The good and honest things that have traditionally occupied women — like rearing children and keeping husbands in clean shirts — are valued in the open market at somewhere near the minimum wage.

妇女们向来在生活中做着美好而善良的事情——比如相夫教子——这类在市场上工资最低的事情。

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Parents should not push their children to go to college, the kids can learn the things they are good at, like cooking, amending cars and so on.

父母不应该逼迫孩子上大学，孩子可以学习他们擅长的东西，比如烹饪，修汽车等等。

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Many of the streets are a good deal less than six feet wide, the houses are completely windowless, and sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies.

绝大多数街道都只有不到六英尺宽，房子则都没有窗户，眼睛肿痛的孩子们数量多得让人难以置信，就像苍蝇群一样，到处都是。

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