Of course, there're many excellent single-sex schools out there, but as these careful research reviews have demonstrated, it's not their single-sex composition that makes them excellent.

当然，那里也有很多优秀的单性别学校，但正如这些谨慎的研究评论所表明的，使它们优秀的并不是单性别构成。

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These policy analysts believe that the problem is not caused primarily by wage inequity but rather by low wages coupled with single parent hood, regardless of sex.

这些政策分析人士认为，造成这一问题的主要原因并不是工资不平等，而是低工资加上单亲家庭，并且不分性别。

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We are basically committed to each other for sex but it's very hard to make those relationships last a long time because we might not have anything in common, we might not share anything with each other, we might not trust each other, we are not particularly bonded to each other.

我们基本上只有激情的承诺,长时间维持这种关系很困难,因为可能双方没有任何共同点，没有共享的东西，我们可能互不信任，不是特别亲近。

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