Like Mr Kagan, Mr Brzezinski does not believe America's decline is foreordained.

与卡根先生一样，兹比格涅夫先生不相信美国没落命注定。

But really, the bigger question of how much of our adult selves was evident and perhaps foreordained by our child selves?

但实际上，更大问题是， 我们成年自我有多少是显而易， 许是我们儿童自我所预示？