My parents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their house, and they're not the only ones.

我父母花在我和妹妹教育上的钱比花在买房子上的钱还要多，而且他们并不是唯一这样做的父母。

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I've spent the last few weeks sleeping in what usually serves as a storage room in my parents' home, before I leave for a job as an SAT tutor in Central America.

在我去中美洲找SAT助教工作之前的最近几个星期，我一直睡在我父母家的储藏室里。

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During the next few years I spent a lot of time travelling between Boston (where reddit was based) and Maryland (where my parents lived).

之后几年的很长一段时间内我都是在往返于波士顿(Reddit总部)和马里兰(我父母住所)。

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One of my parents' closest friends spent the war first in the Lodz ghetto in occupied Poland, then survived a concentration camp by lying about his age.

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On a personal note, I spent the 4th of July weekend with my immigrant parents who reminded me of their path to achieve the American Dream.

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