In the new global economy, students who fail to finish the ninth grade with passing grades in college preparatory coursework are very unlikely to graduate on time and go on to get jobs.

在新的全球经济中，未能完成九年级学业并通过大学预科课程的学生很难按时毕业并找到工作。

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Then, of course, in the ninth grade is when you started working for credits to graduate, and we never stayed in one place long enough to get any credits.

到了九年级，你就得为中学毕业给自己积攒学分了，但我们在一个地方待的时间向来都很短，总不足以让我获得学分。

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In the U.S., a high school-educated worker is 1.8 times as productive, and a college graduate three times as productive, as someone with a ninth-grade education.

在美国，相对于只接受9年教育的人而言，高中学历的工人生产力是其1.8倍，大学毕业的工人则是其3倍。

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