But then I happened to read that lead in paint makes colors (particularly yellow and red) brighter and last longer; because lead costs less than alternates, cheaper toys are more likely to contain it.
Mikael is desperate to find a job believing that work is the yellow brick road which will lead him "to come back to the normal life, " as he puts it.
米凯尔对找工作绝望了，他相信工作是通向成功之路，会引导他“回到正常的生活”，他说。
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Yet the alchemists had their triumphs, inventing brilliant new pigments, perfecting the old - red lead oxide, yellow arsenic sulfide, a little copper and vinegar and you've got bright green verdigris.