“你喜欢冒险吗？”
You’d like to go an adventure, wouldn’t you? To be free from the routine of life just to spend a few months on a deserted tropical island. Sadly, you won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
你喜欢冒险，是吗?想从朝九晚五解脱，想去热带无人小岛上漂流几个月。可惜啊，现在不行，你哪儿都不可能去。
You’ve got a job to do, am I wrong? Your boss won’t let you. Your spouse won’t stand for it. Your kids….well, they want to go on adventures all the time.
你手上有活儿要干，我没猜错吧？老板不可能放过你的。你的老伴儿也不会让你去。还有你的小孩。。。同样，他们也和你一样总想去冒险。
What’s funny is that kids, in general, always seem to be on adventures. Running from one side of the room to the next pretending to be pirates or jaguars or whatever they imagine themselves into.
有趣的是，孩子们其实每天都在上演奇遇记。平常从这屋跐溜跑到那屋，这些小小的动作，他们就能当成是海盗啊，野兽啊什么的在追他们。
I know you constantly think to yourself, “If only I could be a kid again”.
你一定在想了，“唉，我要回到童年该多好啊”。
Well, I’m here to tell you… get over it. You’ll never be a kid again. That time of your life has past. Your growth plates have long since closed. But that doesn’t mean the adventures have to end.
我得提醒你。。。算了吧。你不可能返老还童的，那段时光已经过去了。你的生长板早就闭合了。不过还好，你的冒险之旅的大门可以大敞。
In fact, as an adult, you’re freedoms are more than unlimited. You can drive a car. You can buy airline tickets to go anywhere in the world.
其实，成年人拥有更多的自由。你可以开车吧。你可以买机票吧，世界任你游。
You have SO much power as an adult—why aren’t you using it? Oh, wait, I know why…
作为一个大人，你能做的实在太多——干嘛不履行大人的权利呢？哦，等下，我知道了。。。
Because you have responsibilities now. You have school to go to. Work to keep up with. Friendships to maintain. Yeah, I’ve heard this before.
因为你肩头扛起责任了。学不能不上。工作不能落下。朋友不能不见。没错，我早就知道了。
Those aren’t excuses. You only live once. Why keep experiencing the same things? Why should kids (less than twice your age) go all over the world in their imagination while you have twice as much power and freedom—
可这都不是理由。你这辈子只活一次。为什么天天走老路？凭什么那些小屁孩能插上想象的翅膀横行全世界，而你这个权力、自由什么都不缺的大人像个低能儿一样什么都做不了？
And all you do is work.
没办法，你的生活里就只有工作。
That’s it! Drop whatever you’re doing right now. Call in sick. Skip class. Forget your colleagues.
来吧！丢掉手头的东西，管它是什么。请病假。敲课。别惦记你的同事了。
Go do something new. Go to another dimension. Experience something on a completely different level.
来点新鲜的。换换角度。体验另一种完全不同生活。
Be a child. The adventure is out there. Even inside you.
保持童心吧。童年到处都会有奇遇，它就在你的童心里。