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As a kid, did you know what job you wanted to do when you grew up?
当你还是个孩子的时候，你知道你长大后想做什么工作吗?
No, I didn't. And I got sick every time adults asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
不，我不知道。每次大人们问我长大后想做什么时，我都会感到厌倦。
It's the same with me. And I'm tired of people asking that question of my 10-year-old daughter.
我也一样。我厌倦了人们问我10岁的女儿这个问题。
My daughter's stock answers are basketball player, pop singer, mechanical engineer.
我女儿的通常回答是篮球运动员、流行歌手、机械工程师。
Adults love that last one. As it's the perfect mix of the sensible and the ambitious.
大人们喜欢最后一个职业。因为机械工程师是理智与野心的完美结合。
When she was much younger, my daughter used to say she wanted to be queen of the clouds which I loved.
当我女儿更小的时候，她经常说她想成为我喜欢的云女王。
That's the kind of goal-setting I like to see in children springing from their boundless imaginations.
我喜欢看到孩子们从无限的想象力中迸发出这样的目标。
Yes, we grown-ups can be tedious and limiting in our need for reality.
是的，我们成年人对现实的需求可能很乏味，也很受限。
We teach a very gloomy image of adulthood that whatever our children's future holds, it must be seen within the context of a job.
我们给孩子灌输了一种非常悲观的成人形象，即无论孩子的未来如何，都必须放在工作背景下看待。
How utterly overwhelming and dull.
这是多么令人窒息和乏味啊。
When people ask my son what he wants to be when he grows up, I have to swallow the urge to say: "Hey, back off my kids dreams".
当人们问我儿子长大后想做什么时，我不得不强忍着冲动说: “嘿，不要再问我孩子的梦想了吧。”
We can't dismiss the idea that teenagers have to plan to do something after they finish school.
我们不能否认青少年在完成学业后必须计划做点什么。
And parents are entitled to hope it's more than simply spending 10 hours a day playing computer games.
父母们有权希望，他们不仅仅是想每天花10个小时玩电脑游戏。
But asking "what do you want to be?" isn't going to lead a child to fulfilled life, rather at least false expectations and a high chance of disappointment.
但是，询问“你想成为什么样的人?”并不会让孩子过上美满的生活，至少会给孩子带来不切实际的期望，而且很有可能会让他们失望。
Exactly. We should be helping our kids understand who they are, even if that means letting go of who we think they should be.
的确如此。我们应该帮助我们的孩子了解他们是谁，即使这意味着放弃我们认为他们应该成为的样子。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的对话回答12 - 15题。
Question 12. What question were both speakers fed up with when they were kids?
问题12: 当讲话者还是孩子的时候，他们两个人都厌倦什么问题?
Question 13. What occupation do adults see as both sensible and ambitious according to the woman?
问题13: 在这个女人看来，成年人认为什么职业既理智又有野心?
Question 14. What kind of goal-setting does the woman like to see in children?
问题14: 女人希望孩子设置什么样的目标?
Question 15. What does the woman suggest adults should do?
问题15: 女士建议成年人应该做什么?
