Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person's childhood years (the time from birth to twelve years of age) are the most important years of a person's life. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
I agree that a person's childhood years, from birth until twelve years of age, are the most important. All the information I've read about that time of life states that these are the years that form us. These years determine what kind of a person the child will become. During these years we learn about relationships, begin our formal education and develop our moral sense of right and wrong.
我同意一个人从出生到12岁的童年是最重要的。我所读到的关于那个生命时期的所有信息都表明，这些年构成了我们。这些年决定了孩子会变成什么样的人。在这几年里，我们学习了人际关系，开始了正规的教育，培养了对错的道德意识。
The early years are the time when we learn about relationships. First we learn about our parents and siblings, then about rest of the world. We learn how to respond to others based the treatment we're given. If we're loved, then we know how to love others. If we're treated harshly, we may grow up to treat others harshly. We also form our ideas about our own self-worth from the way others treat us during these years. They can convince us we're worthless, or they can teach us we deserve love and respect.
早年是我们学习人际关系的时候。首先我们了解我们的父母和兄弟姐妹，然后了解世界其他地方。我们学习如何根据所给予的治疗对他人做出反应。如果我们被爱了，那么我们知道如何去爱别人。如果我们受到严厉的对待，我们长大后可能会严厉地对待别人。这些年来，我们也从别人对待我们的方式中形成了自己的自我价值观。他们可以让我们相信我们是一文不值的，也可以教会我们应该得到爱和尊重。
There are the years when we begin our formal education. We acquire the basic skills － reading, writing, working with numbers － that we'll use throughout our lives. We need a good foundation in these subjects. Otherwise, anything we try to do later will be undermined by our lack of skills. Perhaps the most important thing we can learn during these years is how to analyze information and use it. These are skills that will always be useful.
有些年我们才开始接受正规教育。我们掌握了阅读、写作、数字运算等基本技能，这些技能将贯穿我们的一生。在这些问题上我们需要一个良好的基础。否则，我们以后想做的任何事情都会因为我们缺乏技能而受到损害。也许这些年我们能学到的最重要的东西是如何分析和使用信息。这些技巧永远都是有用的。
Most important, from my point of view, these are the years when we develop our moral sense of what's right and wrong. Others teach us about good and bad, but later in our early years we begin to decide for ourselves. It's also during this time that we begin to develop the self-discipline to live according to our morals.
最重要的是，在我看来，这些年我们培养了对错的道德感。其他人教我们好坏，但在我们早年的晚些时候，我们开始自己决定。也正是在这段时间里，我们开始发展自律，按照我们的道德生活。
I believe a person grows and changes for the better throughout the many stages of life. However, the foundation is laid in those first few years of life.
我相信一个人在人生的许多阶段都会成长和改变，变得更好。然而，这个基础是在生命的最初几年中奠定的。