1. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
    埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，

2. Even trees live longer than people, and the Earth itself is far older.
    连树也活得比人长，而地球本身就更是个老寿星了。

3. We are so familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident,
    我们对人总是要衰老的现象并不陌生，多年来就已认识到。生命随着时间流失而丧失活力，人随着年龄的增长而接近死亡，这是不言而喻的，

4. There are large advertisement signs directed at them both: the tough, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woman, both dragging away.
    到处都有针对他们这两类人的巨大广告牌：强壮、自信或时髦、年龄较大的男人, 以及漂亮、"世故"的年青女人，都在吞云吐雾。

5. They were in the same grade, even though Autumn was a year older.
    她俩同年级,尽管秋比桑迪大一岁。做作业时，

6. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don't know precisely what a "good heart" is.
    现在我长大成人了，我开始相信这正是判断一个人的恰如其分的标准，虽然我还没有确切理解什么是"好心"。

7. Not just my age, but life itself was telling me that I was becoming an older/old woman!
    不仅是年龄，就是生活本身也在告诉我：我正在变成一个年长的，或是年老的妇人。

8. He looks older by comparison.
    比较起来，他显得老些。

9. Home schooling could change children's relations with their peers and older people because of long periods spent with their parents.
    家庭学校可能改变孩子们与同龄人和大人的关系，因为孩子和家长待在一起的时间很长。

10. Human studies have focused primarily on older adults and suggest that regular exercise can improve the speed with which the brain processes information.
    对人类的研究主要集中在老年人身上，其结果表明，经常锻炼能提高大脑处理信息的速度。