Forty years ago a man with a high school diploma could work at a steel factory for a middle-class salary.
四十年前，一个高中毕业的人可以在钢铁厂工作，拿着中产阶级的薪水。
I was told to proceed to Door No. 25 of Terminal 2 at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, where I found a slim forty-three-year-old man in a gray tweed overcoat and rectangular glasses.
我被告知前往上海浦东国际机场二号航站楼25号口集合，在那里我遇见了一位身材纤瘦的男人，他今年43岁，穿着灰色格子呢上衣，带方框眼睛，柔软的头发从中间分开。
At this table sat a man of about forty, with a merry and open countenance, who was dandling a little child on his knees.
桌子旁边坐着一个四十岁左右喜笑颜开的男子，他用膝头颠着一个小孩，逗他跳跃。
That man talks about how glad he was to retire at age forty-five and enjoy himself. But it's just a smoke screen to hide the fact he got fired from his job and can't find another.
这句话的意思是：“那个人说，他非常高兴在四十五岁就退休，能够好好享受生活．但是，这种说法只是用来掩盖真相．事实是他被他的公司解雇了，又找不到其他的工作。”
One day in 1958 I looked at myself in a small shaving mirror I kept in my cell and saw a forty-year-old man looking back at me.
1958年某一天，当我在牢房中照着刮胡子用的小镜子时，镜中有个四十岁的中年人与我对望。
One day in 1958 I looked at myself in a small shaving mirror I kept in my cell and saw a forty-year-old man looking back at me.
1958年某一天，当我在牢房中照着刮胡子用的小镜子时，镜中有个四十岁的中年人与我对望。
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