The system prevents young workers from migrating to urban areas to relieve labor shortages, but officials fear that abolishing it could release a flood of humanity that would swamp the cities.

这个制度限制了年轻工人移居到城市地区去弥补劳动力不足，但官员们害怕放开限制后人潮将把城市淹没。

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Each morning, people stand in long queues waiting for the library to open. When the time comes, young people rush into the sea of books like a flood.

每天清晨，读书的人民就已经早早地在图书馆门前排起长龙，开馆的一刻，那些等待的青年们就会像潮水般涌入图书馆。

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All the people, men and women, young and old, were fighting against the flood in defence (defend) of their own homes.

所有的人，无论男女老少，都在与洪水作斗争，保卫自己的家园。

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"I am very familiar with the league Chris played in and because of that, it did not take long for people from there to tell me that we needed to recruit this young man, " Flood said.

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