Christina's Future Plans 1 -2

Christina sells women's clothes in a department store.  

She usually works 6 days a week, but this week she's going to take 3 days off.

She's taking time off so that she can vist her parents.

Her parents live in the mountains, about three hours away by train.

They are looking forward to seeing her.

They haven't seen her for almost a year.

Christina is their only child.

Christina isn't going on the trip by herself.   

Her boyfriend is going with her.

She's going to introduce her boyfriend to her parents.  

She and her boyfriend want to get married.  

If everything goes well , they plan to get married in six months.

After they get married,  Christina plans to quit her job.  

She wants to spend more time designing clothes.  

She wants to set up her own business.

This will take time.

Her boyfriend thinks it's a good idea.

He's also thinking about starting his own business.

They don't  plan to have children right away.

In fact, they may decide not to have children.  

They don't know yet.

It's going to be a big decision.

Christina's parents want her to marry and have children.

They are looking forward to having grandchildren.  

They don't want her to start her own business.  

They think it's more important to have children.  

In fact, they would like her to live closer to them.

They want to be close to their grandchildren.  

So christina doesn't plan to tell her parents everything.

For now, she just wants them to meet herboyfriend.

She wants them to be happy that she is going to get married.

She wants them to like him and see her happiness.

She wants her parents to accept her way of life. 

Life isn't the same now as it used to be.  

Times are changing.

克里斯蒂娜在一家百货公司卖女装。

她通常一周工作6天，但这个星期她要休息3天。

她正在休假，以便能去看望她的父母。

她的父母住在山里，坐火车大约3个小时的路程。

他们盼望见到她。

他们已经快一年没见过她了。

克里斯蒂娜是他们唯一的孩子。

克里斯蒂娜不是一个人去旅行。

她的男朋友和她一起去。

她要把她的男朋友介绍给她的父母。

她和她的男朋友想结婚。

如果一切顺利，他们计划在六个月内结婚。

他们结婚后，克里斯蒂娜打算辞职。

她想花更多的时间设计衣服。

她想创办自己的企业。

这需要时间。

她的男朋友认为这是个好主意。

他也在考虑自己创业。

他们不打算马上要孩子。

事实上，他们可能会决定不要孩子。

他们还不知道。

这将是一个重大的决定。

克里斯蒂娜的父母希望她结婚生子。

他们盼望着有孙子孙女。

他们不想让她自己创业。

他们认为有孩子更重要。

事实上，他们希望她住得离他们近一些。

他们想和孙辈们亲近。

所以克里斯蒂娜不打算把一切都告诉父母。

现在，她只是想让他们见见她的男朋友。

她希望他们为她即将结婚而感到高兴。

她希望他们喜欢他，看到她的幸福。

 她希望她的父母接受她的生活方式。

现在的生活和过去不一样了。

时代在改变。