Once language starts to develop from about age 2, they do have a system for symbolic representation and can talk about things which aren't in their immediate environment including the past.

一旦语言从2岁左右开始发展，他们就有了一个符号表征系统，可以谈论过去和现在环境之外的事情。

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American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report and past research have found: for them to be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate.

皮尤研究中心的报告和以往的研究都发现，美国父母对他们的孩子有类似的要求：希望他们健康快乐、诚实守信、仁义道德、关心他人和富有同情心。

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Fears for the Eggs became things of the past.

为蛋的担心受怕已成为过去。

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Things that might have been optional in the past for job seekers are now mandatory.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

But it was when I started detailing my travel for the past year that things really started to get embarrassing - you can see just how much CO2 the various methods of transport generate.

BBC: PortableApps

"I haven't really written a speech, because every time I wrote a speech for the past one of these things, I didn't win, " he began.

FORBES: Magazine Article

As if, what, FINRA stayed on top of things for the past decade?

FORBES: Branch Manager Suspended and Fined For Leaving Office Keys with Landlord