“在国外的时候你只是那个国家的一个小卒，但在叙利亚，却能成为这个小池塘的一尾大鱼。” 一位侨居美国20年的商人这样说。

“Abroad you are just a small part of the country, while in Syria you can be a big fish in a small pond,” says a businessman who spent 20 years in America.

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因此，我从从头至尾都没机会谈论我的技能，也没见到一位技术经理。

So I never spoke about my skills nor met a technical manager.

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许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情。（句尾用外位语，表示结论）

Example: Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.

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