As a member of the middle class, Gaskell could hardly help approaching working-class life as an outside observer and a reporter, and the reader of the novel is always conscious of this fact.

作为中产阶级的一员，Gaskell 不得不以旁观者和记者的身份接近工人阶级的生活，而小说的读者也总是意识到这一点。

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Though a middle-class person may "want to live like common people"， they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

虽然一个中产阶级可能“想要像普通人一样生活”，但他们永远不会领会到工薪阶层生活的真相。

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But for anyone else who wants to live middle class life style with good long term benefits look scary.

但对其他仍想生存的人来说，中产阶级生活方式，并有长远的好处是很难办到的。

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If the land isn't taken up by large oligarchies life slaveholding class--then the small guy has a chance.

如果土地没有被大的垄断方占有,奴隶阶级,弱小的一方就仍会有希望

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I believe this class is " one of the most mind-opening experiences of my life."

我认为这门课是,在我生活中最为开放思维的一段经历了“

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But they're painting middle-class life in the Netherlands.

他们的画作描绘了荷兰中产阶级的生活

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The most pathetic of these victims are the high-earning slobs who live middle-class life-styles because of the high costs in cities where they must work and the draining expense of things like child care.

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With the magical mix of spectacular scenery, delicious food and drink and world class sea-life, it is a no-brainer to hire a car and get down there fast.

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Too many jobs that provided a steady, stable life, a middle-class life for people, got shipped overseas.

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