Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, the only child of older parents of modest means — his father was a paper salesman; his mother, a former public-school teacher.

Hughes在北卡罗莱纳的海克里长大，作为独生孩子，他是谨慎的父母老年所得，这也就是说——他的父亲是一名纸业销售员，他的母亲则是前公共学校的老师。

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My teacher is a very quiet modest self-effacing person.

我的老师是一个很沉默谦虚不爱出锋头的人。

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You are my English teacher and so modest that it is interesting.

你都是我的英文老师了，竟然还那么谦虚，真有意思。

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OECD's education experts think that part of the reason why East European countries' pupils do so well in international tests, despite fairly modest education spending, is that they have effective teacher-training programmes.

ECONOMIST: Start at the beginning