Millennials Get Life Advice From Senior Citizens.

年輕人向年長者請教人生道理。

Hi Stephanie, I'm Avalon.

嗨 Stephanie，我是 Avalon。

Nice to meet you.

很高興認識你。

Hello, nice to meet you Avalon.

嗨 Avalon，很開心能見到你。

My name is Roland.

我是 Roland。

Good to meet you.

很開心能見到你。

I'm 22 years old, it's my last year in college.

我今年 22 歲，現在大四。

I'm just trying to figure out what's next, I guess.

我正在想未來我能做什麼。

You're a senior in high school?

你現在是高三？

Do you know what your major is?

那你的主修想要選什麼？

Probably international affairs.

可能會選國際關係。

How did you go about choosing that?

你為什麼會想選這個？

Well that's what I love.

因為我很喜歡。

You're at a point now where the world is your oyster.

你現在在人生的轉捩點，你有機會得到這世界上你想要的任何東西。

You must stay positive.

你應該保持正面。

It's your call.

由你決定。

I thought I wanted to be a nurse because I wanted to help people.

我原本想當一個護士，因為我想要幫助別人。

And I found out that it was not good fit for me and so, I wasted like two years and some money.

但之後我卻發現這個職業並不適合我，所以我浪費了兩年的時間跟金錢。

I'm still learning so much about myself.

我還在更認識我自己。

There's so many things that I like, and so it's just like, it's hard to narrow it down.

我喜歡很多事物，所以很難去縮小範圍。

What do you like?

你喜歡什麼？

I love fashion.

我喜歡時尚。

Well you're dressed up nice, I love your outfit.

你很會穿搭，我很喜歡你的穿著。

That jacket is on the move.

這件夾克很好看。

Thanks.

謝謝。

You could be excellent at that.

你可能對時尚很有天賦。

Interviewing people about fashion.

和別人討論時尚時。

Keep your mind open, create your own space.

保持心胸開闊，創造自己的未來。

In high school, I had enjoyed taking my typing class and I liked being organized.

在高中，我很喜歡上打字課，我喜歡統整。

My friend suggested how about clerical, how about going into secretarial?

我的朋友建議我考慮文書工作，還是去當秘書？

So I went back to college, changed my major, learned that, and I had many happy years as an administrative assistant.

所以我回到大學，換了我的主修繼續學習，快樂地當了好幾年的行政秘書。

Also I advise young people to talk to people who know them really well, whether it's a best friend, a boyfriend or girlfriend, and they'll probably have a very good insight.

我也建議年輕人多和很瞭解自己的人聊聊，無論是最好的朋友、男朋友或女朋友，他們可能都有很好的觀點。

I was the only black person an all-white football team and I was the quarterback and the captain.

我是白人足球隊中唯一的黑人，我擔任四分衛和隊長。

So I took that discipline of all of that stuff with me to UCLA and had a great time.

所以我帶著那些學到的紀律到加州大學洛杉磯分校，然後有一段很棒的時光。

But I made my own rules.

我立下自己的規則。

And you can count all of the black people at our school, and I was one of them and it was just like, and on top of me being like gay and being openly gay and androgynous, like, you know, it was like definitely--

你可以數數看我們學校中的黑人，而我是他們之一，除了我是一個同性戀，而且身為一個公開的同性戀兼具男女性格，這絕對是，兼具男女性格，這絕對是 --

It's a challenge.

是一個挑戰。

It was a lot of challenge but I liked it.

這是一個很大的挑戰，但我喜歡。

Intellectually, spiritually, and passionately, you were above it all.

論智力上、心靈上、熱情上，你都超過全部。

That's how you were able to pull it off.

那就是為什麼你能夠做得很好。

So love, I mean, I'm about that age where I should be starting to look for my partner in crime.

說到愛，到我現在這個年紀，我應該要去尋找我的另一半。

I met my husband in college.

我在大學遇見我的老公。

I just liked so much about him.

我當時真的很喜歡他。

Of course, the big test was to meet the family.

當然，最大的挑戰是要去見對方的家人。

I'm the only girl in the family so every single person's gonna be so protective.

我是家中唯一的女生，所以家裡每一個人都對我很保護。

Very protective.

非常保護。

I feel bad for whoever I pick.

不管我挑誰，我都覺得很糟。

Oh geez.

天啊。

But I think when it's the right fit, he'll fit right in and they'll love him like a son.

但我想如果真的遇見對的人，他一定可以融入你的家庭，而你的家人會像對待親生兒子一樣地愛他。

They always say, like you know, you, I guess, like you want what you can't have.

他們總是說，你總是想要那些你得不到的。

I guess that goes along those lines because I feel like I've through that too.

我總是想去得到，因為我總覺得我可以得到。

But I was always after the one that was just not really, I mean, that's just my experience.

但是我總是找不到對的人，那是我個人的經驗。

You know, I'm after the one...

我追一個人 ...。

You always want what you can't have.

你總是想要你得不到的東西。

Yeah, that was just like kind of like, not texting me back as much and just being like whatever, you know, short and because it was just more of a, it was like more intriguing.

就像他沒有回我訊息像我一樣多、打得很短，對我來說，這些似乎更吸引我。

That's always a learning experience.

那是一個學習的經驗。

Why do I want that?

我為什麼想要那個？

Why can't I get it?

為什麼我得不到？

What's the best for me?

什麼對我最好？

Sometimes you have to just let it slide.

有時候你必須順其自然。

As my old grandmother used to say, do without and keep on moving.

就想我奶奶以前跟我說的，不要想太多，就一直前進。

You know, I have just such a broad spectrum of friends and we're very open with one another.

我有一群朋友，我們對彼此很坦誠。

Be that way.

就保持那樣。

Stay open.

保持開放。

Keep the lines of communication open.

讓彼此坦誠對話。

Always make known your feelings so there is no confusion.

永遠讓我知道你的感受，這樣就不會有誤會。

Having raised four sons, we never had a lot of extra cash.

我們扶養四個小孩，我們沒有多餘的錢。

But we always look for opportunities to have fun.

但我們總是尋找機會出去玩。

Watching the sunrise over the mountain or the sunset over the ocean.

到山上看日出，或是去海邊看日落。

A kiss, a hug, a smile.

一個吻、一個擁抱、一個微笑。

There's a lot of beauty to be found in life.

人生中還有很多的美好等待我們去發現。

- And it doesn't cost a penny. - Nothing.

- 而它不會花你一毛錢。 - 沒錯。

The worst regrets that I've heard is people saying that they were too busy chasing success or being selfish with their time.

最大的遺憾是我聽到其他人說，他們太忙著追求成功，或是自私自利。

That they didn't spend time or take time for their families.

他們沒有花時間在他們的家庭上。

You make me want to call my parents.

你讓我想打給我爸媽。

That's good.

這樣很好。