Heredity is the passing of qualities from parent to child before the child is born — eye colour, height, some illnesses, the shape of a face, and so on. The body receives these things; the child does not choose them and does not learn them later.

Heredity isheredity（遺傳）指的是the passing of qualities from parent to child特質從父母傳給孩子before the child is born在孩子出生前eye colour, height, some illnesses, the shape of a face, and so on像是眼睛的顏色、身高、有些疾病、臉的形狀等等The body receives these things身體是被動接收到這些東西的the child does not choose them孩子不會去選擇它們and does not learn them later也不是之後學來的

Scientists now talk a lot about genes and DNA, which are the tiny tools of heredity, but heredity is the older, broader word for the whole passing-down.

Scientists now talk a lot about科學家現在很常談genes and DNA基因和 DNAwhich are the tiny tools of heredity這些是遺傳的微小工具but heredity is但 heredity 是the older, broader word比較舊、比較廣的字for the whole passing-down指的是整個傳承下去的過程

Though actually, people use it loosely. Someone may say “it’s heredity” about a family talent for music or sport, even when practice, money, and home life did a lot of the work.

Though actually不過其實people use it loosely人們用這個字用得很鬆散Someone may say有人可能會說"it's heredity"「是遺傳」about a family talent for music or sport一個家族在音樂或運動上的天分even when就算practice, money, and home life did a lot of the work練習、金錢和家庭環境其實出了很多力

And it is easy to mix with heritage: heritage is what a family or country passes down in culture, land, language, and stories — things you grow up with, not things already in the body.

And it is easy to mix with而且很容易搞混heritageheritageheritage is what a family or country passes downheritage 指的是一個家庭或國家傳下來的東西in culture, land, language, and stories在文化、土地、語言和故事上things you grow up with是你成長過程中接觸到的東西not things already in the body不是身體裡本來就有的東西

Habit is different again: that is what you learn after you are born.

Habit is different again習慣（habit）又是另一回事that is what you learn那是你學來的東西after you are born出生之後