1. Johnny, who's almost 10, can't read, but no one is worried. Indeed, Johnny has been going to school since he was 3, but it hasn't been the kind of school that we are familiar with. The kids learn all sorts of things about living together and getting
    约翰尼快10岁了，但他还不会认字。但是没有人为此担忧。事实上，约翰尼3岁就开始上学了，但这种学校和我们所熟悉的那种学校不一样，孩子们学的都是有关如何与人一起生活、友好相处的知识，而不是什么课程。

2. — Parents in their prime working years face growing burdens caring for children, who need to be supported through more years of education, and for their own parents, who are living longer.
    ——父母在其黄金工作年间，面临着越来越重的双重负担：一是抚养孩子，孩子需要他们的经济支持去接受更多的教育；二是赡养父母，父母现在的寿命更长。

3. Civilized men like such a way of living.
    文明人喜欢这样一种生活方式。

4. Cloned sheep, he says, could be used as living drug factories.
    他说，克隆出来的绵羊可以用作活的药物工厂。

5. "We ought to be paid for living here," she said at last, "and not to be expected to pay more.
    “我们住在这里，他们应该付钱，”最后她说，“而不应该让我们再付更多的钱。

6. Unlike a skin cell, an embryo is on its way to becoming a complete living thing:
    与单个皮肤细胞不同，一个胚胎将逐渐形成一个完整的生命体：

7. Until now, scientists believed that specialized cells could not be used to form a complete living thing.
    在此之前，科学家相信特化细胞不能被用来形成完整的生命体。

8. Our clavichord is kept in the living room.
    我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。

9. One of the two living rooms was American, with easy chairs instead of mats or tatami and so were the kitchen and bathroom.
    两个起居室里有一间是美式摆设，摆放着沙发，而不是席子, 或者叫榻榻米。厨房和浴室也是美国风格。

10. On the one hand, you cannot bear to see your once vigorous mother living the painful, limited life to which the stroke has condemned her.
    一方面，你不忍心看着自己一度精力充沛的母亲活在因中风而变得痛苦而有限的生命里。