If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that now she could eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

  • -- Lisa Alther 丽萨·阿瑟

如果这是成年期,她能发现的唯一改善是,现在她可以吃甜点而不吃蔬菜了。

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And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does.

我认为这是正义的,我认为这是父母们想知道的。他们想知道学校里发生了什么,什么需要改进,这就是这部法律的作用。

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

无论母亲多大年纪,她都会观察她的中年孩子是否有进步的迹象。

With adulthood comes responsibility.

随着成年,责任随之而来。

Adults are obsolete children.

成年人是过时的孩子。