当他年轻的时候，他和他的母亲过着艰难的生活。

When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life.

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当他年轻的时候，他开始学习如何绘制。

When he was young, he began to study how to draw.

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当他年轻的时候，他能够一跃而跨到马背上。

When he was young, he could vault into the back of a horse.

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Even when he was a young boy Milton's Latin seems to have been impeccable, and he was quickly establishing himself as one of the best Latinists in the country.

当还是年轻孩子的时候，他的拉丁文看上去就已经毫无瑕疵了，而且他很快就证明了自己,是这个国家最好的拉丁语言学者之一。

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