1. She had become the woman of poor households — strong and hard and coarse.
    她已经变成了穷人家的妇女——强壮、艰苦而粗鲁。

2. Stimulating parents were more actively involved in what their children did, steering them towards certain fields and pushing them to work hard, often acting as a tutor.
    激励型的家长会更主动地参与到孩子们的活动中去，在某些领域里带领他们前行，推动他们努力，通常起着导师的作用。

3. Poor food and hard work impaired her health and she became thin .
    不好的食物和辛苦的工作损害她的健康，使她变瘦了。

4. Pickles! If one can make a fortune on that, well — it shouldn't be hard to achieve prosperity in this country.
    泡菜！假如一个人能靠它发大财，那么在这个国家发财致富应该是不难的。

5. My father´s philosophy is to work hard and be kind to others.
    我父亲的处世哲学是：努力工作，与人为善。

6. Make no mistake, her hard life had not knocked the spirit out of her.
    别搞错了，那艰辛的生活并没有将她的精神摧垮。

7. Marx was in poor health then, but was hard at work on the first volume of Capital.
    马克思那时身体欠佳，但他还在努力写他《资本论》的第一卷。

8. My father died from "the poor man's friend", pneumonia, one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low.
    肺病把我父亲折磨得虚弱不堪, 一个严冬，他死于被叫做"穷人的朋友"的疾病——肺炎。

9. Mostly to make my mother happy, I told myself (certain patterns being hard to break).
    主要是为了让妈妈开心，我对自己说（有些规矩是很难打破的）。

10. “You know, it is very hard for me to remember American names without seeing them spelled out.”
    “你知道，如果我没有看到美国人名字的写法，我就很难记住它们。”