"This is hard work, but people give freely of themselves because they know it's for them," said one mayor in Agadez.
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林先生越来越像是为了保住自己的工作而作最后一搏的那些人。
Mr. Lin looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.
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我设法说服自己,如果不是为了我的工作,我会立即前往空旷的地方,在坐落于乡间的寂静村庄里回归自然。
I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country.