He swung off the path and plunged into the untrodden places of the wood.

他起身一跃，离开了小路，一头扎进了人迹罕至的树林里。

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But he completely caught me off my guard; he strode into my life during that season and set me gently but firmly on a new path.

但是他还是在我猝不及防的时候出现了。他在那个时段进入我的生活，让我重新踏上一条新的道路。

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Then one day as you walk down your normal path that is heavily worn from years of use down to the river you notice a little building way off the trail you're on.

直到有一天，正当你沿着你走了多年的正常路径到河边时，你突然在远处发现了一座林间小木屋。

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Tom Marchant of U.K.-based adventure travel planning firm Black Tomato says hedge fund clients want unusual and off-the-beaten path destinations, challenges to take their minds off number crunching.

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Ten years from now you will probably have forgotten the name of that authentic hole-in-wall local bistro you found, or the off-the-beaten path residential neighborhood you strolled through, but you will remember that gondola ride.

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Big city dwellers do the same thing only in reverse when they take a drive into the country to shop in a quaint little town in search of something unique to buy or an off-the-beaten path restaurant.

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