Living conditions can be Dickensian, and grueling six-day work weeks leave little time for anything else but sleeping, eating and doing the laundry.

生存条件可以跟狄更斯时代一样，每周极其辛苦地工作六天，留下来的时间只有睡觉、吃饭和洗衣。

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Working conditions in factories at the time were appalling—children aged five or six would work up to 15 hours a day.

那时候工厂里的工作环境十分恶劣——五六岁的孩子每天要工作长达15个小时。

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Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed.

六日你要做工，第七日要安息，使牛、驴可以歇息，并使你婢女的儿子和寄居的都可以舒畅。

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It would be difficult, but perhaps possible, to have a six day work week and maintain a high level of productivity.

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Jolted as well was the Henkel India staff when it was told it would work an Indian six-day week instead of a Western five-day one.

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But Cook (17 not out) continued to look in superb touch, cutting Harris for six as England rounded off a fine day's work.

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