1. — Parents in their prime working years face growing burdens caring for children, who need to be supported through more years of education, and for their own parents, who are living longer.
    ——父母在其黄金工作年间，面临着越来越重的双重负担：一是抚养孩子，孩子需要他们的经济支持去接受更多的教育；二是赡养父母，父母现在的寿命更长。

2. “That means that instead of working with them in the fields, their 6-year-old is in school learning the alphabet and how to add and subtract.
    "这就意味他们6岁大的孩子不再跟着自己在地里干活，而是要到学校里学习字母和加减法。

3. Go away ! I don´t want any interference while I´m working !
    走开！我工作的时候不许有任何打扰！

4. Children belonged to all members of the community, and all the adults worked hard to support themselves and shared everything they had.
    孩子们属于这个社区中的全体成员，所有成人都努力工作以维持生活，并分享他们所拥有的全部东西。

5. Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time.
    因而我们千方百计地节约时间。

6. Certainly, they hazard their jobs by working normal hours.
    他们只在正常时间内工作就肯定是在拿自己的饭碗冒险。

7. Conscience and hard work are valued.
    良知和苦干受到推崇。

8. Certainly middle-class audiences did; the working-class audiences were more likely to clap for a character who revolted against authority,
    中产阶级当然这样认为；劳动阶级倒更有可能为这样一个反抗权势的角色拍手喝彩：

9. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk.
    他即将在办公室里上班,当一名低级办事员.

10. "We owe the baker eight shillings for the bread he let us have while you were not working, and there´s another twelve shillings we owe for groceries.
    “我们欠面包店老板八先令，这是你失业时我们吃他的面包欠的钱。还有食品杂货钱十二先令。