Claim to be super busy — blame work or the kids.

说自己忙得不可开交，就说工作太忙或孩子需要照顾。

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Don't even think about the toys at day-care centers or the kids' playground equipment.

更别提日托中心的玩具，或是孩子操场上的器械了。

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This has happened to me a few times, such as with a phone ringing or the kids making too much noise in the next room.

我有过这样的经历，主要是由于电话铃声或是小孩子的喧哗。

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If it's helping the kids write more or communicate more in their first draft,that's great.

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Typically--I don't know for those particular children, but typically on those tasks three-year-olds and young four-year-olds tend to fail, and around the age of four or five kids tend to succeed.

我不太了解那些特定儿童的情况,但一般来讲,三岁和刚进入四岁的儿童,通常会在这些任务中失败,而四岁或是五岁左右的儿童则通常会成功

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And the schools play a major role in this and thus all these kids who grew up speaking patois or Provencal or Gascon-- I forgot Gascon, around Bordeaux, they can sing the Marseillaise in acceptable French as they march off to be slaughtered.

在这里面学校扮演了主要角色,所以这些说着,方言或者普罗旺斯语或者加斯科涅语的孩子们,我把加斯科涅语忘了,在波尔多附近,他们操着勉强能接受的法语唱着马赛曲,上前线等待被屠杀

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It's a tremendous option for the living room, a dorm, or for the kids.

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