If you have a kid who goes to kindergarten and doesn't know what a circle is, doesn't know what red and green are, and doesn't know what right and left are, by the time he learns those things, the rest of the class is far ahead of him.

  • -- C. Everett Koop 库普

如果你有个孩子上幼儿园,却不知道圆是什么,不知道红和绿是什么,也不知道左和右是什么,当他学会这些东西的时候,班里的其他人已经远远超过他了。

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A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

刚当上父亲的人很快就会发现,他的孩子总是在他上厕所的准确时间来上厕所,好像他需要有人陪着一样。对这位父亲来说,确保浴室隐私的唯一方法就是在加油站刮胡子。

I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.

我从幼儿园回家——他们告诉我那是幼儿园。后来我发现我在一家工厂工作了十年。让孩子知道如何做手套是件好事。

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.

不过,在我讲过的故事中,有一个共同的主题,那就是人物或家庭之间的联系,通常是在一个家庭圈子之外形成的。

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

粗糙晦涩的定义除了在一小群学生中起作用外没有任何用处,他们中可能每个人都有自己的宠物。

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

在这些困难时期,我们的健康和良好的睡眠是令人愉快的。

I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.

我在短短的时间里活了三辈子。

He that inquires much, learns much.

问得多,学得多。