Housing for urban residents increasing pressure, especially those low-income people, to their meager income to buy a home of their own basically difficult to achieve.

住房对于城镇居民的压力越来越大，尤其是那些低收入阶层的人，要凭微薄的工资收入购买一套属于自己的住房基本上难以实现。

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In the past, with their meager income, Chinese parents would not hesitate to squeeze savings out of expenditures on food and clothing just to save money for sending their children to decent schools.

过去，不论家里有多穷，中国的父母们宁愿节衣缩食，也要送孩子们到力所能及的最好学校。

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In the instance of these two groups which form just under 40 percent of everyone not paying federal income tax most Americans appear to believe that we are on the right course choosing to allow these people to survive on their fairly meager earnings or benefits without the obligation to pay income taxes.

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