[16:24.92]first children believed in family rules.
[16:27.77]They didn't take many chances in their lives.
[16:30.17]They usually followed orders.
[16:32.47]Rules didn't mean
[16:33.88]as much to later children in the family.
[16:36.07]They went out and followed their own ideas.
[16:39.07]They took chances and they often did better in life.
[16:43.55]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[16:48.91]29. According to common belief,
[16:53.61]in what way are the first child and the only child alike?
[17:15.19]30. What do people usually say about middle children?
[17:35.85]31. What do we learn about later children in a family
[17:41.97]from a recent study of birth order?
[18:01.41]Passage Three
[18:02.83]When my interest shifted from space to the sea,
[18:06.44]I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends,
[18:11.69]yet I can understand their feelings.
[18:14.75]As I have been writing and talking about space flight
[18:18.04]for the best part of 20 years,
[18:20.66]a sudden switch of interest
[18:22.41]to the depth of the sea does seem peculiar.
[18:25.80]To explain, I'd like to share my reasons
[18:28.53]behind this unusual change of mind.
[18:31.71]The first excuse I give is an economic one.
[18:34.55]Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight.
[18:39.47]The first round-trip ticket to the moon
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