英汉对照版学习一：选择并风雨兼程

When I graduated from high school, I was in a confused state of mind. I had no idea what my next step was supposed to be, so I took a gap year. Later I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. The main character, Esther, said, "I sat in the fig (无花果) tree, dying of hunger, just because I couldn't decide which fig I would choose.All the figs were beautiful with  possiblities and futures. I desired each one of them, but choosing one meant  losing all the rest. Istill couldn't make my decision until the figs began  to wrinkle and drop down.

当我高中毕业的时候，我处于一种迷茫的状态。我不知道将去往哪里，所以我度过了一个空档年。后来我读了西尔维娅·普拉斯的《钟形罩》。主人公以Esther说：“我坐在无花果树下树，饿得要死了，只是因为我不知道选哪个无花果，所有的无花果都很漂亮，有着无限可能和前途。我想要得到每一个无花果，但选择一个意味着失去所有的其他的。直到无花果开始起皱凋落，我才做出决定。

I never resonated (产生共鸣) with something so much in my life. At every turn, I felt extremely anxity about each decision I made. What if I had not picked the tight  fig? Later, my professor told me that Esther's fi tree was the same as mine, but I didn't need to wai till the end. I just ought to pick one and follow it. Even if that choice  didn't work out, then I still had a chance to make another. I got my professor's words and that realization  brought me a sense of relief.

在生活中我从未产生如此共鸣。在每一个转折点上，我都对自己所做的每一个决定感到极度焦虑。如果我没有摘到一个对的无花果呢？后来，我的教授告诉我，Esthet的无花果树和我的一样，但我不需要一直等到最后。我只需要选一个就可以了，即使那个不成功，我也有机会再选一个。我懂了教授的话，他的理解使我如释重负。

In my life, only a few choices were clearly  wrong or right; a lot were uncertain choices with no specific answer.  So instead of staring at a sea of choices with no idea, we can make decisions and take action first, and then reflect on  successes and failures. My professor told me, "There are hundreds of wonderful things one can achieve in their life. Just choose one and do it."And so I did.

在我的一生中，只有几个选择是明确对错的；很多都是不确定的选择，没有具体的答案。所以，面对一大堆不知道的选择，我们可以首先做出决定并采取行动，然后思考怎样成功和如何应对失败。我的教授告诉我，“一个人一生中可以实现数百件美好的事情。选择一件就去做。”我照做了。