1. Artists such as Jessie Willcox Smith, illustrator of children's literary classics, and Johnny Gruelle, creator of Raggedy Ann, were very influential in the development of her early drawings.
    诸如杰西·威尔科克斯·史密斯和约翰尼·格鲁埃尔这样的艺术家对她早期绘画的发展产生了非常大的影响。前者是儿童文学经典作品的插图画家，后者是"蓬发安"的创作者。

2. After my grandfather died, my grandmother lived, more than ever, through her children.
    外公死后，外婆比以往更加依赖她的孩子们。

3. After speaking with thousands of parents, children and teachers, we were alarmed at the public's wealth of environmental ignorance.
    在与几千名家长、孩子和教师交谈之后，我们惊讶地发现，人们的环境知识是那么的贫乏。

4. And the main obligation is to provide both emotional and practical care for children.
    而主要的责任就是给孩子感情上和实际上的关爱。

5. A dormitory-style home has been built for the dozens of homeless street children who once wandered the city.
    为几十个流浪街头、无家可归的孩子建起了集体宿舍。

6. Another crucial factor is the need for parents to have proper conversations with their children.
    另一关键因素是父母应该与孩子进行适当的交谈。

7. A survey in Holland showed that a typical father spent just 11 seconds a day in conversation with his children.
    在荷兰进行的调查表明，父亲们一般每天用于与孩子交谈的时间只有11秒钟。

8. A more recent study in America produced a somewhat better result, but the fathers in question were still talking to their children for less than a minute a day.
    新近在美国作的研究显示了稍好的结果，但这些父亲每天与孩子的交谈时间仍不到一分钟。

9. A theme repeatedly heard from the speakers was that special children invariably have special parents.
    发言者们多次提到的一个主题就是不同寻常的孩子身后一定有不同寻常的家长。

10. A survey of the children's parents and teachers found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out for the second piece of candy generally grew up to be better adjusted, more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable teen
    对这些孩子的家长和教师所作的调查发现，那些四岁就能克制自己，坚持等到第二块糖的孩子，长大后通常有较强的适应力，更合群，富有进取心、自信心，也更可靠。