296. We treat them as objects whose appearance and achievements are something we can be proud of, rather than serve the best interests of the children.
译文我们把孩子们看成了物品，以其外表和成就自豪，而不是从尽力满足孩子的最大兴趣出发做事。
点睛本句的主干是we treat them as objects, rather than serve the best interests of the children。whose appearance and...be proud of是定语从句，修饰objects；其中，we can be proud of是省略了引导词that的定语从句，修饰先行词something。
考点归纳serve意为“为……服务；能满足……需要”。与serve有关的其他短语还有：
serve the time意为“随波逐流”。如：
You'd better work harder and identify your own style, or you just serve the time. 你最好再努力些，找到属于自己的风格，否则你只不过是在随波逐流。
serve the turn意为“适用”。如：
Since it's raining outside now, this umbrella may serve your turn. 外面下雨了，这把伞你应该能用到。
serve out意为“分配，分给”。如：
Would you please serve out the soup for us? 请给我们盛一下汤，好吗？
