Sometimes in life, the choices you make turn out to be wrong.
살다보면가끔당신이하는선택이잘못된것인경우가있다.
Do not worry―it is not the end of the world!
걱정하지마라. 세상이끝난것이아니다!
In traffic, what you do in this situation is just turn around or find a detour.
운전할때에는당신은이런상황에서그저방향을바꾸고우회로를찾는다.
That is exactly what you should do in real life, too.
실생활에서도당신은꼭그렇게해야한다.
You will encounter many dead ends as you go through life, but you can always find your way out of them.
인생을살면서많은막다른길을맞닥뜨리게되겠지만, 당신은항상그곳에서빠져나올길을찾을수있다.
Life is not always a smooth ride.
삶이항상평탄한것은아니다.
There will be bumps here and there.
장애물이여기저기에있을것이다.
If you are not careful, a bump can make you fall.
조심하지않으면, 장애물에걸려넘어질수있다.
However, driving your life to steer clear of all the bumps can become boring and uneventful.
하지만모든장애물을피하려고만하는삶은지루하고평범해질수있다.
Once in a while, a bump can be a nice experience as well!
때로는장애물도좋은경험이될수있다!
Right or left?
오른쪽? 왼쪽?
There will be times when you face a choice.
당신이선택에직면하는때가있을것이다.
You may want to concentrate on your studies, so you decide to quit a hobby that you have had for years.
당신은학업에집중하려고수년동안해왔던취미활동을그만두기로결정할수도있다.
Think again!
다시생각해라!
Before putting away the paint brush or stopping your dance lessons, you should think about how you could divide your time between studying and hobbies.
What you learn in school will be of great value to you as you face adversity in the future.
당신이학교에서배우는것은당신이앞으로역경에처했을때대단히가치가있을것이다.
Strive to become a well-rounded individual who has a broad range of knowledge and can speak on any subject.
광범위한지식을가지고있고어떤주제에관해서도말할수있는다재다능한사람이되기위해노력해라.
It is imperative to concentrate on schoolwork now so you can take advantage of what comes your way in the future.
미래에당신에게오는기회를잡기위해지금학업에집중하는것은매우중요하다.
When life gets confusing, be prepared to stop.
인생이혼란스러워지면멈출준비를해라.
Take a moment to contemplate where you want your life to go and which choices will get you there.
당신인생이어디로가기를원하는지와어떤선택이당신을그곳으로데려갈지를생각하는시간을가져라.
In the future, not as many people will tell you what to do with your life as there are now.
미래에는, 당신이인생에서무엇을해야할지에대해서알려주는사람이지금만큼많지않을것이다.
It will be up to you to make your own choices, so make a habit of stopping to reflect as you go.
스스로선택을하는것은당신의책임일것이다. 그러니살면서깊이생각하기위해멈추는습관을들여라.
Take responsibility for your choices, and think about which roads you want to choose as you continue through life.
당신의선택에책임을지고, 인생을살아가면서어떤길을선택하기원하는지를생각해보아라.
Have you ever heard of the expression going downhill.
'내리막길로접어들다'라는표현을들어본적이있는가?
It means the situation is gradually getting worse.
그것은상황이서서히악화되는것을의미한다.
When this happens, it is important to remember that roads do not usually just go downhill.
이런일이생기면, 보통내리막길만있는것이아니라는것을기억하는것이중요하다.
They go uphill, too!
길에는오르막길도있다!
Eventually, your situation will change, and you will find yourself going up again.
결국, 상황은바뀌고다시올라가고있는당신자신을발견할것이다.
Just keep going!
계속정진해라!
Slippery!
미끄럽다!
Are you going so fast that you cannot control your life?
너무빨리가고있어서당신의인생을제어할수없는가?
In that case, ease up on the gas.
그럴경우에는속도를줄여보아라.
Once in a while, it is a great idea to push hard and try to accomplish a great deal in a short amount of time.
가끔은, 단기간에큰성과를얻기위해밀어붙이는것이좋은생각이다.
After that, however, we all need to relax and recharge our batteries before pushing forward again.
하지만그후에, 우리모두는다시앞으로나아가기전에휴식을취하고재충전할필요가있다.
Otherwise, we could slip and lose our focus.
그렇지않으면, 우리는미끄러지고중심을잃을수있다.
Finally, slow down.
마지막으로, 속도를줄여라.
You do not need to multitask and speed through life.
당신은살면서동시에여러가지일을하거나빠르게갈필요가없다.
Just imagine trying to hold five conversations at once.
한번에다섯가지대화에참여하는것을상상해보아라.
It does not work very well, does it?
그것은잘되지않는다, 그렇지않은가?
You cannot concentrate or really think about any one of them.
당신은그것들중어느하나에도집중하거나제대로생각할수없다.
It is often better to slow down and focus on one thing at a time.
흔히속도를늦추고한번에한가지씩집중하는것이더낫다.
Remember, haste makes waste.
'서두르다망친다'라는것을기억해라.
There is really no rush!
정말급하게서두를일은없다!
You do not have to experience everything before you are twenty!
당신이스무살이되기전에모든것을경험할필요는없다!
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A BOLD STEP FORWARD
대담한발걸음
Congratulations to all graduates.
모든졸업생여러분, 축하합니다.
Today we stand at the threshold to the future, proud of past achievements and hopeful for a new beginning.
오늘우리는지난날이뤄낸것들을자랑스러워하고새로운시작을기대하며미래로가는출발점에서있습니다.
We began high school as restless kids, and we have become adults both physically and mentally.
우리는천방지축아이로고등학교생활을시작했고, 이제는신체적으로나정신적으로어른이되었습니다.
From now on, each of us will travel our own path, hoping that what we learned in high school will serve as the platform from which to launch ourselves into the bigger world.
No matter which path we take, there will be challenges ahead of us, but we are not afraid.
어떤길을택하더라도우리앞에는도전들이있을것이지만우리는두렵지않습니다.
In high school, we had trouble with friends, schoolwork, and family, and we managed to overcome difficulties, sometimes alone and sometimes with friends, teachers, and parents.
In this process, we learned to persevere and cooperate.
이런과정에서우리는인내하고협동하는것을배웠습니다.
With bright prospects for the future, we now feel ready to explore the uncharted world by traveling, volunteering, working part-time, and doing what we wanted to in the past but could not.