But they come to this city, once the capital of China, because they are able to earn enough to send a few yuan home to families still in the countryside.

但他们向往这座曾作为中国首都的城市，其原因是有机会赚取更多，并争取攒下一笔钱汇回农村的老家。

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Once you earn enough to afford the ordinary pleasures of middle-class life, more money does virtually nothing to lift your spirits.

一旦你挣足够的钱，以致于无法享受中产阶级生活的平凡快乐，再多的钱实际上并没有使你的灵魂得到任何提升。

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"Once I earn enough money to buy a ranch, I'll probably quit then, " said the former LSU golfer and native of Fort Worth, Texas.

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My prediction is that many will find a way to leave these lower level jobs once they earn enough hours to claim unemployment benefits again, assuming it will be easy to find something better.

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Instead they would repay the cost once they graduated and started to earn enough.

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