With a lucky strike you can make enough money to live for two or three years, but of course that lucky strike is so rare that at the end of the day you are better off working in the field.

如果碰到运气，你可以赚到足够生活两三年的钱。 不过尽管运气很少碰到，一天下来也比种地的收入多。

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The only way Chromebooks will take off is if wireless data providers give them away for free and make the money by charging for data, just as they've done with phones for years.

Chromebooks 唯一热销的可能就是运营商免费赠送设备而通过数据费用来赚钱，正如他们销售手机一样。

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The job had sounded impossible when he arrived fresh off his first year of college, looking to make some summer money, still a skinny teenager with sandy blond hair and a narrow, freckled face.

他刚到这开始第一个学年时，希望在暑期挣点外快，这份工作在那时显得不可思议。当时他还是个瘦得皮包骨的十几岁的小伙子，有着沙质金发和瘦削的布满雀斑的脸。

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For instance, American can charge high fares for flights to London but can only make money off the flight if it can fill it with enough passengers.

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With that extra money they could, for example, pay off their mortgage, make some home improvements, or buy some big-ticket items, such as a new car or recreational vehicle.

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