Between the preparation and the work, the apprenticeship（学徒期） and the actual dealing with a task or an art, there comes, in the experience of many young men, a period of uncertainty and wandering which is often misunderstood and counted as time wasted, when it is, in fact, a period rich in full and free development.
It is as natural for ardent（热情的） and courageous youth to wish to know what is in life, what it means, and what it holds for its children, as for a child to reach for and search the things that surround and attract it. Behind every real worker in the world is a real man, and a man has a right to know the conditions under which he must live, and the choices of knowledge, power, and activity which are offered him. In the education of many men and women, therefore, there comes the year of wandering; the experience of traveling from knowledge to knowledge and from occupation to occupation.
The forces which go to the making of a powerful man can rarely be adjusted and blended without some disturbance of relations and conditions.This disturbance is sometimes injurious, because it affects the moral foundations upon which character rests; and for this reason the significance of the experience in its relation to development ought to be sympathetically studied. The birth of the imagination and of the passions, the perception of the richness of life, and the consciousness of the possession of the power to master and use that wealth, create a critical moment in the history of youth, a moment richer in possibilities of all kinds than comes at any later period.
Agitation and ferment of soul are inevitable in that wonderful moment. There are times when agitation（激动） is as normal as is self-control at other and less critical times. The year of wandering is not a manifestation of aimlessness, but of aspiration, and that in its ferment and uncertainty youth is often guided to and finally prepared for its task.
相关单词：apprenticeship
apprenticeship解释：n.学徒身份；学徒期
apprenticeship例句：
She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。
相关单词：dealing
dealing解释：n.经商方法，待人态度
dealing例句：
This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
相关单词：uncertainty
uncertainty解释：n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物
uncertainty例句：
Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
相关单词：ardent
ardent解释：adj.热情的，热烈的，强烈的，烈性的
ardent例句：
He's an ardent supporter of the local football team.他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career.他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。
相关单词：courageous
courageous解释：adj.勇敢的，有胆量的
courageous例句：
We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
相关单词：disturbance
disturbance解释：n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调
disturbance例句：
He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。
相关单词：agitation
agitation解释：n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动
agitation例句：
Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
相关单词：ferment
ferment解释：vt.使发酵；n./vt.（使）激动，（使）动乱
ferment例句：
Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time.果汁若是放置很久，就会发酵。
The sixties were a time of theological ferment.六十年代是神学上骚动的时代。
相关单词：inevitable
inevitable解释：adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
inevitable例句：
Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
相关单词：manifestation
manifestation解释：n.表现形式；表明；现象
manifestation例句：
Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。
相关单词：aspiration
aspiration解释：n.志向，志趣抱负；渴望；(语)送气音；吸出
aspiration例句：
Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。
