1.It takes time and experience to understand what normal is, and that gives me the perspective to deal with the surprises of the future.

【参考译文】读懂生活的常态需要时间和阅历，而读懂它也练就了我面对未来的生活态度。

【结构解析】“normal”指的是“normal life”，"that"指“to understand what normal is”。

2.discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails, his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.

【参考译文】感受他如此强烈的同情心-即使对蜗牛也善待有加，发现他如此丰富的想象力-即使用零散的乐高玩具积木也能堆出太空飞船。

【结构解析】“it manifests”前面省略了"that"，“he builds”前面也省略了“that”，两个句子都是"so...that"结构。