一味遵循某条特定的人生道路走，这背后最糟糕的原因之一就是别人希望你这样做。

One of the worst reasons to follow a particular path in life is that other people want you to.

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我不走阿尔巴尼南面的纽约收费公路，而去找一些收费不高的道路。

I abandoned the New York tollway south of Albany in search of roads less costly.

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在有道路的地方沿着道路走，这样你就很少会踩到柔弱的花草了。

Keep to the track, where one exists, so you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants.

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And I found a path of both, I think, humility and power to walk down.

我发现了一条能够沿着走下去的，融合了谦卑和力量的道路。

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The problems are set up so that, if you start down the right path, it should be pretty straight-forward to work it through If you start down a plausible but incorrect path, you can sometimes find yourself stuck in the weeds somewhere, and we want to bring you back in.

问题提出了，如果你从，一开始就走正确的道路，解决的途径,就一目了然了,如果你走上一条貌似正确但实际错误的道路，你会在某时某刻,发现自己陷入泥沼，于是我们就会把你拉回来。

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It's gone down a path towards maturation that's very difficult to go back up.

它在分化成熟的道路上越走越远,覆水难收了

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