初衷：发誓从此不再穿人字拖。

　　You decided to wear espadrilles. However, the promise is very likely to be broken when you go buy breakfast in the morning, take a short walk after dinner, or when your parents ask you to take the trash downstairs.

　　你决定改穿帆布鞋。但这个决定很可能在买早点、晚饭后散步或者父母让你下楼倒垃圾时，便不攻自破了。

　　New Suggestion: Throw away your flip-flops.

　　新建议：把你的人字拖扔进垃圾桶。

　　They are truly disgusting at this point, and possibly carry a virus, but we still don’t trust you not to wear them. Be strong. Put them in the trash and don’t look back.

　　此时此刻，尽管那些人字拖鞋实在是令人生厌，也许还携带着病毒，但我们仍旧不相信你会抛弃它们。狠心点，把它们丢进垃圾桶，头也不回地离开。

　　Anything goes in the summer

　　我的暑假，我做主

　　Intention: Peruse your wardrobe.

　　初衷：仔细检查你的衣柜。

　　We told you to buy tank tops and shorts, because you would wear them. How did that go?

　　我们曾告诉你去买些背心和短裤，因为你穿得着。后来如何呢?

　　New Suggestion: Pull out the clothes you haven’t worn and wear them while there’s still time.

　　新建议：取出那些你没有穿过的衣服，趁还有时间，穿穿看。

　　It is the point in the summer that we call “everything goes”.

　　这正是我们称之为“我的暑假，我做主”的原因。

　　Not too late for a little romance

　　谈谈恋爱，为时不晚

　　Intention: Promise yourself you’ll make that move.

　　初衷：答应自己，你会有所行动。

　　This was our nudge to infuse your summer with a bit romance. You were supposed to go for it, ask your crush on a date, work up the nerve to tell that boy or girl what kind of feeling you have for them.

　　我们鼓励你去为自己的假期注入一些小浪漫。你应该大胆一试，跟你的心上人约会，鼓起勇气向心仪的男孩或女孩表白，诉说你对他(她)的感觉。

　　New Suggestion: Depends how well the first move went.

　　新建议：取决于你的第一步进展得如何。

　　Repeat: it is not too late for summer romance. If your first fling went badly, you’re probably about ready to jump in the pool again.

　　再次重申：暑期恋爱还为时不晚。如果你的第一次尝试很糟糕，你也许要准备好再次受挫了。

　　Timing is nearly everything. Make a plan to hang out with that dear friend you haven’t seen nearly enough (or at all) this summer, before we get into September.

　　安排好时间是王道。制定计划，在步入九月之前，约上那些今夏相聚次数少得可怜或几乎为零的好友们出去闲逛。

　　You’ve got what it takes

　　你已然准备好了

　　If you have accomplished our list, there’s no way your summer has been so terrible as you imagine it to be. If you feel like you’ve only done a few things, or none, take a deep breath and try harder.

　　如果你已经实现了我们清单中列举的这些，那么你的暑假绝不会像你想象中的那样糟糕。如果你觉得自己只完成了其中几条，或者几乎零作为，那就深吸一口气，再加把劲吧。

　　Chances are, you’ve got what it takes to make this summer yours, and if you don’t, you really shouldn’t be complaining when school starts.

　　有可能，你已经做好足够的准备去打造一个专属自己的假期。如果你没有这样做，那么到了开学时，你真的没什么好抱怨的了。