Nowadays, many young people refuse to get married, worrying that they cannot support a family.

现在有许多年轻人拒绝结婚，因为他们害怕没能力养家。

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Women may be safer in their jobs, but tend to find it harder to support a family.

女性的工作更加稳定，却很难养活一个家庭。

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It's not like maybe it was 30 or 40 years ago where a farm the size of ours could support a family or two.

这和三四十年前不同，像我们这么大面积的农场当时只够养活一两个家庭。

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As a young man, Red Adair dropped out of high school to help support his family.

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I mean, if you can set up a family in the city and support everyone,

我的意思是，如果你可以在这个城市安家、养家糊口，

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But if you can like, be stable enough to support the entire family, live on the Upper West Side, it's a class. It's a status symbol.

但如果你能住在上西区，让自己足够稳定，并能养活全家，那就是一种类似阶级一样的社会地位的象征了。

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He's a rice farmer, and the price he is paid for his crop simply cannot support a family.

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And I learned just how much it means when members of a community reach out to support a family.

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Society still expects men to earn enough to support a family.

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