Before arrival, check on prices of everyday items like coffee, clothes, pens, pencils and books.

在抵达前，检查日常用品的价格，如咖啡，服装，钢笔，铅笔和书本。

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Some schools lack money for basics like books and pencils.

有些学校缺少资金购买书本、铅笔之类的基本用具。

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You have pencils, pens, crayons, rulers and some books.

你有铅笔、钢笔、蜡笔、直尺和一些书。

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C. who goes to the thrift store every week and uses her own money to buy pencils and books for her fourth grade class.

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Rural schools -- where pencils, desks and books are luxuries -- are hardest hit.

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Amid other mementos in his home are his children's books, pens, pencils and toys.

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