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Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.

夫妻之间的交谈方式不同。

Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year.

消费者心理学家卡罗尔·伯宁（Carol Berning）说，她最近从宝洁公司（Procter & Gamble）退休，该公司去年销售了760亿美元的汰渍（Tide）、高露洁（Crest）等产品，"我们的产品只有在成为日常或每周习惯的一部分时才能取得成功。"

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

正如往常一样，过去是未来的钥匙：我们现在已经识别出足够多的长期模式，这些模式塑造了地球以及我们这个物种的历史，因此可以基于证据对未来我们的后代所处的情境做出预测。

From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.

从职业到社区和家庭，这些对比表明，在2008年严重经济衰退的冲击之后，刚刚起步的年轻人正在重新定义优先事项和期望，这些观念将日益渗透到美国生活的方方面面，从消费偏好到住房模式再到政治领域。

One reason for the change in retirement patterns: Americans are living longer.

退休模式发生变化的一个原因：美国人寿命更长了。