Talking About The Past的意思|示意

A close friend of mine who has been job hunting for the past six months or so is talking about taking July and August "off, " on the theory that employers don't hire anyone in the summer anyway.

他的理由是，在夏天，雇主不会聘用任何人。 但我就是在去年八月中旬获得我目前这份工作的，所以，我清楚地知道，公司夏季不招聘，这个观点不一定永远是正确的。

Where did you grow up? This is a great icebreaker that gets someone talking about the past, which often puts others at ease.

你是在哪长大的？这是非常好的一句开场白，可以让对方谈论起过去，这样对话双方会比较轻松。

As the daylight faded and the cool of the evening settled, we sat around a blazing fire talking about life. We shared the good things we’ve done over the past twenty years — and we shared the bad.

夜色降临，凉意袭来，我们围坐在火炉边谈各自的生活，分享过去二十年间经历的美好时光—当然还有不如人意的遭遇。

DeveloperWorks: you know, we've talked about Rational's impact on IBM, and here you've been talking a bit about how the support of IBM has contributed to Rational's evolution over the past five years.

developerWorks：好的，我们已经讨论了Rational对于IBM的影响，并且您也谈到了最近五年IBM的支持对于Rational的贡献。

The difference is that today's mother after talking about the past always show smile, that is out of the woods, a form of satisfied with life now.

不同的是，今天的母亲在谈完往事后脸上总是现出微笑，那是摆脱困境，对现在生活满意的一种表现。

Use present tense. The events you're writing about took place in the past, but the act of reading and talking about them takes place in the present.

使用现在时态。你所谈及的是过去发生的事件，但是阅读、讨论是现在进行的行为。