Childhood/youth 童年/青年时期

• be born and raised/bred in Oxford; be born into a wealthy/middle-class family 在牛津出生并长大；在富裕/中产家庭出生
• have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood 有幸福/不幸/艰苦的童年
• grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm 成长于音乐之家/孤儿院/农场
• be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters) 是独生子
• reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty 进入/经历青春期
• be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties 十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁
• undergo/experience physical/psychological changes 经历生理/心理变化
• give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure 屈服于/顶住同辈的压力
• assert your independence/individuality 维护独立/个性

Adulthood 成年

• leave school/university/home 中学/大学毕业；离家
• go out to work (at sixteen) （16 岁）投身工作
• get/find a job/partner 找到工作/伴侣
• be/get engaged/married 订婚；结婚
• have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job 有妻子/丈夫/按揭贷款/稳定的工作
• settle down and have kids/children/a family 安定下来并生儿育女
• begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry) 开始（政治/科学/音乐）职业生涯
• prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career 最终成为/代表/标志/达到某人人生/某人职业生涯的转折点
• reach/be well into/settle into middle age 进入/安度中年
• have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis 经历中年危机
• take/consider early retirement 提前退休；考虑提前退休
• approach/announce/enjoy your retirement 临近/宣布/享受退休

Old age 老年

• have/see/spend time with your grandchildren 有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光
• take up/pursue/develop a hobby 开始/追求/培养一种爱好
• get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension 得到/提取/领取退休金；靠退休金生活
• approach/save for/die from old age 临近晚年；存钱养老；老死
• live to a ripe old age 高寿
• reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic) 活到 102/23 岁高龄（常作反语）
• be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic) 变得衰老（常作反语）
• die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness 在睡梦中/患病不久（平静地）离开人世