他把他过去20年的时光用来尝试做一件事情：乘坐氦气球飞到大气层的外缘，然后从那里纵身一跃，跳回地球。 为实现这个目标，20年来他已花费2000万美元。
He has spent two decades and nearly $20 million in a quest to fly to the upper reaches of the atmosphere with a helium balloon, just so he can jump back to earth again.
美国的贫困发生率在2010年跃为15.1%；4620万人生活在贫困线以下，这是发布贫困估计52年以来最大的一个数字。
America's poverty rate jumped to 15.1% in 2010; 46.2m people were below the poverty line, the largest number in the 52 years since poverty estimates were first published. See article.
在接下来的1979-1980年广播电视季里，他开始在节目的最后独自登场，在近4000万观众面前滔滔不绝，《60分钟》也一跃成为美国收视率最高的电视节目。
The following season (1979-'80), Rooney had the end of the broadcast to himself, holding forth in front of an audience approaching 40 million - the number-one television program in America.
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