He would have explained to Dad that I had more important work to do.

他可以告诉我父亲说我有更为重要的工作要做。

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So, once I found myself at school, knowing in my heart that my dad had been right, I was determined to make it all work and prove him wrong.

因此，我一旦到了学校里，虽然自己心里知道父亲是对的，可还是决心就这么地一直学下去、学好，以此来证明他错了。

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LL: Exactly. I know a guy whose father was a deadbeat dad. The poor guy's mother had to work three jobs to support her children.

这个妈妈要做三份工来抚养她的孩子，就是因为爸爸不肯抚养孩子。难道法律都不惩罚这些不负责任的父亲吗？

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Once there, Jorge says, his mom, who had never had to work, took two jobs to help his dad support the family.

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Or the auto worker in Toledo who was laid off his job and couldn't figure out how he was going to support his family, and had to have that conversation with his kids explaining how dad is out of work right now and so we're going to have to tighten our belts, and we're not sure we're going to make the mortgage payments.

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