Not surprisingly, the highest-scoring students had well-educated parents or came from homes containing study-aids such as computers, dictionaries or even such elemental facilities as desks.

不出所料，得分最高的学生都有受过良好教育的父母，或者来自有学习辅助设备的家庭，比如电脑、字典，甚至像桌子这样的基本设施。

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One photo showed that students at their desks in a rural classroom, surrounded by muddy puddles on a dirt floor.

一张照片显示，在一个农村的教室里，一些学生正在上课，在教室的泥地面上还有一些泥水坑。

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In yet another experiment, the researchers repeated the anagram tests, the mazes, and the monetary rewards with a different set of students, but then they added a wrinkle: After rewarding themselves from the envelopes on their desks, the students had the opportunity to donate some of their winnings to National Public Radio.

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