He had been a smart boy, even talented in languages and mathematics, but his mother knew these were no way to make a living.
他小时候很聪明，甚至在语言学和数学方面有些天分，可是他的母亲知道这些东西不能拿来谋生。I mean, my god, I just thought it was fascinating as a kid that he had this thing and he could talk to the ship with it.
（笑）我是说，天哪，我小时候就想过，要是有他手上那玩艺儿，得多神奇。他拿着它跟船上所有人说话。He was sorry that he had not been good at his books in early life, that he might have cut out all those chaps who were about her.
他感到后悔，没有在小时候好好读书，要不，他就可以压倒她身边的那些小伙子。"You think you're so smart, " we used to say to one another when we were kids.
我们小时候常常互相讥讽：「哼，你以为你很聪明吗？」You were lucky. When I was a kid, if I wanted an EEG, I had to attach my own electrodes.
你太幸福了。我小时候要想做脑电图，电极都得自己带上。15Although she was plain as a child, Mary grew up to be a beauty.
玛丽小时候模样一般，长大后却成了个大美人。As an adult, SM has been the victim of numerous crimes, but the only fearful experiences she could recall happened when she was a child.
作为一个成年人，SM经历了很多灾难，但是她唯一能回忆起来使她感到恐惧的经历发生在她小时候。A tennis fanatic as a child, it was the game of football that eventually stole her heart and set her on the road to an international career.
她小时候迷恋网球，而最终是足球偷走她的心，让她走上了一条国际性的道路。Thousands of bodies were dumped into the Yangtze. It was the river red with blood Chang had heard about as a child.
长江上浮满数以千计的尸体，这就是张纯如女士小时候所听说的被血染红的扬子江。