1. The children who gave in to temptation early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible.
    那些经不住诱惑的孩子更容易变得孤独，容易受挫，缺乏灵活性。

2. As Daniel Goleman suggests in his new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that intelligent but inflexible people don't have the right stuff in an age when the adaptive ability is the key to survival.
    正如丹尼尔·戈尔曼在他的新书《情感智能》中所说，最新的科研结果似乎表明，在一个适应能力是生存关键的年代，聪明但缺乏灵活性的人并不具备这种适应的才能。

3. In Japan, a person's capabilities are not forced into an inflexible area.
    在日本，一个人的才能不会被局限于一个固定的领域。

4. In contrast, the kids who grabbed the one piece of candy were, as teenagers, more likely to be inflexible, unable to make decisions and stressed.
    相反，那些当初迫不及待地吃了第一块糖的孩子到了十几岁时更有可能表现得缺乏灵活性，难以作决定，容易紧张。