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Around age 8, kids are old enough to have a real bank account.
在孩子8岁左右时，他已经完全可以拥有一个真正的银行帐户了。

If I was to just save money in the bank account, there is nothing exciting about it.
如果只是将钱存在户头里，那没什么可兴奋的。

2.seek to 设法；企图，试图

Is it something that you seek to do?
这是不是你寻求做的事情？

It doesn't say: "we seek to beat analysts 'expectations every quarter."
上面并没有说：“我们致力于每个季度都超出分析师们的预期。”

3.fend off 挡开

Government leaders tried to fend off the criticism.
政府领导者也在尽力抵御这种批评。

Such policies do nothing to fend off currency-driven price competition from china or the rich world.
这类政策根本无法抵御来自中国或富裕国家的由汇率拉动的价格竞争。

4.date back to 追溯到

For a start, they date back to 1947.
首先，这些规定要追溯至1947年。

The arrangement will allow google to index and produce links to texts which date back to the 18th century.
该项协议将使google公司可以对这些最早能到18世纪的文献建立索引和链接。