翻译：现在做父亲的一般都不在家里干本行活计或者其他行当，而他的孩子们即便有可能的话，也很少能在他的工作场所见到他。

　　10. Everyone knows that if he shouts in the vicinity of a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come back.

　　翻译：大家都知道，假如一个人在墙壁附近或是山腰里大声呼喊，就会产生一个回音。

　　11. In our new society there is a growing dislike of original, creative men. The manipulated do not understand them; the manipulators fear them. The tidy committee men regard them with horror, knowing that no pigeonholes can be found for them.

　　解读:主要考虑"tidy"的讽刺语气。

　　翻译:在现代社会里，人们对开拓型的有创造力的人有一种与日俱增的厌恶情绪。受人摆布的人不理解他们，摆布别人的人害怕他们。衣冠楚楚的委员们知道不可能使他们就范，因此怀着恐惧的心理看待他们。

　　12. These days, it is differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs, that put sand in the wheels of trade between rich countries.