The Road less traveled by

The Road less traveled by（少人走的路）是美国著名田园诗人Robert Frost的代表作之一，该诗以路喻人生，以充满哲理的笔调表达了诗人的人生态度。即作者不愿追逐潮流，而愿意走自己的路，尽管比较艰辛，但也无怨无悔。

Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood，

And sorry that I could not travel both.

And be one traveler， long I stood，

And looked down one as far as I could，

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

* diverge：“分开”、“分叉”的意思。人生的路有很多条，但我们只能选择其中的一条。 所以我们要用心思考，以作出正确的抉择。所以本段的最后一句“And looked down ……”表达的就是这样的意思。

* undergrowth：“矮树丛”的意思，特别指那些生长在大树下面的矮层丛林。“bush”也是矮树丛的意思，比undergrowth跟通俗更常用。另外Bush还是一个姓，最著名的就是美国前总统George Bush乔治·布什。

Then took the other， as just as fair，

And having perhaps the better claim，

Because it was grassy and wanted wear；

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same，

* claim：有“主张”的意思，在这里表示“理由”。因为作者选择了第二条路，不仅仅是为了公平，还有更好的理由，那就是第二条路很少人走。

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh， I kept the first for another day！

Yet knowing how way leads on to way，

I doubted if I should ever come back.

* trodden：是tread的过去分词形式，表示“踩”、“踏”的意思。作者选择了一条难走的路，把好走的留给日后，尽管他也知道也许永远也不会返回来重新再走。

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence：

Two roads diverged in a wood， and

I—— I took the one less traveled by，

And that has made all the difference.

有什么办法呢？人生就是这样，只有一条路可走！作者还是选择了那条没有多少人走的路，从而使的自己的人生与众不同。而与众不同正是他的追求。