梅志远大约1000元人民币一个月的收入是在当地干部收入的一半。
The roughly 1, 000 yuan ($120) a month that Mei Zhiyuan earns is half whatthe local cadre teachers make.
“这点很糟糕”梅志远说，“因为当你生活在一个高海拔地方，你的肺就会扩大，最终影响到你的心脏。”
"It's bad for you, " MeiZhiyuan explained, "because when you live in a place this high, your lungsenlarge, and eventually that affects your heart. It shortens your life."During
在八年服务离开之前他还能得到一笔两万元的奖金，几乎是两年的工资这么多，或者对于一个像梅志远那样的家庭来说大约是二十吨大米的价格。
Leaving before hiseight years are up would incur a heavy fine of up to 20, 000 yuan—$2, 400, nearlytwo years' salary, or, for a peasant family like Mei Zhiyuan's, approximatelytwenty tons of rice.
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