兄弟姐妹教会我们的事

"I remember being quite mean to my youngest brother. We picked on him all the time because we were so much older than him."

"我记得对最小的弟弟很刻薄。我们总是欺负他，因为我们比他大很多。"

"One day, while we were watching a horror film, my other brother and I quietly left the room. Soon the film got slightly scary, and he suddenly realised he was all on his own. He started screaming like a baby!"

"有一天看恐怖片时，我和另一个哥哥悄悄离开了房间。电影变得有点吓人，他突然发现自己一个人。他开始像婴儿一样尖叫！"

? What Adam Learned: "As the eldest child, I'm good at identifying with children younger than me. It's made me more patient with younger kids at school — which means I tend to make a lot of friends."
"作为最大的孩子，我擅长理解比我小的孩子。这让我在学校对更小的孩子更有耐心——所以我交了很多朋友。"

"My brother takes after my dad in that he has always been good at fixing things. One day, my parents were really impressed when he fixed the brakes on his bike himself."

"我哥哥像爸爸，一直擅长修理东西。有一天，他自己修好了自行车刹车，父母对他赞不绝口。"

"The next day, I was riding my bike down a steep hill. Once I reached the bottom, I found out how he'd done it. He'd taken the brakes off my bike! Fortunately, I just managed to stop without injuring myself."

"第二天，我骑车从陡坡往下冲。到了坡底，我发现他做了什么——他把我的自行车刹车拆掉了！幸运的是，我在受伤前停下来了。"

? What Sara Learned: "I learned something from that day — I always check my bike before I use it!"
"从那天起我学到了一课——每次骑车前都要检查自行车！"

"When I was four, my sisters and I had very little money. But sometimes we used to get a few coins from relatives, like our grandparents."

"我四岁时，我和姐姐们没什么钱。但有时我们会从亲戚那里得到几枚硬币，比如爷爷奶奶。"

"My eldest sister used to talk me into swapping my old, dirty coins for her new, shiny ones. What I didn't realise was that the coins she was giving me were worth less than the ones that I was giving her!"

"姐姐总是说服我用旧的脏硬币换她新的亮硬币。但我没意识到的是，她给我的硬币面值比我给她的更小！"

? What Lucy Learned: "I learned two things: how to count and never to depend on my eldest sister's honesty!"
"我学到了两件事：如何数数，以及永远不要相信姐姐的诚实！"