⑴ Attitudes of respect, modesty and fair play can grow only out of slowly acquired skills that parents teach their children over many years through shared experience and memory. If a child reaches adulthood with recollections only 1. television, Little League, and birthday parties, 2. that child has little to draw on when a true test of character comes up-say, in a prickly business situation. “Unless that child feels grounded in who he is and where he comes from, everything 3. is an act,” says etiquette expert Betty Jo Trakimas. 

 A family of her friend’s reserve every Friday night as “family night” with their three children. Often the family plays board games or hide-and-seek. “My children love it,” says the mother. 

 Can playing hide-and-seek really teach a child 4. manners? Yes, say Trakimas and others, because it tells the child that his parents care enough to spend time with him, he is loved and can learn to love others. “Manners aren’t about using the right fork,” agrees etiquette instructor Patricia Gilbert-Hinz. “Manners are about 5. kind-- giving compliments, team-playing, making tiny sacrifices. Children learn that through their parents.”

1. of (recollections of) 對於/關於...的回憶

2. then, (If........, then......) 

3. else, (Unless....., everything else is........)

4. teach ...... about- 教導關於.....

5. being (kind) - 當/做(善良的)

Attitudes of respect, modesty and fair play can grow only out of slowly acquired skills that parents teach their children over many years through shared experience and memory.- 有關尊重，謙虛及公平競爭的態度/觀念都是慢慢學習得的技能，由父母親透過分享自身的經驗及印象教導他們的孩子。

If a child reaches adulthood with recollections only 1. of  television, Little League, and birthday parties, 2. then  that child has little to draw on when a true test of character comes up-say, in a prickly business situation. - 如果一個成年人從小的回憶裡只有電視、 小聯盟、跟生日派對，那麼當他面臨真正的品德考驗，例如在商場上面對很棘手難題，他就很少有可以借鑑的(例子/對象)。

“Unless that child feels grounded in who he is and where he comes from, everything 3.else is an act,” says etiquette expert Betty Jo Trakimas. – 禮儀專家Betty Jo Trakimas 曾說除非一個小孩對於自身的定位及來歷很清楚的判斷力，其他的都是裝腔作勢而已

  A family of her friend’s reserve every Friday night as “family night” with their three children. Often the family plays board games or hide-and-seek. “My children love it,” says the mother. –她一位朋友的家庭就有空出每個禮拜五作為”家庭夜”，陪她們的三個孩子。她們家常玩一些桌遊或躲貓貓。”我的孩子們超愛這個”母親表示。

  Can playing hide-and-seek really teach a child 4.about manners? – 玩多貓貓可以教孩子禮貌嗎?

Yes, say Trakimas and others, because it tells the child that his parents care enough to spend time with him, he is loved and can learn to love others. 可以，Trakimas與其他人表示，因為這讓孩子知道他的父母關心到願意花時間陪他，他是被愛的和可學習去愛其他人。

“Manners aren’t about using the right fork,” agrees etiquette instructor Patricia Gilbert-Hinz. “Manners are about 5.being kind-- giving compliments, team-playing, making tiny sacrifices. Children learn that through their parents.”

禮儀指導老師Patricia Gilbert-Hinz表示同意的說禮儀並不是指使用正確的叉子，禮儀是當個善良的人- 讚美他人，合群/團隊合作，做出些微的犧牲。這些都是小孩從他們的父母身上學來的。