1. Earlier, we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable;
    再早一些，我们是幼儿和小孩子，身体较脆弱；

2. Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.
    实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就可以开始学习游泳。

3. But Fortune´s favoured children belong to the second class.
    但是，“命运的宠儿”属于第二类型的人。

4. children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child.
    如果父母意识到孩子通常多么希望父母的品行和父母的绝对正确, 以及这种信任对孩子又有怎样的意义,

5. But Fortune´s favoured children belong to the second class.
    但是，命运之神的宠儿是第二类人，

6. But spoiling children with material things does little to reduce parental guilt (since parents never feel they've given enough),
    但是, 用物质的东西来宠爱孩子几乎不能减轻父母的内疚感（因为父母从不会感到他们给孩子的东西已经够了),

7. Both these women — mothers of the bride and groom — would have insisted they wanted only the best for their children but they defined "the best" as staying home to help support the family.
    这两个女人就是新娘和新郎的母亲，她们本该说些希望自己的孩子生活美满的话，可她们心中的“美满”，却是让孩子们留在家里帮助维持全家生计。

8. But they reasoned that it would be worth it if their children got into private schools early and did not have to worry about passing examinations later on.
    可她们又辩解道，如果自己的孩子能早日进入私立学校，用不着以后担心通过入学考试，那么这么做也是值得的。"

9. But parents are also eager to give their children every advantage.
    但是家长又急于让孩子们拥有每一种优势。"

10. But what impressed her most were illustrations from the children's books that her mother read to her.
    但是，给她印象最深的，还是母亲读给她听的儿童书里的插图。