In their daily life, they needed to get up early to pick up scrap iron and trash to make a living.

他们真的很穷呢，他们的日常生活就是早起去捡废铁和垃圾维持生活。

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Pick up the IRON WEDGE on the stairs in front of you.

拿起就在你面前的楼梯铁楔。

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But the real pain of soaring costs for iron ore, coking coal and scrap will hit in the third quarter, when analysts see a possible slow down in restocking and end-user demand yet to pick up.

不过，铁矿石、炼焦煤和废钢成本飙升带来的切肤之痛要到第三季才能感受到，分析师多预期届时会看到用户放缓补充库存的速度，同时终端用户的需求却未见提高。

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At a minimum that means not only having hotlines between the two governments, but also cast-iron commitments from the Chinese always to pick up the phone.

ECONOMIST: Japan and China

However, Fortescue said that it expected demand from China to pick up and provide a boost to iron ore prices.

BBC: Fortescue mine in Australia

As for the Mining Boom III, the pick up in export volumes flowing from the surge in mining investment in iron ore, coal and liquid natural gas will start to get underway around 2014-15.

BBC: Viewpoint: Is Australia's resources boom over?