They seem to be perched far above the world, like men on stilts.

他们似乎栖息在距离这世界很远的高处，像踩在高跷上。

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Those who consider the industry's recovery superficial point to the 4.5m tonnes of aluminium stashed in warehouses around the world, far above the typical level of around 1m tonnes.

有人认为，从储存在世界各处的450万吨铝含量来看，工业恢复只是表面的迹象而已，因为这个储存量远远超过了100万吨左右的一般水准。

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Everything we see above us, the vast stretches of clouds, no matter how high they look, are not that far away — no further than the horizon. Ours is a geometrically small world, says Eric.

我们头顶的一片天，一片云，不管看起来多高多远，也不会比地平线更远。

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But let no-one mistake how far above the rest of the world the US has risen.

BBC: Will the rise of the rest mean the decline of the US?

Denmark has the highest total tax pressure in the world and is towering far above the European average.

FORBES: European Socialism: Why America Doesn't Want It

This means that almost every country as far from the equator as Japan is near or above the world average GDP per capita, and almost every country closer to the equator than Japan is near or below the world average.

FORBES: The correlation is there.