What we have gained in convenience from labor-saving devices over the past half-century, we have paid for in terms of a sharp decline in physical activity.

半个世纪以来，我们从各种节省人力的设备中得到很多便利，但这是以我们身体活动的大大减少为代价的。

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Labor is the production product that the mankind needs to satisfy oneself and has and the purposeful activity that provide a service.

劳动是人类为满足自身需要而进行的制造产品和提供服务的有目的的活动。

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It encouraged energetic activity and dignified labor with the hands.

它鼓励积极行动，尊重用双手劳动。

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On the right bank of the Ohio everything is activity, industry, labor is honored, there are no slaves.

俄亥俄河的右岸,一切都是积极向上的,工业兴旺,人们尊重劳动,没有奴隶

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