses.

有時你需要佩戴老花鏡。

Sometimes you need glasses to see things far away.

有時，你需要戴上眼鏡才能看到遠處的東西。

And then sometimes you get contacts, so that, or contact lenses.

有時還會戴隱形眼鏡。

So people don't know that you're wearing glasses.

這樣人們就不會知道你戴了眼鏡。

For me though, a few years ago I had to start wearing reading glasses.

不過對我來說，幾年前我不得不開始佩戴老花鏡。

I don't have horrible eyesight.

我的視力並不差。

My eyesight is really good for seeing things in the distance, but when I read a book, or when I look at my phone, I have to put on my reading glasses.

我的視力非常好，可以看到遠處的東西，但當我看書或看手機時，我必須戴上老花鏡。

Another sign of aging.

衰老的另一個標誌

When I was young, I went to a lot of concerts and they were really, really loud.

我年輕的時候去聽過很多音樂會，都非常非常吵。

I also worked in the construction industry in the summers when I was in university, and we used a lot of equipment and tools that were loud.

我上大學的時候，暑假也在建築行業工作，我們使用了很多聲音很大的設備和工具。

And I didn't always wear hearing protection.

而且我並不總是佩戴聽力保護裝置。

So I hope I don't suffer from hearing loss as I get older.

所以，我希望我不會隨著年齡的增長而聽力下降。

If Jen was to yell to me from the house right now, I'd probably say something like, what?

如果珍現在在家裡對我大喊大叫，我可能會說 "什麼？

I can't hear you!

我聽不見

I don't have hearing loss, but it is something that worries me.

我沒有聽力損失，但這讓我很擔心。

It could happen to me.

這可能發生在我身上。

I also drove a lot of tractors when I was a kid and operated large pieces of farm equipment.

我小時候還開過很多拖拉機，操作過大型農用設備。

Yes, I did say when I was a kid.

是的，我是說我小時候。

I started driving a tractor when I was 8 or 9 years old.

我八九歲時就開始開拖拉機了。

So right now, my hearing is really good, but I am worried that as I get older, one of the signs of aging will be that I'll start to experience hearing loss.

是以，現在我的聽力非常好，但我擔心隨著年齡的增長，衰老的跡象之一就是我的聽力會開始下降。

And we use another term as well.

我們還使用另一個術語。

You can say hard of hearing.

可以說是重聽。

I hope I don't become hard of hearing.

我希望我不會變成重聽。

I hope that I keep my eyesight at least at the level it's at, and I hope that my hearing doesn't get any worse.

我希望我的視力至少保持在現在的水準，我希望我的聽力不會變得更糟。

Oh!

哦！

Oh!

哦！

Oh!

哦！

Oh no!

哦，不

That's gonna hurt!

那會很疼的

One of the things that is a sure sign of aging is that you injure yourself easier.

衰老的標誌之一就是更容易受傷。

You have more aches and pains.

你有更多的病痛。

If tomorrow my back is sore, I'll know it's from lifting that really big board, but actually sometimes at my age, I'm sore and I don't even know why.

如果明天我的背痠了，我就會知道是因為舉起了那塊很大的木板，但實際上，在我這個年紀，有時我酸了，我自己都不知道為什麼。

I'll wake up and my knee is sore, or my elbow is sore, and I won't know why I'm having aches and pains.

一覺醒來，我的膝蓋酸了，或者手肘酸了，我卻不知道自己為什麼會痠痛。

So, when you're young, you feel like you're a, like you're Superman and you can do anything.

所以，當你年輕的時候，你會覺得自己是超人，無所不能。

As you get older, one of the signs of aging is aches and pains, and sometimes they're mysterious and you're not even sure why you're feeling sore in that area.

隨著年齡的增長，衰老的標誌之一就是疼痛，有時疼痛很神祕，你甚至不知道自己為什麼會感到那個部位疼痛。

When I was a kid, my dad would take a nap after lunch every day.

我小時候，爸爸每天午飯後都會小睡一會兒。

When I was a kid when I visited my grandparents, they would take a nap after lunch every day, and I always thought this was kind of strange.

我小時候去看望爺爺奶奶時，他們每天午飯後都會小睡一會兒，我總覺得這有點奇怪。

But now, as I get older, especially on the weekends, I love taking naps.

但現在，隨著年齡的增長，尤其是在週末，我喜歡上了小睡。

Naps are awesome.

小睡真是太棒了。

One of the signs of aging is that you are tired more often.

衰老的跡象之一就是您經常感到疲倦。

You experience more fatigue, and so you tend to sleep a little bit more.

你會感到更加疲勞，是以往往會睡得更多一些。

Maybe you sleep longer at night, maybe 9 or 10 hours instead of 7 or 8.

也許你晚上睡的時間更長，也許是 9 或 10 個小時，而不是 7 或 8 個小時。

And during the day, if you have a moment, sometimes you take a nap.

白天，如果你有時間，有時會小睡一會兒。

Hey, if this is your first time here, thank you first of all for watching this English lesson about the signs of aging.

嘿，如果你是第一次來這裡，首先感謝你收看這堂關於衰老跡象的英語課。

Don't forget to click that red subscribe button, give me a thumbs up, leave a comment if you want to practice your English writing, and have a good day.

別忘了點擊紅色的訂閱按鈕，給我豎起大拇指，如果你想練習英語寫作，請給我留言，祝你有美好的一天。

Thanks for watching.

感謝觀看。