[00:15] 台灣人18歲做什麼?
芳芳被日本漫畫影響，認為高中生活必須過得非常精彩。她穿著很短的裙子、化妝，並參加各種活動，如唱KTV、打撞球、參加聯誼等等。然而，對於大多數台灣人來說，18歲是一個非常重要的階段。大多數人都會去考機車駕照。而出社會以後，才會去學開車。對於很多台灣年輕人來說，18歲也會開始狂跑夜店，去夜店狂歡。
漫畫 màn huà – comic book
精彩 jīng cǎi – wonderful; exciting
打撞球 dǎ zhuàng qiú – play pool
聯誼 lián yì – socializing activity (for looking for a date)
階段 jiē duàn – stage; phase
駕照 jià zhào – driver’s license
出社會 chū shè huì – enter society; start working
狂跑 kuáng pǎo – (lit. run wildly) means to go to a place frequently
狂歡 kuáng huān – revelry; partying
[05:00] 台灣人30歲做什麼?
台灣人30歲左右會開始有結婚的壓力，因此出現”拜犬“和”剩女“這兩個詞，而不只是女人，很多台灣男生到30歲也會有成家的壓力，需要找個人結婚，組個家庭。如果沒有對象，就會想要去相親、聯誼。莛莛的朋友以前常跟男生說:「請你以結婚為前提，跟我交往。」還好後來她相親成功，還結婚、生子。很多人30歲開始就會有很龐大的經濟壓力，父母的孝親費、房貸，生孩子以後，養孩子的費用什麼的壓力很大。
拜犬 bài quǎn/剩女 shèng nǚ – leftover women who cannot get married
成家 chéng jiā/組家庭 zǔ jiā tíng – to start a family
對象 duì xiàng – partner
相親 xiāng qīn – blind date
前提 qián tí – prerequisite
生子 shēng zǐ – to have children
龐大 páng dà – enormous
經濟壓力 jīng jì yā lì – economic pressure
孝親費 xiào qīn fèi – financial support that adult children are expected to provide to their aging parent
[07:30] 台灣人65歲做什麼?
台灣人60歲到65歲是退休的年紀。有些人選擇只退不休，也就是離開原本的職位，從公司退休下來，然後開始培養一些興趣，例如學習鋼琴、油畫、咖啡沖煮、烘焙等。生活更自在，更多采多姿。
只退不休 zhǐ tuì bù xiū – early retirement, leaving work but not fully retiring
職位 zhí wèi – position, post, job title
培養 péi yǎng – cultivate, foster, develop
油畫 yóu huà – oil painting
沖煮 chōng zhǔ – brewing, infusing
烘焙 hōng bèi – baking
多采多姿 duō cǎi duō zī – varied and colorful, diverse and interesting
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