The Pleasures and Pains of Childhood

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is improbable that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous adventure.
But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are: he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
童年的快乐和痛苦
　　 童年的时候你不需要履行什么责任,所以说你的生活不会很艰难.如果一个孩子有好的父母,那无论他做什么他都有的吃,会受到别人的爱护和照顾.很可能在他的生命中不会再有这样的机会:从别人那儿得到那么多而不需要付出任何回报.除此之外,生活总是给孩子们展现一些新的东西.而大人对这些东西已经失去了兴趣.因为他们对这些东西全部了解.小孩在雨雪中玩的时候都能够找到快乐,到海滨的次旅游也会是一次奇妙的经历.
　　 但是小孩子也有他们的痛苦:他们不能按照他们希望的方式去做事.不断会有人告诉他哪些事情不能做,他们做错了事就会受到惩罚.因此他的生活也不完全是快乐的.

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