And in her practical way she scraped together a small square of dust, and with a twig from a pigeon 's nest began drawing a map on the floor.

她用很实际的方法，扫来一小块灰尘，又从鸽子巢里捡出的一根树枝，在地上给他画起地图来。

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"At around the same time, we really had this sort of movement away from small farming families in the U. s. into working people in more industrialized jobs," she says.

她说：“大约在同一时期，美国的确经历了这样一场运动，从家家户户从事小型耕种向更多人从事工业化劳动转变。”

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She received a small legacy in her uncle 's will.

他从叔父遗嘱中得到一笔小的遗赠。

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She is the president of a small non-profit group of volunteers called the Women's Microfinance Initiative.

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She soon decided that living in a small town did not improve one's mind.

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Mary's love of learning was so strong that she worked and saved her small amount of pay so she could go to school for another few months.

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She's -- she's helped run a small business.

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