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致青春：年輕時會犯的5個錯（雙語）
2013-10-30 09:53
來源：滬江
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Being young is great. Most of the parts of your body still work great, you have a full head of hair, you’re energetic, and you have a world of opportunity in front of you. However, there’s going to come a time when you start to get older. And as you get older, you』ll have new responsibilities, complete independence, and perhaps most importantly, less time to recover from mistakes.
年輕真好。身體大部分零件運轉靈活，頭髮濃密，精力旺盛，機會唾手可得。然而，總有一天，老之將至。隨著年齡的增長，肩上的擔子重了，生活完全靠自己打拼，可能最重要的是，有更少的時間去彌補錯誤。
You see, we all make mistakes in life. Maybe you spent more money than you should have on a car, you passed up on a great job opportunity, or you didn’t try as hard as you could have in school. It’s a part of life and we learn from it. But there are certain mistakes that are much better made while you’re still young and have plenty of time to recover.
你看，在生活中，我們都犯錯誤。或許，你在汽車上花的錢超出了預算；或許，你錯過了大好的工作機會；或許，上學時你不勤奮好學。這是生活的一部分，我們從中獲得經驗。但是，某些錯誤最好犯在年輕時，你將有足夠的時間去彌補。
I’m definitely not telling you that you should purposely go out and make these mistakes (because they’re a pain to recover from). But these are all mistakes that are much better made when you’re younger so that you can learn from them and not have them ruin your entire life.
我當然不是說，你應該有目的出去犯這些錯誤（ 因為從錯誤中恢復很痛苦）。但是，這些錯誤，都是越年輕時犯就越有利，以便你能從中吸取教訓，而避免讓它們毀掉你的整個生活。
1. Starting The Wrong Career
入錯行
Wouldn’t you hate to be 45 years old and discover that you absolutely hate what you do for a living? It’s a reality that a lot of people face and it can be difficult to fix. You see, when you’re 23 and find out you don’t like the career path you』ve chosen, you can easily explore new career options.
45歲的時候，你發現，你討厭維繫你生活的謀生手段，此時你不會感到遺憾嗎？這是擺在很多人面前的現實，而且很難補救。要知道，23歲時，你發現不喜歡自己選擇的職業道路，開拓新天地易於反掌。
We no longer live in an age when people are expected to stay with one company until they retire. You can bounce around a little bit and find out what you want to do. When you get older, just switching careers whenever you want isn’t as simple.
在一家公司一直工作到退休的時代已經成為過去。你可以跳跳槽，看看哪行適合你。年輕不再時，隨心所欲地換工作可不是易事。
You have to consider your family, retirement, the difficulties you might run into with starting from the bottom in a new industry, and plenty of other issues that someone in their early 20’s just doesn’t have to deal with.
你必須要考慮家庭、退休以及在新行業中從頭來可能遇到的困難，還有很多20多歲的年輕人無需應對的其他事情。
2. Dating the wrong person
嫁（娶）錯郎（娘）
The divorce rate in the U.S is extremely high. Other parts of the world aren’t doing too much better either. While everyone gets divorced for their own reasons, I think we can all agree that it’s better to find out that the person you’re with is wrong for you sooner rather than later.
美國的離婚率極高，世界上其它地區也好不到哪裡。每個人離婚都有各自的理由，我覺得大家都會同意這種觀點，發現你的配偶不適合你宜早不宜遲。
Hopefully you find out whether or not the person you’re with is right for you before you tie the knot, because around 50% of first marriages end in divorce.
但願在結為連理之前，確定那個人是否合適，因為第一次婚姻中的50%以離婚告終。
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