I was quite surprised when I read in your letter that you had decided not to finish your studies at the university.
当我在你的信中看到你已决定终止大学学业时感到很是惊讶。
Before he returned to India, he decided to live as a poor man and not to possess wealth.
在回印度之前,他已决心过穷人一样的生活,不占有财富。