(2016·南通第一次调研)
There's a case to be made，from things like Google search figures，that Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken—you know，the one about two paths diverging(分开) in a wood—is the most popular in modern history.Yet people still can't agree what it means.On the surface，it's a fridge－magnet cliché (陈词滥调) on the importance of taking risks and choosing the road less travelled.But many argue it slyly mocks(暗讽) that American belief in the individual's power to determine his or her future.After all，the poet admits that both paths look roughly similarly well－travelled.And how could he be sure he took the right one？He'll never know where the other leads.Looking back at our life histories，we tell ourselves we faced important dilemmas and chose wisely.But maybe only because it's too awful to admit we're stumbling(跌跌撞撞地走) mapless among the trees，or that our choices don't make much difference.
