At that time, I was about to pay the tuition fees for my overseas schooling and I dare not tell my parents the whole matter.

那时我准备交国外的学费，一切迫在眉睫，而我又不敢向父母坦白一切。

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But when it came to the fifth day, with the time to pay the tuition fees impending, I could not wait any more. It was also at that moment that my hope was entirely shattered.

然而到了第五天，随着交学费的日子迫近，我已经无法再等了。也就是那一刻，我的希望完全破灭。

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"You should pay me double the tuition fees," said Socrates.

“你应该付给我两倍的学费，”苏格拉底说。

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Behind these cuts is human hardship poor families who will no longer get subsidised child care to allow the parents to work, old and sick people who no longer receive visits from carers, pupils who sit in larger classes and get less attention, young people who can no longer afford to pay the higher tuition fees of the state universities.

ECONOMIST: The people's will

Many more foreign students those from the European Union pay the same tuition fees as their British counterparts whereas those from other countries are charged far more are now enrolled on British campuses.

ECONOMIST: Luring foreign students is getting harder

They pay tuition fees and in the future they're going to have to pay higher tuition fees.

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