当你离家上大学时，你必须学会自力更生。

When you go away to college, you have to learn to ___fend ___for ___yourself.

为了让这些人能够养家糊口并自食其力，他们必须努力工作。

For such people to be able to provide for their families and ___fend ___for ___themselves, they have to work hard.

父母去世后，她别无选择，只能靠自己生活。

After her parents passed away, she had no choice but to ___fend ___for ___herself.