To avoid this fate, we all need to work out how to live within our new and increasingly modest means.

要避免这种命运，我们所有人都必须想法设法，以一种新的、更为节俭的方式量入为出。

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They argued that Americans, even those of modest means, were abandoning merely adequate products for luxurious ones.

他们认为美国人，甚至是那些收入中等水平的人，都抛弃了一般的货物，追逐奢华的商品。

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I asked my mother why we lived with such modest means, unaware of how painful it must have been for a single parent with two young boys to field such questions.

我问妈妈，为什么我们生活得那么简朴，当时完全没有意识到，对于一个带着两个儿子的单身母亲而言回答这个问题是多么痛苦。

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And,as Congressman Rush said, they live in very modest means and it was quite a moment to behold."

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But he said there needs to be a way to provide health insurance to those of modest means.

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"I was born to a family of modest means.

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Such a new system would enable Americans of modest means to accumulate real capital.

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In a society where everything is for sale, life is harder for those of modest means.

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But combined with Pell grants, Perkins have been crucial in helping families of modest means swing college.

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