翻译考试笔译中级：十秒钟翻译训练（1）

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　　"Mom, you must have been terribly bored staying at home when I was a child",I said.
* _/ \! a% v+ p　　"Bored? Housework is boring.But you were never boring”.
　　"I didn't believe her, so I said.”Surely children are not as stimulating as a career.”
　　"A career is stimulating,” she said. “ I'm glad I had one. But a career is like an open balloon. It remains inflated only as long as you keep pumping. A child is a seed . You water it, 你尽力照看他，他自己就可以长成一朵美丽的花。
　　单词提示：
) V# d" S" t9 Y0 w, f　　stimulating adj. 刺激的，有刺激性的
5 N1 }4 L7 K7 T" t　　inflated adj. 膨胀的
. J& r+ p- @( ?: `- F  h* V4 d0 X　　参考译文:
& h, W' f# A7 n$ O7 d0 z9 Z　　You care for it the best you can . And then it grows all by itself into a beautiful flower.