July 28th, 2009 was the transitional dayfor me from college into society, student into employee. Too much and too manyhas occured to and shaped me, which proved to be a heart-poking yet exhaustingexperience, just as the cicada exploiting all energy reserved in its body toget rid of the shell. The process would be horribly piercing, however, when theshell is eventually gone what embraces the cicada would definitely be enormousrelief and the glamour of life. I am the very cicada in process.
2009年7月28日是我從大學(xué)步入社會，從學(xué)生到上班族的轉(zhuǎn)變?nèi)兆印Ｌ嗵嗟氖虑榘l(fā)生在我身上，太多太多的事情塑造著我，那些錐心又使人精疲力竭的經(jīng)歷，正如蟬拼盡體內(nèi)之全力以褪掉那一層殼。這個(gè)變化過程非常揪心，但是，當(dāng)殼最終褪下的時(shí)候，圍繞蟬的，毋庸置疑，將是巨大的輕松解脫也是生命的魅力。我就是那一只正在蛻皮的蟬。
Inside the campus we were endowed withunparalleled privilege to sniff every piece of lawn its unique fragrance andlive carelessly in the circle of friendship and love. Being the pearl of theivory tower, we were used to acting without thinking in advance and eatingwithout peeping at the dishes. Such was the vivid image of campus life,romantic, aimless and sweet. In the enrolling days, some of the predecessorsexhorted to us that three things were a must, i.e. exam failure, girlfriend andat least a specialty such as playing the violon. We freshemen all nodded then,pity that seldom of us had successfully accomplished them all, some even failedall, like me.
在大學(xué)里，我們被賦予空前的特權(quán)吮吸每一片草地獨(dú)特的芳香，且無憂無慮地生活在友誼與愛的環(huán)繞之下。我們是象牙塔里的明珠，習(xí)慣于行事不假思索，吃飯不看菜。這就是校園生活的鮮明寫照，浪漫、沒有目的，又輕松愉快。在上學(xué)的日子里，一些前輩曾告誡我們，有三樣?xùn)|西是不可缺少的，即考試不及格，女朋友和至少一門特長，比如拉小提琴。當(dāng)時(shí)我們這些大學(xué)新生全都同意，但現(xiàn)在很后悔，我們很少有人全部成功完成了這些事，有的甚至全部都沒完成，就像我。
Sports was my only favourite. As to the fancy girls, I missed too muchopportunity, which suggested that I was neither an opportunist nor a success.All I got were loads of certificates and nothing more, grieving. An employee asnow I am, things turned quite the opposite with those on campus, morediscipline, less freedom; more actual and real pressure and complaint, lesshappiness and satisfaction; more depression less optimism; more trivia andlegwork, less significant aims and speeches. The half year odd work life hascultivated me into an obedient and zealous staff rather than the temperedcollege boy with no notion of time. It reminds me of a famous song, Unwillingto Grow up, always used to submerge in the bliss of reliance and resistance. Formany nights I have awaken from dreams, sitting tight and looking around thedorm, only to find that my pals and friends were gone, dissipated into almostevery corner of the country and the world, I alone again.
體育曾是我唯一的愛好。至于那些女孩子，我錯(cuò)失了太多的機(jī)會，這表明，我既不是一個(gè)投機(jī)取巧者，也不是一個(gè)成功者。我所獲得的只是大量的證書，別無他物，真是傷心啊！現(xiàn)在，作為一個(gè)上班族的我，遇到的事情與大學(xué)校園里的恰恰相反，紀(jì)律多，自由少；更現(xiàn)實(shí)、真真正正的壓力與委屈，少有快樂和滿足；沮喪多，樂觀少；瑣事多、跑腿的活兒多，有效的目標(biāo)少、發(fā)言的機(jī)會少。才半年掛零的工作已把我培養(yǎng)成一個(gè)順從又積極的員工，而不是那個(gè)性情溫和、沒有時(shí)間觀念的大學(xué)男生。它使我想起了一首著名的、過去常常淹沒于信賴與抗拒交加的喜悅之中的歌——《不想長大》。許多個(gè)晚上，我從夢中醒來，靜靜地坐著，環(huán)視宿舍，結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)，朋友和伙伴都不見了，消散于這個(gè)國家、這個(gè)世界的每一個(gè)角落，我又陷入了孤獨(dú)。
Growth comes along with painstaking efforts and thorny feelings. I had not theslightest idea how I came over the first few days and nights I spent withoutthe company of any of my close friends. Farewell is a cruel and ruthless word,yet beneath it there is new beginning. Fresh colleagues and partners will rushin and a new circle of life will be formed. Life is an endless cycle of repeatand renewal, deducting or adding the parts that are mature and in need. Wavesand waves of daunting challenges are ahead, awaiting me to surmount andconquer. As an employee, I know deeply that all we need is a chance, a chancethat will better and best our career and life. However, a million people in theline anticipating the glance of chance, what a slim rate. Anyhow, as long asthere is hope, I will be there, prepared and well-equipped.
成長是伴隨著辛苦的努力與痛苦的情感一起而來的。我一點(diǎn)也不知道我是怎樣度過那沒有任何親密朋友陪伴的最初的白天和晚上的。告別是一個(gè)殘忍無情的詞語，在它后邊還有新的開始。新的同事和搭檔會出現(xiàn)，新的生活圈子也將形成。生活就是重復(fù)與更新的不斷循環(huán)，減去到期的部分，增加需要的部分。作為一個(gè)上班族，我深深知道，我們所需要的就是機(jī)遇，改善我們的職業(yè)與生活并使其最優(yōu)化的機(jī)遇。許多許多人都期待機(jī)遇的青睞，可是，得到機(jī)遇垂青的比例是多么小?。〔还茉鯓?，只要有希望，我還是會爭取，做好準(zhǔn)備，武裝好自己。
The disparity between students and employees perhaps can be best explained likethis, students in the night and employees in the day.
這也許就是學(xué)生與上班族不同之處最好的解釋——黑夜的學(xué)生與白天的上班族。
