The lives of most men are determined by their enviroment. They accept the circumstances amid which fate has thrown them not only resignation but even with good will. They are like streetcars running contendedly on their rails and they despise the sprightly flitter that dashes in and out of the traffic and speeds so jauntily（活泼地） across the open country. I respct them, they are good citizens, good husbands and good fathers, and of course somebody has to pay the taxes, but I do not find them exciting.
I am fasinated by the men, few enough in all conscience, who take life in their own hands and seem to mould it in to their own liking. It may be that we have no such thing as free will, but at all events, we have the illusion of it. At a cross-road it does seem to us that we might go either to the right or to the left and, the choice once made, it is difficult to see that the whole course of the world's history obliged us to take the turning we did.
相关单词：determined
determined解释：adj.坚定的；有决心的
determined例句：
I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
相关单词：sprightly
sprightly解释：adj.愉快的，活泼的
sprightly例句：
She is as sprightly as a woman half her age.她跟比她年轻一半的妇女一样活泼。
He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.他这把年纪了，还这么精神，真了不起。
相关单词：jauntily
jauntily解释：adv.心满意足地；洋洋得意地；高兴地；活泼地
jauntily例句：
His straw hat stuck jauntily on the side of his head. 他那顶草帽时髦地斜扣在头上。 来自辞典例句
He returned frowning, his face obstinate but whistling jauntily. 他回来时皱眉蹙额，板着脸，嘴上却快活地吹着口哨。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：liking
liking解释：n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢
liking例句：
The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
