All that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the families.

这艰险的工作，其中巨大的艰辛，在地下度过的时光，都为了家人。

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One idea is that men drive themselves to an early grave with all the hardship and stress of their working lives.

一种观点认为男人因承受生活的艰辛和工作的压力而提早进入坟墓。

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But I didn't come from a culture with terms like "our wife" or a country with such hardship that hope could become the worst heartbreak of all.

但是我并不出自一个有像“我们的妻子”之类词语的文化群落，也不是来自一个承担着如此艰辛的国家以至于希望能够成为最痛苦的心碎。

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Obviously it hasn't left behind the death and destruction that Katrina and Rita left behind, but it's caused incredible pain and hardship for communities all across this country -- communities that have seen too many jobs disappear, too many businesses close, too many middle-class families who are just barely making it.

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That leaves governments with the choice of cutting benefits for all, thus causing hardship for those who truly cannot find work, or of subsidising people who are not motivated to take jobs.

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