In deciding which path to take in life, you should carefully consider different options in advance and make the most rewarding decision. However, to know whether the path you choose will really lead to something fruitful, you have no choice but to follow the path for some time. This is a dilemma you inevitably face. When you make a decision in life, you sometimes have to be prepared to accept things your decision brings that you have not imagined.
In choosing one’s course to follow, one should carefully examine beforehand what consequences will result to make the most fulfilling choice. However, one has no other choice but to spend a certain amount of time experiencing what one has chosen to realize whether the path will be really satisfying or not. One cannot avoid this challenge. When one finds oneself at a crossroads, one must sometimes have the courage to accept the fact that the world beyond one's imagination is waiting for one in the future.
私は台湾旅行をした時に、日本統治時代に日本語を習得したおじいさんに会いましたが、とても懐かしい日本語を話されました。50年、60年も経つと言語の変化は激しいのです。
たとえば、「-は当然だ」という英語を日本の受験生に尋ねると、みんな
「知ってる。 take it for granted that --」
と言う。でも、私はそんな表現を見たり、聞いたりすることは稀です。多くネイティブは、it is natural that -- と言います。