The alternative option would be to lower your standard, which I don't suggest, when you are capable of being better.... be your best, to attract the best.

还有一个选择就是降低自己的择偶标准，如果你能够变得更好，我并不建议这样做。

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Look at those tainted rivers, dirty streets and shabby factories. I don't know how such a city without a decent university can attract talents and transform the economic pattern.

看着这个城市遍地臭水河，肮脏的街道，破败的厂房，我不知道在这个没有一所像样大学的城市如何引进人才，如何实现经济转型？

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