The Last Summer

你还记得上一个夏天吗？

那个足足有三个月的时光。

Have you ever remembered the last summer, a long  long time for 3 months?

或许你开始了没羞没臊的，哦不，没日没夜的电子生活。

Maybe the electronic products begin  to  turn upon you from day to night, like the vines, strangling you, however, you are willing  to fall in love with them.

刷剧打游戏吃饭睡觉，两眼一睁一闭。哦，明天又是新的一天。

Watching  TV, playing computer  games, having meals, sleeping ……Oh, tomorrow is another  day.

或许你开始撒丫子满世界乱跑，今天去北京爬爬长城，明天去三亚喝喝椰汁。

Maybe you begin to travel all over the world,  walking along the Great Wall in Beijing, drinking coconut juice in sanya.

或许你参加完谢师宴，就像个大人一样去餐厅打工挣学费了。

Maybe you begin  to work in a restaurant, be a real grown-up，just finishing the dinner party for your teachers.

或许……

Maybe ……

但不置可否的一件事是，那是一个希望，焦虑和绝望并存的夏天。

But, one thing is true that, it is a summer that is full  of hope, anxiety and desperation.

不管你在哪里，在干些什么，你都是在等——等高考成绩，等报考志愿结果。

No matter  where you are in, and no matter what you do, you are always waiting ——waiting  for Gao Kao score, waiting for the application for college entrance.

我敢说，你这辈子也忘不了知道结果的那一刻的感觉。

I am concerned that you can't  never ever  forget the moment you got the results.

因为,你懂的，我们都是过来人——那种感觉跟中彩票一样，也跟中枪一样。

I’am sure you have the same feeling as me —— just like winning a lottery, or hit by a gun.

随着时间滴答滴答滴答，你拉着行李箱来上大学。

As time passed swiftly, you come to college with your suitcase.

新的学校，新的老师同学，新的生活。

New city, new compus, new teachers and classmates, new life.

继续上考试，参加社团学生会活动……

You continue  to keep on your right track ——having classes ，taking exams,participating club activities ，joining the Student Union……

然后，世界突然变得好安静——

And,  suddenly the world became quiet——

你突然意识到：明天！明天高考了！天哪！一年都过去了！

It occurs you that tomorrow is the National College Entrance Examination,that one year has passed !

这时，回忆像瓶恶作剧般猛烈摇晃过的可乐，你没有一丝丝防备，下一秒，哗啦啦的水汽扑你一脸。

At this moment, you are gonna to drink a  Coke ,which called memory, and you have no time to figure out whether it's shaken  by someone or not , next second the water vapor rush on your face .

你想起了一些比悲伤还悲伤的故事——

You remind some sorrow when tears always stinging your eyes——

挥之不去的青春痘，满目疮痍的成绩单

A face filled with acne, a transcript you and your parents as well as your teachers are no longer satisfied.

被嘲笑，被看低

Laughed at , looked down upon by someone

甚至

What's worse …

被老师无视，被对象甩，被所谓的同龄人暴力欺凌

Your dear teachers ,ignored  you.

Your  boyfriend, found another girl.

Your peers, are real evils, you  become victim of bullying and violence.

世界上哪来这么多来自四面八方的恶意，好像全世界都在欺负你一个人。

They  are enemies, all enemies ,from all directions , You are ……lonely.

你也想起了一些很温柔很温柔的回忆——

You also  remind some sort of gentle memories ——

你想起那个个夜晚，那些温柔的月光和灯光，你咬紧牙关默默发誓要考进年级前十。

You remember those  nights , and those gentle moonlight and lights, you clenched your teeth and vowed silently to enter the top ten  in grades.

你想起，你和小伙伴们趁着课间十分钟去小卖部买冰淇淋和辣条。

You remember those time, you rushed to  the school's snack bar with your partners during the class break,  to buy your favorite ice -cream and spicy strips.

你想起食堂阿姨每次都会抖两抖的勺子，爱蹲在树下的那只猫，校外稀稀拉拉的自行车……

You remember that ，the aunts  in the canteen would shake their spoons  twice every time, the cat crouching under the tree, the scattered  bicycle outdoors ...

你想起爸爸妈妈每天早上为你准备的牛奶，告诉你不要着急不要灰心，一切都会好起来的，你永远是爸爸妈妈的好孩子。

You remember  the milk your parents prepared for you every morning , and inspired you not to worry and not to lose heart, everything will be fine, you will always be a good child.

时过境迁，可乐里的汽水渐渐地沉下去，你也渐渐地变得沉稳。

As time goes by, the soda in the  Coke gradually sinks, and you are getting more and more mature.

过不了多久，你就是个大二的老学长或老学姐了。

It won't be long before you're a sophomore .

或者说，你现在就是一个老油条了。

Or, as it were, you are already a wily old bird now.

但是吧，我觉得成长的意义是，你可以慢慢地成为一个小太阳，独立而且有温度，也能为他人带来温暖。

But now, I think the meaning of growth is that you can slowly become a small sun, you are independent and gentle, you can also bring warmth to others.

那，让往事随风。

Well, let bygones be bygones.

我们，未来可期。

Every single  one of us will have a brighter future.

Thank you!