"Today Brazil was upgraded from a second class country to a first class country," said Lula, who quit school at 14 and lost part of his finger in an industrial accident.

“如今巴西已从一个二等国家升为一等国家，”卢拉说，他14岁离开学校，并在一次工伤事故中失去手指的一部分。

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I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.

我不愿看到在这个国家部分地区的儿童们只能勉强接受次等的教育。

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In a third world country like Cambodia, where girls are second-class citizens and steeped in the notion that they must sacrifice for their families, Mam di's argument was persuasive.

在如柬埔寨这样的第三世界国家里，女孩在传统概念上是属于二等公民，她们理所应当的为家庭而牺牲自己，Mam Di的观点是有一定说服力的。

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Its very mediocrity of language and ambition reflects the land it governs a second-class country with a great past, a comfortable present, and modest prospects.

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We are a first class country with second-class public services.

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"There must be no second class citizens in this country, " he wrote.

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