1. As families left family farms, small towns, and the countryside, and moved into cities, the places for their children to play in became rarer.
    然而, 随着一个个家庭离开了家庭农场、小镇和农村，给孩子们玩耍的地方越来越少了。

2. As a result, the average number of births has been cut from 5.6 children per woman to 3.
    其结果是每个妇女从平均生育5.6个孩子下降到平均生育3个。

3. Also, spoiled children are not as challenged to be more creative in their play as children with fewer toys.
    另外, 被宠坏的孩子不象那些拥有玩具较少的孩子会在做游戏时被激发出更大的创造性。

4. And even after you are handling these decisions in a firmer and more confident manner, you can't expect your children to respond immediately.
    还有，即使你以更坚定、更自信的方式实施着你的决定，也不能指望你的孩子会马上作出反应。

5. Around 15,000 families now teach their children at home, a rise of 50 per cent from last year, according to the latest figures.
    根据最新统计，目前约有1.5万个家庭让孩子在家就学，比去年增加了50%。

6. As Jane Finch drove to work, she thought about her children, Sandy and Bill.
    去上班的路上，简·芬奇一面开着车，一面想着她的孩子桑迪和比尔。

7. "Jukus are harmful to Japanese education and to children," said a professor at the University of Tokyo.
    东京大学一名教授说，"课外学校对日本的教育和孩子都有害。

8. "All parents are terribly frightened that their children will fall behind."
    "所有的家长都非常害怕自己的孩子会落后。"

9. "But the most important educational purpose is giving children the ability to live in society.
    "但是教育最重要的目的，是教会学生社会生存能力。

10. "I don't want my children to play with it," he said in 1993.
    他在1993年说，"我可不想让我的孩子玩这洋娃娃。"