A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
青少年
Teen
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
我在一个没有人告诉我每天去学校做作业的房子里长大。
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.
我一直有一种感觉，我们在生活中几乎都是孤独的，尤其是在青春期。
Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.
孩子，甚至婴儿，都有同情心。但只有在青春期之后，我们才有能力去同情别人。
The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.
蹒跚学步的孩子必须说“不”才能知道她是谁。青少年说“不”是为了表明她不是谁。
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
作为一个青少年，你正处在生命的最后一个阶段，这时你会很高兴地听到电话是给你的。
Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.
童年时期的友谊通常是一个机会的问题，而青少年时期的友谊通常是一个选择的问题。
People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.
人们——不仅仅是在他们十几岁的时候——在还没有准备好拥有一段真正的关系的时候，就坚持着这种爱的幻想。
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.
你我生命中最伟大的一天是我们为自己的态度承担全部责任的时候。那是我们真正长大的一天。
Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.
青春期是女孩们承受社会压力的时期，她们不得不抛开真实的自我，只展示自己天赋的一小部分。
I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.
我想和那些和我一起长大的人在一起，但是无论你怎么努力，你都不能回到他们身边，成为他们中的一员。
My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.
我的少年时代正是他们应该有的样子。每个人都有自己的路。这是为你准备的。你自己走就行了。
I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.
我认为成长是困难的，这是一个我一直感兴趣的过程，孩子和成年人，他们经常在两个不同的世界。
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This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
这一代人已经放弃了增长。他们只是希望能活下来。
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
所有的青少年都有这种想要逃跑的欲望。
The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.
最重要的榜样应该而且可能是父母和教师。但话说回来，一旦你是一个青少年，你可能已经从你的父母那里得到了和你将要得到的一样多的榜样。
Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.
青春期不仅仅是舞会或穿着闪闪发光的衣服。
When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.
在我成长的过程中，特别是在我十几岁的青春期，我是如此的痛苦，因为我从我十几岁的同龄人那里得到了那么多的嘲笑和刻薄。