Jobless and penniless, Tom had to sleep rough in the fields for several months.

汤姆没有工作，身无分文，不得不在野外露宿了几个月。

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When he left he said he could not hold down a job and was forced to sleep rough.

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Frazer Robson, of Shelter Housing Aid and Research Project (SHARP), said the proposed cuts could force more people to sleep rough on the streets.

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Yet in his next breath he mentions a number of local families who have been forced to sleep rough since mortgage lenders foreclosed on their flats.

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