翻译题

Translate the following passages into Chinese.

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You are stressed and exhausted, and you are not alone. Parenting today often feels like a frantic race in which we are forever a few steps behind. Kids today have half as much free time as they did 30 years ago, notes a national study of 3,500 children aged 12 and under released by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. “Children are affected by the same time crunch as their parents,” says Sandra L. Hofferth, a senior research scientist at the institute.
“As a society, we have talked ourselves into believing that we have to make every moment count, and that we have to fill our children as we would fill empty vessels,” says Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. “Parents feel compelled to give their kids every advantage they can afford. So they cram their days with art,music, sports, and even weekend enrichment programs.” Is it any wonder that when youngsters have a free moment, they complain that they‟re bored? More likely, they simply don‟t know what to do with themselves.
“There is a myth that doing nothing is wasting time, when it‟s actually extremely productive and essential,” says Dr. Hirsh-Pasek. “During empty hours, kids explore the world at their own pace, develop their own unique set of interests and indulge in the sort of fantasy play that will help them figure out how to create their own happiness, handle problems with others on their own, and sensibly manage their own time. That‟s a critical life skill.”

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你压力很大, 疲惫不堪, 其实你并不孤单。 如今, 为人父母常常感觉像一场疯狂的赛跑, 在这场赛跑中我们永远落后几步。 密歇根大学社会研究所发布的一项针对 3500 名 12 岁及以下儿童的全国性研究显示, 如今的孩子拥有的自由时间只有 30 年前的一半。“孩子和他们的父母一样受到时间紧张的影响, ” 该研究所的资深科学家桑德拉勒· 霍弗尔兹(Sandra L. Hofferth)说。
费城天普大学(Temple University)教授凯西· 赫什-帕塞克(Kathy Hirsh-Pasek)博士表示: “作为一个社会, 我们说服自己相信, 我们必须让每一刻都有意义, 我们必须像填满空容器一样填满我们的孩子。”“父母们觉得有必要给孩子们所有他们能负担得起的有利条件。 所以他们每天都忙于补习艺术、 音乐、 运动, 甚至满满当当的周末计划中。” 当年轻人有空闲时间的时候, 他们抱怨自己很无聊, 这有什么奇怪的吗? 更有可能的是, 他们根本不知道该如何度过自己的空闲时间。
赫什-帕塞克博士说:“有一种说法是, 什么都不做是在浪费时间, 而实际上这是非常有效和必要的。”“在空闲时间中, 孩子们按照自己的节奏步伐去探索世界, 发展自己的独特的兴趣, 沉溺于幻想的游戏, 这些游戏会帮助他们找到如何创造自己的幸福的真谛, 帮助他们自己去处理与他人的问题, 帮助他们明智地管理自己的时间。这是一项至关重要的生活技能。”

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