由于虚弱的心脏，他的主角本应活不过30岁。
Born with a dicky heart, his protagonist was not supposed to live past the age of 30.
一天下午，我和父亲坐在一起，吃着冰淇淋，那时我不过五六岁。
I couldn't have been much older than five or six as I sat with my father one afternoon, enjoying ice cream.
他参军时不过17岁。
这种方式在当时是可行的，因为那时候的百岁老人还比较罕见，不过在更远的未来就没这回事了。
This is just about feasible at the moment, when centenarians are still comparatively rare, but it will not be the case for much longer.
他曾经是个小胖子，不过在他12岁的时候，脂肪“几乎在一夜之间”就消失了。
He used to be a chubby child, but at age 12 the fat dropped off "almost over night".
爸妈不安地你看我我看你，他们想等到我18岁的时候再说，不过现在已经晚了。
My parents looked at each other. They'd wanted to wait until I was 18, but there was no going back now.
今天出生的日本女孩预期寿命是86岁，男孩的预期寿命80岁。不过日本人的预期寿命不是原本就有这么长。
A baby girl born in Japan today can expect to live to 86 and a boy to nearly 80. But it has not always been so.
不过，近几年越来越多21到23岁、已经获得学位的年轻人也开始给自己一个空档年。
However, over recent years there has been an increase in 21-23 year olds taking a year out after completing their degree.
不过，在他两岁到五岁的幼年时期，他根本不像是在开玩笑。
However, when he was very young, between two and five, he hardly seemed to be kidding at all.
现年36岁的朱莉说如今她很少展示自己不光鲜的那一面，不过过去并没有消失。
Miss Jolie, 36, said she rarely shows her dark side these days but it was still there.
我不否认销售很艰苦，不过我们这些从事管理的人都在开玩笑说，24岁的毛头都比我们做得出色。
I'm sure sales was hard but those of us in management were joking about 24 year olds doing better then we would ever do.
报告指出，英国女性的平均寿命为70.3岁（男性为67.9岁），不过她们在最后六年的健康状况较差。
Women can expect to live to 70.3 (and men to 67.9) but will spend their last six years in poor health, it is claimed.
我儿子现在四岁，不过，他还远远不够成熟。
So my son is four years old now. But he still has a lot of growing-up to do.
不过正如苏珊大妈所说-不能以貌取人-这个24岁的男孩儿会唱歌。
But as Susan Boyle proved - looks can be deceiving - this boy can sing.
起初我觉得很好笑，因为她们不过都是12岁的小女孩。
At first it was quite funny, because they were only about 12.
“年龄只不过是个数字”，说这句话的人要么显然被骗了，要么只有18岁，要么是一个男人。
Age is nothing but a number. So said somebody who was clearly deluded, 18 years old, or a man.
职工们最早可在62岁时领取养老金，不过大多数人会等到65岁，而即使从65岁算起，人们的平均寿命还会有15年。
Workers can draw a pension as early as age 62, though most wait till 65, and even then will on average survive for about 15 years.
在其它大多数方面，50岁与15岁的人之间几乎没多大差别，前者只不过多了一点点经历和一大堆皱纹。
In most other respects there is not much to choose between people of 50 and of 15, apart from a bit of experience and a great many wrinkles.
不过对于27岁的博斯和比他年长22岁的帕金斯来说，最担心的还是这个行业后继人员的前景问题。
However, both the 27-year-old Mr Bors and Mr Perkins, who is 22 years older, are most concerned about the prospects for the next generation.
“年龄只不过是个数字”，说这句话的人要么显然被骗了，要么只有18岁，要么是一个男人。
Age is nothing but a number.So said somebody who was clearly deluded, 18 years old, or a man.
这位明尼苏达的55岁奶奶说：“我还记得以前笑我妈妈穿针穿不过的时候。
The 55-year-old, from Minnesota, said: 'I remember laughing as my mom struggled to thread a needle.
她28岁----尽管看起来要老一些不过还是很漂亮。
She was 28 – although she looked older – and very beautiful.
不过现在这些都无关紧要了，早上的报纸报道了她57岁生日的新闻。57岁，他想了想，太老了。
Anyway, it was all irrelevant now, because in the morning paper is news of her 57th birthday, and this, he thinks, is one too many.
任何人都可能得阑尾炎(切过阑尾的童鞋除外)，不过它更多见于10- 30岁的年轻人。
Appendicitis can affect anyone, but it most often occurs in people between the ages of 10 and 30.
教育方面，17岁黑人孩子的成绩比不过13岁的白人。
Academically, black children at 17 perform no better than a white 13-year-old.
教育方面，17岁黑人孩子的成绩比不过13岁的白人。
Academically, black children at 17 perform no better than a white 13-year-old.
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