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2. Our seemingly small decisions can lead us towards divergent paths of our journey that we never anticipated because they are caught up in other narratives — our own and those of other people. 那些看起来很小的决定,会把我们的人生旅途引至完全不同的方向,而我们对此却毫无预料,因为这些决定的背后,牵扯着更为庞杂的叙事,这其中既包括我们自己的,也包括别人的。 拓展: divergent英 [ˌdaɪˈvɜːdʒənt] 美 [daɪˈvɜːrdʒənt]adj. 分叉的,分散的 anticipate英 [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt] 美 [ænˈtɪsəpeɪt]vt. 预料,料想到 be caught up in something和......纠缠在一起,陷入或卷入...... narrative英 [ˈnærətɪv] 美 [ˈnærətɪv]n. (文学中)叙事(这里可以理解为生活轨迹或经历) 即刻运用(翻译): 看来她总是家务缠身。 _ (key: It seemed that she was always caught up in the household.) 3. Decision-making is also about self-reflection, and coming to terms with who we are, how we perceive ourselves and who we might want to be. 做决定也是一个自我反思的过程,我们借此和关于自我的一系列问题达成和解,这包括了我们是谁、我们如何看待自己、以及我们可能想要成为什么样的人。 拓展: come to terms with和......达成协议,向......妥协,和......达成和解 即刻运用(翻译): 他难以接受自己的处境。 _ (key: He couldn't come to terms with his situation.) 4. But the process of doing so is often where I think we learn the most about ourselves. 但我想,做决定的这个过程,会是我们了解自己的最佳契机。 拓展: 句型:…is where… where引导表语从句 即刻运用(翻译): 那就是我俩看法不一的地方。 _ (key: That is where we differ.) 5. The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. 澳大利亚海岸发现地球上目前已知的最大植物,那是一种海草,大约相当于三个曼哈顿岛的大小