For most productive, well-educated men and women, an average of 25 years of "leisure" can be terribly isolating and boring; returning to work may turn out to be a blessing after all.

对于大多数有创造力和良好教育背景的人来说，平均25年的“休闲”意味着可怕的孤立和乏味。重新工作没准还是上帝的恩赐。

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Foreign missionaries took her under their wing and gave her food and clothes. But they also educated her to be a teacher for women in her country.

外国传教士收养了她，为她提供衣食，更让她受了教育，使她成为她本国妇女的教师。

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At 28 for men and 26 for women, the median age at which Americans are marrying is at its highest point ever—and even higher among our cohort of urban and educated.

28岁和26岁分别是男性和女性结婚的高峰期，这同样也是最多的受教育的都市人选择同居的时期。

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The Washington Post reports this week that the once-large marriage gap for college-educated women has reversed.

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Data show that this "fertility penalty" for highly educated, professional women is real.

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Meanwhile, life expectancy seems to be growing for more educated and affluent women.

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