Mindful that a poor start can blight a person's chances of success later in life, the state has intervened ever more closely in how babies and toddlers are looked after.

国家注意到了凄惨的童年生活对一个人生命历程上成功机会的损害，所以越来越关注婴儿与学步儿童的照顾问题。

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Marriage is a simple concept: basically it is a contract between two people to bind them together for a life; in the hopes they can live happily ever after.

婚姻是一个简单的概念：一份将两个人终生绑在一起的合约，希望可以永远快乐的生活。

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Nine years after Tom Sawyer swept the nation, Huck was given a life of his own, in a book often considered the best ever written about Americans.

《汤姆·索亚》一书风行美国9年之后，哈克成为另一部小说的主人公，而这部小说通常被认为是描写美国人的最佳小说。

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