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　　Since ancient times,family education has been thefocus of people's attention,but it is only in recentyears that it has been studied as a discipline inChina.This is an inevitable issue relating to thedevelopment of the times,the demand of talents andthe improvement of the overall quality of the nation.Someone once compared children to apiece of marble,saying that,to shape the marble into a statue,six sculptors are required:firstly,family,secondly,schools;thirdly,the group children belong to;fourthly,children themselves;fifthly,books;sixthly,occasional factors.Judging from the order,we can see family ranksfirst,which means femily plays a very important role in the process of cultivating children.

　　1.这是时代发展、人才需求、国民整体素质所必须涉及的问题：翻译时可以适当转换，把“必须涉及的”转换成“不可避免的”。另外，翻译此类列举的长句时，要先抓住并译出主干，然后依次翻译各修饰成分即可。本句的主干是“这是必须涉及的问题”，故该句翻译为This is an inevitable issuerelated to the development of the times,the demandof talents and the improvement of the overallquality of the nation.

　　2.把...比作：可译为compare...to。compare with则表示“与...相比”，而do not compare with则表示“比不上...”。

　　3.把这块大理石塑造成一座雕像需要六位雕塑家：可以适当变通，译成被动语态，故本句可译为to shapethe marble into a statue,six sculptors are required。

　　4.偶然出现的因素：可译为occasional factors。

　　5.家庭位列：可译为family ranks first其中rank first意为“排，名列，位居”。

　　6.在塑造儿童的过程中：可译为in the process of cultivating children。“塑造”即“培养”，译为cultivate。

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