The story is built around a group of high school dropouts.

故事围绕着一群辍学的中学生展开。

According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.

根据哈佛大学经济专家 George Borjas 的一项研究，外来移民使美国高中辍学生的工资在1980-2000年间减少了9%。

A surprising number of dropouts have made it into the 400.

有一个令人吃惊的“退学族”也跻身于400位富豪中。

After primaries and dropouts, we are down to 921 House survivors.

经过初选和部分人退选后，众议院生还者剩下921人。

College dropouts show up and become billionaires a few years later.

大学辍学生们来到这里，几年后就成为了亿万富翁。

Here are some college dropouts that actually made something other than software.

下面这些大学辍学者是在除软件以外的领域成为亿万富翁的。

Poor children become dropouts dropouts simply because they cannot afford tuition.

许多孩子因为无法支付学费成为了或者即将成为失学儿童。

Two college dropouts with mysterious means of income and Nonconformist lifestyles.

两个大学退学生，有着神秘的收入，过着被世人所不屑的生活。

The problem is that the startups which are the most successful are founded by dropouts.

可问题是，现实中最成功的创业公司是由辍学生成立的。

Those with the least education (high-school dropouts) were most likely to get it right.

教育程度最低的人(高中辍学生)最可能答对。

Estimates of dropouts vary, but it seems that about one-quarter more boys drop out than girls.

辍学的估计数字有别，但是看来男孩比女孩辍学数要多四分之一。

The income of high school dropouts is about two-thirds that of Americans with a high school diploma.

高中辍学人的收入是拥有高中毕业文凭的人收入的三分之二。

Some well-known college dropouts have returned to school to finish what they started, including Steven Spielberg.

包括史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格在内的一些知名大学的辍学生重回学校，以完成自己的学业。

Others may consider it stupid to give money to unknown people, but I think the dropouts need money more than I do.

别人可能会觉得我把钱给了不认识的人很傻，但是我认为那些失学儿童比我更需要钱。

School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity. But the graduate elite will have the world at its feet.

中途退学的人一生都将会为经济贫困而心神不宁，但大学毕业的精英们会觉得世界就在他们的脚底。

In the last few months of 2009, the unemployment rate for high school dropouts grew by an astounding 8 percent to 15.5 percent.

在2009年的最后几个月，高中辍学的从业人士的失业率从8%飙升到15.5%。

He put it more politely, of course, noting that a mere 2,000 high schools (out of 28,000) produce more than half of all dropouts.

当然，他的措辞比较礼貌，指出仅2,000所高中(总共28,000所)的辍学人数就超过了总辍学人数的一半。

He put it more politely, of course, noting that a mere 2, 000 high schools (out of 28, 000) produce more than half of all dropouts.

当然，他的措辞比较礼貌，指出仅2,000所高中(总共28,000所)的辍学人数就超过了总辍学人数的一半。

There may be no dropouts now, but for poorer students the huge cost of continuing their education beyond this level is a disincentive to study hard.

现在虽没有学生辍学了，但对于贫困学生来说更高层的学业深造所需的巨额学费阻碍了他们的学习动力。

To address this problem, the state governor has proposed that the state should establish free vocational training programs for high school dropouts.

为了解决这一问题，本州州长提议应该为高中退学者设立免费的职业培训计划。