1. So were school-age children. I thought this might mean more exchanges as I made the rounds today.
    上学的孩子也一样。我心里琢磨，这可能意味我挨家挨户收垃圾时可以和人们多搭上几句话了。

2. Stupid and dangerous as it seems looking back, I went into my marriage at the age of 25 without being in love.
    现在回忆起来似乎是有些愚蠢、危险，但我当时真的是在25岁时，未经恋爱就结婚了。

3. Parents who wanted to find a spouse for their son or daughter asked a marriage counselor (媒人) to find someone with the right qualities, including age and educational background.
    想为自己的子女寻找配偶的父母请媒人找一个包括年龄和教育程度等条件相配的人。

4. Parents choosing home schooling say the freedom of home learning allows some children to sit one or two GCEs by the age of 13.
    选择家庭学校的家长说，由于在家学习自由，有些孩子13岁时便参加了一两门普通教育证书考试。

5. Picasso's father was an art teacher who had young Pablo painting bowls of fruit at the age of eight.
    毕加索的父亲是个美术教师，他要八岁的小帕布罗画一碗又一碗的水果。

6. Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do, if given the chance to live long enough;
    我们通常看到的大多数动物，即使能让它们活得足够长久的话，也会像我们一样衰老的。

7. Such as´ho! my son´, or´ho! my father´, or´my mother´, according to the age and sex of the captive.
    人闪还按象的年龄性别，给以亲切的外号，如"嗬！我的孩子"、"嗬！我的爸爸"、"嗬！我的妈妈"。

8. My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
    我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信。

9. My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100.
    去年我外曾祖母在她100岁时去世了。

10. Ms. Barson's own children, Luis, age 12, and 7-year-old Lilly, have never attended school.
    巴森女士的孩子，12岁的路易斯和7岁的利利从未上过学。