If this is true then some heretical conclusions follow: rich America is no happier than poorer Brazil, so what is the point in people who live in rich countries working harder to get ever richer?

如果这是真的，那就会得出一些怪异的结论：富裕的美国并不比贫穷的巴西幸福，那么那些生活在富裕国家的人为了变得更富有而更加努力地工作还有什么意义呢？

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Auctions are also happening in Lagos, where oil and banking have made a few very rich, though most people still live in grinding poverty.

拉各斯同样举行着拍卖，在这个地方，石油与银行让少部分人非常富有，而大多数人仍生存在食不果腹的贫困下。

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Most people who live in rich countries assume the disease is long gone and that it doesn't kill or paralyze children anymore.

在有钱国家的大多数人于是就认为这种病永远消失了，再也不会杀死和导致孩子瘫痪。

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To take a particular example, while a slim majority thought it very or fairly likely that people in rich countries will generally live to be 100 in 25 years' time, a similar majority thought that hunger in poor countries would also increase many more than expected the world to beat starvation.

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Auctions are also happening in Lagos, where oil and banking have made a few very rich, though most people still live in grinding poverty.

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