They point out that free-time activities play an important role in childhood development and that large amounts of homework reduce children's free time, hindering their development.

他们指出，业余活动在儿童发展中发挥着重要作用，大量的家庭作业减少了孩子的业余时间，阻碍了他们的发展。

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When I want to go out to play with my friends, my mother always says, "Stay at home. Don't waste your time."

当我想出去和我的朋友玩，我的妈妈总是说：“待在家里。别浪费时间了。”

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A script for a play is just time measured out for things to happen.

演出的剧本不过是事情发生所需的时间。

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Politics is a continuing soap opera where the drama never ends and the same story lines play out time after time, just in different ways.

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Replays showed McCullum had not come close to hitting the ball, but this seemed to have stopped the Kiwi revival in its tracks, and from there they sought to play out time.

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However, Dublin's attempts to play out time then floundered as Fergal Doherty, Conleth Gilligan and both the Bradley brothers hit points to leave a kick of the ball between the teams with two minutes of normal time left.

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