Buffeted about like so many molecules in my tepid kitchen, they feel that they have lost their sense of direction, that they are wasting youth and opportunity at every turn.

• 就像我那不冷不热的厨房里无数的分子一样，人们被冲来撞去的，感到自己迷失了方向，并随时随地都在荒废青春和错失良机。