grow up in...　...で育つ

I don't think we've met before. My name is Z.

Tell me about yourself?

Well, I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia.  be raised in... ...で育てられる

(I grew up/was born and raised in Sydney) 

and moved to Yokohama about 20 years ago.

Oh, I've been to Sydney, and I really liked the beaches there.

I'm glad to hear that! Okay, your turn.

I was born in Osaka, but I grew up in Tokyo.

Oh, I know about Osaka. I would like to visit someday.

Did you grow up in Sydney? Yes. But I went to university in Melbourne.

Are your parents from Nagoya, too?

No. Actually, they both grew up in Osaka.

I'm happy to see you.

Let's catch up. 　catch up 最新情報について会って話す

I'm facing a busy schedule this week.

Midlife Crisis(4)　中年の危機

I follow strict exercise programs. 私は厳しい運動プログラムを実行している。

Exercise helps people stay healthy and maintain an active, independent life. 運動は健康を維持したり、活動的で自立した生活を維持する。

It's always difficult to come to term with major life events like divorce or death of a parent. いつもなかなか受け入れられない人生の大きな出来事として離婚や親の死など。come to term with...   ...を受け入れる

中年期　my midlife years / 人生の中盤　the middle stage of my life / I enjoy my midlife years as running, swimming and so on.

not necessarily 必ずしも...でない　Physical decline is not necessarily inevitable consequence of reaching midlife.  inevitable ｲネｳﾞｨﾃﾌﾞﾙ adj)避けられない、当然の　consequence コﾝｾｸｴﾝｽ n)結果、結論　inevitable consequence 避けられない結果

be apt to do something 　...する傾向にある（否定的な文章が多い？）Some of employees are apt to arrive late on Mondays.  apt adj)...しがちである.