If you can't jump over the stream, you'll have to go round by the bridge.

你如果不能跳过这条小河，就必须绕道从桥上过去。

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Every day, you'll encounter the bridge in countless decisions and conversations-but the choice of whether to jump or not is completely up to you. How can you back away and make your own choices?

每天，在无数的对话和决定中你都会遇到“桥”——但是选择是否跳桥完全取决于你，你怎么能逐渐退缩不自己做决定呢？

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Some men jump off a high bridge and don't get killed, but life insurance underwriters fight shy of that kind.

某个人从一座高桥上跳下，没死成，但是人寿保险公司会离这种人远远的。

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Despondent, he attempted to jump from the bridge and was deterred by a Korean compatriot who happened to pass by.

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