其实，如今男性的工资低于当时的水平：现在，一个30多岁年轻男子的收入比三十年前与他年纪相仿的男子低12%。
Male wages today are in fact lower than they were then: the income of a young man in his 30s is now 12 per cent below that of a man his age three decades ago.
三十年前 一些鲁莽的业主常常通过大幅减少员工工资和前委会员会班子成员的待遇，赢得了清空垃圾箱和清扫街道的合同。
Three decades ago, cowboy operators often won contracts for bin emptying and street cleaning by scything through the pay and conditions of ex-council staff.
他们在不景气而不得不裁员的时候，一点都不顾念他三十年来的汗马功劳，拿他开刀，毫不容情地解雇了他，只提前两星期通知了他，而且仅仅付给他两星期的工资。 他们这样做当然不公平，简直是在欺负Green先生。可见rawdeal就是冷酷无情而又不公平的待遇。
1：Old Mr. Green sure got a raw deal from that company where he'd worked for 30 years. When times got hard and they had to cut staff, they fired him with two weeks notice and only two weeks pay.
在三十年之内，三分之一的人将面临失业；我们所有美国人所面对的必将是越来越低的税后工资，衰败的商业，和越来越低的生活水平。
In thirty years, it will be about one out of every three – a trend that will mean lost jobs, lower take-home pay, shuttered businesses, and a lower standard of living for all Americans.
在三十年之内，三分之一的人将面临失业；我们所有美国人所面对的必将是越来越低的税后工资，衰败的商业，和越来越低的生活水平。
In thirty years, it will be about one out of every three – a trend that will mean lost jobs, lower take-home pay, shuttered businesses, and a lower standard of living for all Americans.
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