At That Tender Age

I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.

我早就听说天赋可以在很小的时候就显露出来，所以对于自己在14岁就达到了完美，我只是略微吃了一惊。

Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.

当然，我早就听说天才可以在很小的时候就显露出来，所以我只是对自己在14岁的时候就达到了完美有点吃惊。

She hints that more stress should be placed at this tender age on language and social skills than on reading and writing.

她表示，在未成熟时期，孩子应该花更多的精力培养语言和社会技能而非读写能力。