This is one major trend raising the level of education required for a productive role in today's work force.

这是提高在当今劳动力中发挥生产作用所必需的教育水平的一个主要趋势。

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The village cadre said they did not do productive work, they just fooled around.

村干部说他们不好好生产，吊儿郎当。

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Decent and productive work is one of the most effective ways to fight poverty and build self-sufficiency.

体面的和生产性的工作是消除贫困和建立自给自足最有效的方法之一。

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The DOL will ask whether the productive work performed by the interns is offset by the burden to the employer from the training and supervision provided.

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Villages are usually the places with the worst schools and health care and the least productive work.

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All must share in the productive work of this "new beginning" and all must share in the bounty of a revived economy.

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