政府已决定为这项计划开绿灯。

The government has decided to give the green light to the plan.

不过韦厂长最后拍板，决定打破陈规，给这四个人开绿灯，他们当时的平均年龄就27岁。

It was up to Wei to make the final call and he broke convention by giving the green light to the four men, average age 27.

我浑浑噩噩地打发着二十刚出头的那几年：付房租，看广告，寻思着生活为何不向我开绿灯。

I wandered around my early twenties, paying rent and reading classifieds and wondering why the lights were not turning green for me.