梅利莎·里根幻想着有一天能够搬到那个充满活力、熙熙攘攘的纽约，在那里找到一份与金融相关的工作，沉浸在那座大城市的繁华与多元中，享受着“大都市的生活”。然而，人生往往充满了意想不到的转折。
Melissa Regan expected herself to move to New York, get a job there and enjoy “living in the big city.” But in 1999, she signed up for a term in Vienna, Austria and “accidentally” ended up studying in France.
梅丽莎·里根希望自己搬到纽约，在那里找到一份工作，享受“在大城市生活”的乐趣。但在1999年，她报名去奥地利维也纳学习一个学期，“意外”地去了法国学习。
When she was a young adult, she’d visited the French capital twice. At that time, France wasn’t necessarily one of Regan’s favorite places. However, during that term in the south of France, she appreciated French culture and said it “opened my eyes in a way that changed my life.” “In France, if you go to have a coffee, it will just be like the world stops for hours.”
当她还是个年轻人的时候，她曾两次访问法国首都。当时，法国不一定是里根最喜欢的地方之一。然而，在法国南部的那段时间里，她欣赏法国文化，并说它“以一种改变我生活的方式打开了我的眼睛”。“在法国，如果你去喝咖啡，就像世界停了几个小时一样。”
On returning to her country, Regan signed up for an international MBA program. It would allow her to spend a whole year in France.
回国后，里根报名参加了一个国际MBA项目。这将使她能够在法国呆上一整年。
Once she graduated, Regan was offered a position as an intern (实习生) at a company in Paris in 2002. It provided her with the chance to live in the French capital. “I thought that was incredible,” she says. “And it would be silly to pass by.”
毕业后，2002年，里根获得了巴黎一家公司的实习生职位。它为她提供了在法国首都生活的机会。她说：“我觉得这太不可思议了，如果错过，那就太傻了。”
As she got used to life in Paris, Regan was attracted by its culture, particularly the city’s restaurants and museums, and “just how much fun you could have” there. She says that she planned to live and work in the European city for a year or two at first.
当里根习惯了巴黎的生活后，她被它的文化所吸引，尤其是这座城市的餐馆和博物馆，以及在那里“你可以享受到很多乐趣”。她说，起初她计划在这座欧洲城市生活和工作一两年。
However, Regan fell in love with a Frenchman named Julien. They got married in 2007. “I had already been in Paris for three years,” she adds. “So I was really enjoying my life. And at that point, I had a group of friends. So it wasn’t even like I met him and it changed everything. But he became the main reason for me no longer wishing to go back to my hometown.”
然而，里根爱上了一个名叫朱利安的法国人。他们2007年结婚了。她补充道：“我已经在巴黎三年了 。我真的很享受我的生活。那时，我有一群朋友。所以并非遇到朱利安后一切都改变了。但他成为我不再希望回到家乡的主要原因。"
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