看看1990年的时候,大约一半全球人口的日均生活费用少于1美元;而到2007年,该项比率已经缩减到28%——到2010年末它还会更低。
Consider that in 1990, roughly half the global population lived on less than $1 a day; by 2007, the proportion had shrunk to 28 percent -- and it will be lower still by the close of 2010.
再者,给银行太多时间就肯能存在风险,银行可能会缩减其资产负债表以提高其资本比率。
Given too much time, moreover, there is the risk that Banks will, in fact, shrink their balance-sheets to bolster their capital ratios.
援助在联邦预算的比率不到1%,即使大力缩减也不会对消减赤字有太大影响。
Aid accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget - and even deep cuts would not make a major dent in the deficit.
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