extrovert的简单介绍( 二 )

16. meet one’s expectation: 达到预期。
17. set forth: 提出，设定。
18. post-secondary education: 高等教育，中学后教育。
So next year came and I worked even harder than before; consequently, the social aspect of my life started to become more of a pain to me. What really matters here is that I was cutting a substantial[19] part of my social life in order to do better in school. For the first time, being social was becoming a nag[20]. “Any type of socializing is a hindrance to my academic goals”, at least that’s what I had my brain playing on repeat when deciding to either spend Friday night studying or to go out and socialize.[21] I personally couldn’t find the formula to get perfect grades, a satisfying amount of sleep, and also live a social life that I used to know of.[22] It just wasn’t possible. If I wanted to do more of one thing, and sadly something had to be compromised[23] and so I chose to sacrifice the majority of social activities that I used to love doing.
19. substantial: 大量的，很多的。
20. nag: 困扰，烦扰。
21. hindrance: 妨碍，阻碍;play on repeat: (脑中)不停地想。
22. 就我而言，我找不到方法既能得到优秀的成绩、充足的睡眠，又得以继续我所熟悉的社交生活。formula: 方法。
23. compromised: 妥协的，让步的。
I returned home for the summer after sophomore[24] year which meant seeing my childhood friends. As soon as I got back I got invited to a small college party at the University of Washington, full of people I already knew during middle school as well as high school. But something was odd; something felt weird.[25] It’d been nearly a whole semester of not enjoying other people’s company and I was feeling this sort of anxiety of not excitement, but of discomfort or fear.
24. sophomore: 大学二年级学生。
25. odd: 古怪的，异常的;weird: 奇怪的，古怪的。
Now as we speak, I’m typing this up alone in my room with my dog right by my side and I’m totally okay with that. After certain events, I’ve come to not like strangers or engaging in small talk. If I had to choose, I’d choose to do things alone or with those rare friends where everything is just natural around them. If you think introverts don’t socialize at all, then you’re wrong. I simply don’t want be alone 100% of the time. Even people like us introverts need to be shown love and support.
Even after being in school for so long, why can’t I just turn on my extrovert switch back on[26]? I thought about this for a while and I still don’t really have an answer. But it’s not like being introverted makes me worse off[27] than being extroverted. So yeah, I’m happy to be introverted.
26. turn on switch back on: 重新打开(开关)，再次开始。
27. worse off: 恶化，每况愈下。
Being an extrovert has its pros and cons[28], as does being an introvert. I always hear negative things about introverts, and I don’t think these stigmas[29] apply to every single introvert out there. Silence is truly golden. So if you see one of us introverts just sitting there in silence don’t just go and panic and assume there’s something wrong.
I love silence. I need silence. If writing didn’t become such a chore[30] for the first 19 years of my life, I’m sure I would have enjoyed writing more than talking. I enjoy having a few close friends and spending quality time[31] with them. And by no means would I describe myself as shy.
28. pros and cons: 利弊，正反两面。
29. stigma: 污点，恶名。
30. chore: 困难的事，令人厌烦的事。
31. quality time: 高品质时间，有意义的时间

extrovert的简单介绍( 二 )

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