I Don’t Know 我不知道

IDon’tKnow我不知道随着年龄的增长，你会越来越发现自己很渺小，仍有很多事情不清楚。比如自己以后想做什么，以后的生活会是什么样子等等。这些不清楚不仅不会随着岁月而变得清晰，相反会变得更加模糊。面临这些未知、未解，你也许会因此害怕、无助，甚至茫然。不过，换个角度想想，也许正是有了这些感受，我们才会对今后的生活充满好奇，生活也才因此变得丰富多彩。IDon’tKnow我不知道BySophieZhang刘宇佳注IDon'tKnowAsIlookbackonthearticlesIhavewritten,IrealizeIhaveoftenwrittenaboutrealizationsIhavecometoorsmallepiphaniesIhavehadasaresultofmajoreventsinmylife:1highschoolgraduation,startingcollege,breakingupwithmyfirstrealboyfriend…Butnow,asIcollegegraduationdrawsnear,Ihavecometoonemoreepiphany.Exceptthistime,it’sdifferent.Iamnotall-knowing.Imayhavelearnedalotduringmytime,butthereisonecommonthemethathasconstantlythreadeditselfthroughmylife,thatIhavealwaysignored:Idon’tknow.2Idon’tknowmanythings,and,atanymomentintime,therewillalwaysbesomethingthatIdon’tknow.Idon’tknowwhereI’llbeoneyearfromnow.Idon’tknowwhatI’llbedoingwithmylifefiveyearsfromnow.Idon’tknowwhoI’llmarry,whomyfriendswillbe,orevenwhatkindofpersonI’llbe.Wedon’tliketoadmitthatwedon’tknowthings.Wewanttoimpresseveryonewithhowmuchwedoknow.Wewanttoshowpeoplethatwehavethingsplannedout,thatweknowwherewe’regoinginlife,andthatweareputtogether.Notbeingsureornotknowingsomethingaresignsofweakness.EspeciallygrowingupinaChinesefamilyandaroundmyfamily’sfriends,everyonewasalwayssosureabouttheirlivesandwhattheywantedtodofive,ten,twentyyearsfromnow.At17,Icameintocollegewithahalf-shapedideathatIwouldonedaygotolawschoolandbealawyer.At17,Ihadnoideawhatitmeanttobealawyerorwhatstudyinglawreallyentailed.3AllIknewwasthatmyparentsthoughtIwouldbeagoodlawyer,andthatmeantIshouldbeone.Butat21,yougrowupandyoulearnsomemorethings.Istilldon’tknowwhatI’mmeantto4be.ButonethingIhavelearnedisthatIdon’tknowifI’mcutouttobe5alawyer.I’velearnedthatIamemotional6.Thatit’sdifficultformetobeobjectivewhenitcomestopeople’slivelihoods.7Allqualitiesthatarenotcompatiblewith8beingagoodlawyer.So,yes.Idon’tknowwhatI’mgoingtodo.ButIknowI’mnotgoingtobealawyer.Learningonethingdoesnotmeanyouknowonemorething.Itisnotabalancedequation9.IfIlearnsomething,doesthatmeanIcancrossonemorethingoffthe“IDon’tKnow”list?10No.Sometimes,learningmoremeansnotknowingmore.Writingpapersandresearchingoftenresultinevenmoreunansweredquestions.Butthosequestionsaremeaningful.Thereisvalueinknowingwhatyoudon’tknow.Scienceandmath,whatwethinkarethemostconcreteandquantifiablefieldsoutthere,arefullofunanswerablequestions.11Butfromthoseunanswerablequestions,welearnmoreaboutourworldandouruniverse.Howdowebeatgravity12?Isitevenpossibletobeatgravity?Ifso,how?Ifnot,why?Theseareallquestionsthathavepromptedyearsofresearchandhaveledtomanyotherimportantscientificdiscoveriesthatwouldnothaveoccurredhadtheunknowablenotbeenidentified.13Congratulationstothepeoplewhoarebornknowingthattheyaremeanttobedoctors,orinvestmentbankers,orlawyers.Iamnotoneofthosepeople.Imightendupbeingoneofthosethings,butfornow,Idon’tknow.Insomeways,thereisreliefknowingthatIdon’tknoweverything.Whataburdenitmustbetoalwayshavetheanswertosomething,forallthemysteryofourfantasticworldtobeerased.14Howwonderfulitisfortherealwaystobeasurprisewaitingformeattheendofalongday.HowgratefulIamforthatromance.1.realization:领悟；epiphany:顿悟。2.一路走来，我也许学到了很多，但有一个想法一直贯穿于我的生活之中，我却总是忽略，那就是：我不知道。threadthrough:贯穿。3.17岁的我，并不知道成为律师意味着什么，也不知道学习法律到底会带来什么。entail:导致4.bemeantto:有意做……，应当做……。5.becutouttobe:适合当……，是……的材料。6.emotional:情绪化的。7.objective:客观的；livelihood:生计。8.becompatiblewith:与……相配。9.balancedequation:平衡方程式。10.如果我学习某件事，就意味着自己能在“我不知道”的清单上划掉一项吗？11.concrete:具体的；quantifiable:可量化的；unanswerable:无法回答的。12.gravity:重力。13.所有这些问 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 促使人们花费数年时间去研究，由此得出很多其他重要的科学发现，如果那些未知没有被弄清楚，也就不会有这些发现。prompt:促使；identify:确定。14.burden:负担；fantastic:奇幻的；erase:消除。