高考However doctor grand adds, that some people will hesitate, because they don't actually believe they can make it happen, while others will rush into downshifting to discover that their dream ends up with the financial crisis.

然而格兰德博士补充道，有些人会犹豫，因为他们不相信自己能实现这一梦想，而其他人则会急急忙忙地降档，发现自己的梦想最终以金融危机告终。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

高考It is also popular with 35 to 54-year-olds, 12% of whom are making plans to downshift, 6% hoping to have done so in the next 2 years.

35至54岁的年轻人也很喜欢这种方式，其中12%的人正在制定降档计划，6%的人希望在未来两年内这样做。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

考研Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting”has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.

奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间和两部小说之后，我对美国人所说的“放慢节奏”的实验将我疲惫的借口变成了绝对的现实。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life”, and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.

我发现，正如凯尔西在压力增大后辞去《她》编辑一职后所做的那样，放弃“兼顾生活”的原则，转而选择“放慢生活节奏”，所带来的回报远大于经济成功和社会地位。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研There are a number of bestselling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there are newsletter’s, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid- ‘90s equivalent of dropping out.

对于那些想简化生活的人来说，有很多畅销的降档自助书籍；有一些时事通讯，如The Tightwad Gazette，为数十万美国人提供了从回收保鲜膜到自制肥皂的有用提示；甚至还有一些支持团体支持那些想在90年代中期实现相当于辍学的目标的人。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the’80s, downshifting in the mid-’90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life——growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one——as a personal recognition of your limitations.

对于我这一代被敦促在80年代继续努力的女性来说，在90年代中期放慢生活节奏与其说是在寻找神话般的美好生活——种植自己的有机蔬菜，并冒着变成有机蔬菜的风险——不如说是对自己局限性的个人认可。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题