Are You Ready?

Track 10

by Madeleine

翻译：常青

Are You Ready?

你准备好了吗？

Track 10

by Madeleine

翻译：常青

或许你身边的家人、朋友常常会问你：“你准备好了吗？”是啊，每个人或多或少都会有迷茫的时候。这个时候，你可以试着倾听他们的声音以及自己内心深处的声音。

Funny as it was, how you thought this was what you wanted all along. What would make your last summer of freedom1)memorable? It was something you dreamed about, thought about in your free time. Now you’re2)stuck, aren’t you? Maybe you should have listened to me all along. You know me. I’m your best friend who3)pokes you and4)nudges you in the direction you should go.

Look! You even wrote about it! You wrote, not so long ago, about how5)badly you wished it would just happen. Well honey, be careful what you wished for. You weren’t ready, were you? It is okay, you can tell me. We are best friends6)after all, you and me.

He had asked you more than once. He said, “Are you ready?” And you smiled7)mockingly and replied,“Of course, but are you ready?” Maybe you should have thought a bit harder about what he had asked you, right?

1) memorable ['memərəbəl] adj. 难忘的，值得纪念的

2) stuck [stʌk] adj. 进退维谷的

3) poke [pəʊk] v. 刺，戳

4) nudge [nʌdʒ] v. 轻推，推动

5) badly ['bædlI] adv. 非常，极度

6) after all 毕竟，终究

7) mockingly [`mɒkIŋlI] adv. 愚弄地，取笑地

8) black hole 黑洞

9) tempt [tempt] v. 引诱，诱惑

10) admittedly [əd'mItIdlI] adv. 无可否认地

11) emotion [I'məʊʃən] n. 情感，情绪

12) crumple up 使崩溃

13） inexperienced ［,InIks'pIərIənst] adj. 无经验的，不熟练的

14) hint [hInt] n. 暗示，线索

15) frustration [frʌs'treIʃən] n. 挫折，失败

16) shock [ʃɒk] n. 震惊

17) bewilderment [bI'wIldəmənt] n. 困惑，迷乱

18) yell [jel] v. 叫喊，大叫

I know that this small part of your life always seems to be empty. I get it, really, I do. There’s that little8)black hole in every person. Try to fill it up or you’ll end up falling in yourself. That’s what has happened to you. You’ve fell in. You fell deep, my friend.

I know you were9)tempted.10)Admittedly, I was too. But you see I’m cleverer than you, so how about listening to me next time？ Maybe you won’t get so stuck next time.

I know all these11)emotions12)crumpled up in your13)inexperienced heart. There must be the smallest14)hint of love somewhere, but it’s hard to find it. Try to get past the15)frustration,16)shock as well as17)bewilderment.

Well, now you know your limits. You know that even though everyone else is ready doesn’t mean you are. And that’s okay!

When I know you’re ready, I’ll come and18)yell at you loud and clear! I’ll ask, “Are you ready?” But by then, I will know you already are.

你认为这是你自己一直想要的东西，这实在是很有趣。到底是什么东西让你上一个自由的夏天变得如此难忘？这些是你闲暇时就梦想过、思考过的。现在你陷入困境了吧？或许你早该听我的话。你懂我的，我是你最好的朋友，我会推着你走上正确的道路。

看！你还将它写了下来！不久前，你就写下了你是有多渴望它能够实现。不过亲爱的，请谨慎对待你所想要的。你还没有准备好，不是吗？没关系的，你可以告诉我。毕竟，我们是最好的朋友。

他不止一次地问过你。他说：“你准备好了吗？”而你戏谑般地笑着回答道：“当然，那你准备好了吗？”或许你应该再好好思考一下他问你的问题，不是吗？

我知道你总会在生活中某一个短暂的时期里感到空虚。我懂，真的，我懂。这是每个人心中都有的小黑洞。努力去填补它吧，不然你最终会深陷进去。但它已经发生了，你真的陷进去了。我的朋友，你陷得很深呢。

我知道你受到了诱惑。不可否认，我也一样。但你知道的，我比你更加明智，所以下次能听我的劝吗？或许下次你就不会陷得那么深了。

我知道所有的这些情感都在你稚嫩的心灵里崩塌。在某个角落里定会藏着哪怕一丝的爱意，但要找到它并不容易。你得尽力去克服那些挫折、惊恐和迷惑。

好了，现在你知道自己的极限所在了。你明白了就算其他人都已经准备好了，也不意味着你也准备好了。但那没什么！

当我知道你已经准备好时，我会过来用那最响亮、最清晰的声音问你：“你准备好了吗？”但到那个时候，我自然会知道，你已经准备好了。