在那艰苦的岁月里,我们这些靠工资生活的人都处境相同.

We wage earners were in the same boat during those hard times.

在那艰苦的岁月里，他们生活十分贫困。

In those hard years, they lived in poverty.

她断断续续的告诉我她曾经艰苦的岁月和不愉快的婚姻。

She told me about her hard life and unhappy marriage intermittently .