1. It's important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least temporarily,
    重要的是不再等待，而是安顿下来，使自己过得舒服，至少暂时要这样。

2. When these made a sound, they had to make a note of what they were doing and assess how happy and alert they felt.
    当发出声响时，他们就要记下当时孩子们正在干什么，并评估孩子们从中所感受到的快乐和反应的敏捷程度。

3. I am a person, a sexual being, a person who struggles, for whom there are important issues to explore, new things to learn, challenges to meet, beginnings to make, risks to take, endings to think about.
    我是一个人，一个有性别的生命，一个努力奋斗的人，她要探索重大问题，要学习新的东西，要迎接新的挑战，要有新的开端，要担当风险，要考虑结局。

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。

5. Farmers add fertilizer to the soil to make plants grow better, or spray poison to kill plant pests.
    农民为了使作物长得更好而给土壤施化肥或者为了杀死害虫而喷撒农药.

6. Finally, make practice tests so you can focus on those areas in which you need the most work.
    最后，做一些模拟性试题，这样你就能把重点放在你最需要复习的内容上面。

7. First, older exercisers should be sure to check with a doctor to make sure any new exercise program is safe and appropriate.
    第一，老年运动者应该接受医生的检查，以确保新的锻炼计划安全合理。