Now most of the young people are unable to do manual labor.

现在的青年人都不怎么能干力气活了。

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Needless to say, it's difficult to do manual labor on an empty stomach.

不用说，空着肚子劳动是很难的。

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They're easy to spot: they don't speak local dialect; they do manual labor or simple work; they don't have much education and their clothes are simple or shabby.

人们很容易认出他们来：他们不会说当地方言，他们从事体力劳动或简单工种，他们教育程度不高，他们穿着简单或破旧。

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To do any other kind of manual labor is to act like a slave."

从事其他任何体力劳动便是自贬为奴隶"

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Hawkins told me that if a Sea Org member sought outside help he would be punished, either by being declared a Suppressive Person or by being sent off to do manual labor, as Hawkins was made to do after Miscavige beat him.

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And since educated immigrants are less likely to fill low-paying manual labor jobs, a demand for illegal immigrants willing to do that work would be created.

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