There stood poor Gerda now, without shoes or gloves, in the very middle of dreadful icy Finland.
可怜的格尔达站在那儿，在可怕的、寒冷的芬兰的正中，没有穿鞋，也没有戴手套。
When I was in junior middle school, I was so poor in my studies that I nearly gave up.
我上初中的时候学习非常差，差到我几乎快放弃学习了。
On a financial level, the poor and middle class need to rely more credit to attain an adequate standard of living, which ultimately makes them poorer.
从金融层面来说，贫穷和中产阶级人群依赖更多的信贷来获得一种足够标准的生活，这最终会使他们更加贫穷。
As more and more people in formerly poor nations are entering the global middle class, they're beginning to drive cars and eat meat, placing growing pressure on world oil and food supplies.
由于昔日的贫穷国家有越来越多的人步入了全球的中产阶层，他们开始开上车，吃起肉，因此世界石油和食品供应的压力也日益增大。
Perhaps a similarly large number consider themselves middle class because they can't face that they're poor.
也许也有同样多的人因为不认为自己是贫穷的而觉得自己是中产阶级。
This month the World Bank issued its annual list of countries by income category: rich, middle, poor.
这个月世界银行发布了一份清单：它将国家分为富裕、中等、贫穷几个级别。
But Egypt, though poor, has a sophisticated elite, a well-educated middle class and strong sense of national pride.
但埃及尽管穷困，却有着尖端的精英阶层，受过很好教育的中产阶级以及很强的国家自豪感。
In the towns the middle classes are increasing in Numbers, but the countryside is still very poor.
城镇里中产阶级的数量在增长，但乡村依然非常贫穷。
But many of these people are from families that are profoundly dysfunctional, operating on completely different terms from the rest of society, middle class or poor.
但是当中许多人是来自严重失能的家庭，这些家庭运作在与社会其他中下阶层家庭完全不同的条件之下。
Poor sailing infrastructure is also a problem, with relatively few experienced staff at a small number of marinas, some of which are located in the middle of industrial areas.
其他问题包括，航行基础设施不完善，游船码头就那么几个，工作人员经验不足，还有些码头处在工业区中间地带。
Finally, she talked about the victims of chemical warfare in the Middle East and how the caustic chemicals have caused the poor people a multitude of health problems.
最后，她谈到中东化学战的受害者，她描述了腐蚀性化学物质给当地穷人带来的一大堆健康问题。
Poor, middle-class and affluent children are all destabilized, even those who get to spend nights indoors.
无论是出身贫寒人家，还是在中产阶级家庭，或者家境富裕的儿童都无法平静心情，即使那些能在室内度过夜晚的也不例外。
This is troubling for the poor and the middle class, since homes represent a greater share of their wealth.
由于住宅在个人财产中的份额很大，这就给穷人和中产阶级制造了麻烦。
In fact, the urban middle classes are no more likely to own a business than the poor.
事实上，城市中产阶层比起穷人来说，并太不希望拥有自己的产业。
In India the poor, proportionately, are more likely to vote than are the middle classes.
印度的穷人，按其比例来说，将比中产更可能出来投票。
Increases in wages, pensions and unemployment benefits have cushioned the impact on the middle class and the poor.
提高工资、养老金和失业补助缓解了对中产阶级和贫困人口的影响。
Then, teaching was not only a respected profession but also a way in which a clever poor child could leap into the middle class.
于是乎，教师不仅成为了一种受人尊敬的职业，也成为了来自贫困家庭的聪明孩子们鱼跃龙门进入中产阶级的捷径。
Taken together, they have brought fresh architectural standards to the city's infrastructure and, often, to poor, middle - and working-class neighborhoods that have long been overlooked.
这些设计给市政设施，更是给常年被忽视的穷人社区，中产社区以及工人社区带来新的建筑水准。
The same sort of thing is happening in health care, another aspect of human capital: middle-class people lead healthier lives than the poor, go to the doctor more often and spend more per visit.
医疗保健和人力资本也是如此。中产阶级的人比穷人更健康，去看医生的更频率更多，每看一次看病花的也更多。
Nearly all these deaths occur in low and middle income countries – and mainly amongst the poorest of the poor in these countries.
几乎所有这些死亡都发生在中低收入国家，而且主要是那些最贫穷的人们。
Since chronic disease among the poor is not the preserve of old age, another part of the explanation for its increasing importance must lie in the harmful things middle-aged folk do.
既然穷人中慢性病并不限于老年人，慢性病重要性增加的另外一个解析可归因于中年人养成的有害习惯。
That supposedly helps the poor. But Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, says that the subsidies mainly benefit middle-income and higher-earning urban types; the rural poor use little fossil fuel.
发放补贴本是为了帮助穷人，但国际能源机构首席经济学家法提赫•比罗尔指出，得益于这些补贴的主要是城市里的中等及高等收入群体；贫穷的农村人很少消费化石燃料。
But that is still a big chunk of the budget for a poor or middle-class family.
既便如此，对一个中低收入的家庭来说，仍然是一大笔费用。
For now, the poor and lower-middle class together account for 75% of total spending.
目前，穷人和中低阶层占消费总数的75%。
Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do.
中产阶级人士不像穷人那样一份工作接着一份工作地干活、一个季节接着一个季节地忙碌，到头来还是仅能糊口度日。
Middle-class people do not live from hand to mouth, job to job, season to season, as the poor do.
中产阶级人士不像穷人那样一份工作接着一份工作地干活、一个季节接着一个季节地忙碌，到头来还是仅能糊口度日。
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