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随堂训练 1 A 15-year-old girl wrote to me and asked about figuring out what to do with her life. She wrote: “As a high-school student I’m often being reminded to figure out what to do with my life, what job I would like to have and so on. I feel huge amounts of pressure when my teachers and parents tell me to figure out something now. I’m young and I don’t want to make a mistake and ruin my future. I know what I like and what my interests are but when I read about a job related to those interests, I feel as if I wouldn’t enjoy it and I don’t know why. ” What an extremely hard thing to figure out: what to do with your future! Now, I can’t really tell this young woman what to do, but I can share what I’ve learned looking back on my life, and what I would tell my kids. Here’s what I’d say. You can’t figure out the future. Even young people who have a plan(be a doctor, lawyer, research scientist, singer)don’t really know what will happen. Life doesn’t go according to plan, and while a few people might do exactly what they set out to do, you never know if you’re one of those. Other things come along to change you, to change your opportunities, to change the world. So if you can’t figure out the future, what do you do? Don’t focus on the future. Focus on what you can do right now that will be good no matter what the future brings. Learn skills. Go on adventures. Make friends. These things will help in the future. | 
