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.

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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.

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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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