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Eve, thanks so much for coming with me.
谢谢你陪我来，不要客气。
You're welcome.Sara, you know, it's a wonderful thought.
一切天公早有安排…　　
The idea that all of life, that every single event is part of some master plan...
而我们迟早邂逅梦中人…　　
designed to lead us to our universal soul mate.
这种想法很美妙，不过…　　
But if that's really true, then what's the point of living?
假如是真的，做人有什么意思？　　
Or making decisions? Hell, why should we even get out of bed in the morning?
为什么还去抉择？还去生活？　　
For the cake?
为了吃蛋糕？　　
No. Not for cake.
不是为了蛋糕。　　
So that you make mistakes.
为了犯错，这次来纽约…　　
Mistakes like this trip.
也是犯错。　　
And if you're smart enough, you learn from your mistakes.
为了从错误中汲取教训。　　
You figure it out. You-You think.
从而觉悟到，人生不是…　　
You realize that life isn't some elaborate stage play with directions for the actors.
布局周详、有条不紊的剧本。　　
Life's a mess, Sara.
人生本来就是…　　
It's-It's chaos personified.
杂乱无章的一回事。
I have to give it all up now, don't I?
我应该放弃，是不是？
Sara, you have a fiance who,
你有未婚夫，虽然他的音乐…　　
despite his weird Eastern music,　　
古灵精怪，不过希望…　　
which we hope is just a phase, let's hope,
只是一时的兴趣。　　
loves you very, very, very much.
他深深爱着你。　　
It's not giving up. It's growing up.
你不是应该放弃，是应该成长。

妙语佳句
1.master plan
总体规划；蓝图
Have a master plan for walking and biking in the community.
为社区步行和骑自行车制定一个相关的总体规划
2.designed to
旨在；目的在于
Singletons are classes that are designed to have only one instance existing at a time in an application.
单一实例指的是旨在让应用程序中一次只存在一个实例的类。
3.soul mate
情人；性情相投的人；心心相印的伙伴
We’re bombarded every day by magazines and websites advising us how to find our soul mate. But how honest are you being with yourself?
我们每天都被杂志和网络上的很多建议我们如何找到灵魂伴侣的信息轰炸，但是，你对自己有多诚实呢？
4.elaborate
adj. 精心制作的；详尽的；煞费苦心的
vt. 精心制作；详细阐述；从简单成分合成（复杂有机物）
vi. 详细描述；变复杂
You might ask why I chose to make a list like this, instead of writing articles to elaborate on each one.
你可能会问道，为什么我要像这样列个清单，而不是针对每一点写篇文章详细阐述。
考考你
翻译
1.假如是真的，做人有什么意思？　　　　
2.你不是应该放弃，是应该成长。
上期答案
1.I do remember where the service was located.
2.It was just next to that on the left of that splendid little patisserie,