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1·He pulls a rickshaw, probably the oldest form of human taxi service.

他拉一辆黄包车，这可能是最古老形式的人类出租车服务。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Bihar, a few hundred miles north of Kolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers come from.

绝大多数人力车车夫都来自加尔各答以北几百英里的比哈尔。

3·There are people in Kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in a rickshaw.

在加尔各答，有些人，特别是教育和政治意识的人，不乘坐人力车。

4·When it's raining, the normal customer base for rickshaw pullers expands greatly, as does the price of a journey.

下雨的时候，人力车车夫的客户群会大大扩大，旅程的价格也会随之上涨。

5·An older woman with marketing to do, for instance, can arrive in a rickshaw, have the rickshaw puller wait until she comes back from various stalls to load her purchases, and then be taken home.

例如，一个要买东西的老妇人可以坐人力车来，让人力车车夫等她从各个摊位回来装上她买的东西，然后拉她回家。

6·The rickshaw pullers told me their steadiest customers are school children.

车夫告诉我，他们最稳定的顾客是学生。

7·Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata.

人力车支持者指出，在贬低职业方面，人力车车夫在加尔各答并不是唯一的。

8·A 2003 study found that rickshaw pullers are near the bottom of Kolkata occupations in income, doing better than only the beggars.

2003年的一项研究发现，人力车夫的收入接近加尔各答的最底层，只比乞丐做得更好。

9·Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its place.

我见过一些车夫，他们已经对他们的生活即将走到穷途末路的情形逆来顺受，寄希望于能有什么东西来代替他们。

10·Kolkata, a resident told me, has difficulty letting go. One day a city official handed me a report from the municipal government laying out options for how rickshaw pullers might be rehabilitated.

加尔各答的一位居民告诉我：“很难放手。”一天，一位市政府官员给了我一份市政府的报告，上面列出了如何改造人力车夫的方案。