14.I think this makes a man out of a boy sooner than almost anything else.我觉得没有别的事情能使一个少年更快地成长为一个男子汉了。The day I got my first week's earnings，I suddenly found myself grown up.I felt I was no longer a mere boy，but quite a man.I came to belicre tghat hardships can help a boy mature quickly./This perhaps is the best way to enable a boy to recognize his responsibility for his family.
makes ……out of用……制造出，造就出
eg：Ten years of hard work made an old woman out of a young girl.
十年的艰辛劳动把一个年轻的小姑娘变成了一个老太婆。
15 It iseverything to feel that you are useful.—You feel great when you are useful to your family and to society./To find yourself useful to the family and society gives yor the greatest satisfaction you can ever feel.感到自己是个有用的人那才叫棒。
everything：the most important thing最重要的事。
eg：What he said is not everything.
他说的并不是最重要的。
eg：Money isn't everything.
不是一切。
16.Millions of dollars have since passed through my hands.But the genuine satisfaction I hadfrim that one dollar and twenty cents outweighs any subsequent pleasure in money making.—The satisfaction I got from the one dollar and twenty cents was far greater than any pleasure I felt in making money later on.从那以后有成百万的美元经过我的手，可是以后赚的任何一笔钱给我带来的欢欣，都远远比不上那1美元20美分使我体验到的满足感。
since adv：since I received that one dollar and twenty cents.
outweigh：be greater or more important than更大，更重要，又如：
eg：Many people believe that the benefits of TV far outweigh the harm it might do to children.
许多人认为电视的好处大大超过它可能会对少年儿童伤害。
注：Outwin胜出，outscore 得分超过，outmatch战胜
17 itrepresented a week of very hard work——so hard that it might have been described asslavery if it hadn't been for its aim and end.这1美元20美分代表一个星期十分艰苦的劳动，要不是因为干活的目的是挣钱帮父母养家，那活真可以称为奴隶般的劳动。
represent代表
eg：She will represent our class to go to the English Speech Contest.
她将代表我们班参加这次英语演讲比赛。
that从句表示hard的程度。
as slavery是that从句中主语it的补足语。
describe sth./ sb.as：称……为……
eg：The place is described as a paradise.
这个地方被描绘成天堂。
eg：I wouldn't describe the meeting as successful.
我不会说那次会议开得成功。
aim and end：目的。这里aim与end的意思相近。英语有些约定俗成的短语由两上意思很近的词组成
eg：fair and square（公平合理）
eg：the stresses and strains紧张压力。
18.It was a terrible task for a lad of twelve to rise every morning，except Sunday，go to the factory while it was still dark，and not be released until after darkness came again in the evening，forty minutes'break only being allowed at noon—Working in the factory was
