It looked like the best I could expect elsewhere, even if I was lucky enough to find alternative employment, was a minimum-wage job and a cockroach- and bedbug-infested flat share.

这看起来是我在其他地方所能期望的最好的，即使我足够幸运地找到了替代工作， 也是一份最低工资的工作和一个蟑螂和臭虫出没的公寓。