1. The children who as four-year-olds had been able to wait for the two pieces of candy were, as teenagers, still able to delay pleasure in pursuing their goals.
    那些四岁时能够等到两块糖的孩子们，到了十几岁时仍能够为了他们的目标而推迟某种乐趣。

2. Nearly everybody enters for ´The Nicest Garden Competition´ each year, but Joe wins every time.
    几乎每个人都参加每年举办的"最佳花园竞赛"，而每次都是乔获胜。

3. Not long after Christmas last year, Suzanne came to inspect my apartment and saw some new posters pasted on the wall.
    去年圣诞节，苏珊娜到我家来了解情况，看到墙上贴着新的宣传画，

4. He sold all his one-year-old calves.
    他卖掉了所有一岁的小牛。

5. How did you celebrate May Day this year?
    你们今年是怎样庆祝五一节的？

6. He will be in the hospital for the duration of the school year.
    整个学年中他都会呆在医院里。

7. His whole school education added up to no more than one year.
    他所受的全部学校教育加起来不过一年.

8. His income is 300 yuan a year.
    他每年的收入是三百元。

9. He moistened the soil round the plant.
    他弄湿了植物周围的土。

10. He is a nine-year-old schoolboy.
    他是一个九岁的男学生.