As I write these words, I am sitting in a pizzeria eating pizza toppings—mushroom and sausage—chosen by the frail man I had held the door for on my way in.[35] I am wearing a striped shirt picked out by a meticulous woman and, between sips of iced tea, glancing at a book.[36]
The old adage[37] “You have no one to blame but yourself” doesn’t apply to me anymore. In 2010, when things go wrong, I will have no one to blame but each and every one of you.
1. 现在,我们常要费劲地作太多选择,从最基本的到几乎让人“痛不欲生”的,不一而足,前者比如在杂货店收银台前考虑用现金还是信用卡结账,后者比如选择“朋友和家人”电话套餐计划还是无限短信套餐计划。
2 abundance: 大量,丰富;career move: 职业转向;overwhelming: 让人不知所措的。
3. time-consuming: 耗费时间的;alternative: 选择。
4. Steve Jobs: 史蒂夫•乔布斯,美国苹果电脑公司首席执行官,该公司产品包括电脑、手机、音乐播放器等;misery: 苦恼,为难;counteract: 对抗;outfit: 一套服装,乔布斯 平日总是穿着一条蓝色牛仔裤、一件黑色高领衫(turtleneck)和一双新百伦牌运动鞋(New Balance sneakers)。
5. be bombarded with: 不停地遭受;predicament: 困境,窘境;banal: 平庸的。
6. needy: 需要支持的。
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