Young people are afraid to get married, so they shack up.

年轻人害怕结婚，所以他们同居。

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She noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school—afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.

她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，担心一次考试的分数低或成绩差会让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。

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Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.

然而，她指出，许多年轻人尤其不愿意在学校冒险，担心考试分数低或成绩差会让他们失去进入名牌大学的机会。

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The aim of this film is to show the public the critical situation of the young people of Cazuca, who are afraid to become victims of blind violence.

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One young person said they had been afraid that they were going to be rejected by the people looking after them, so ran away because "I wanted to be the person ending it rather than being rejected".

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