(Speaking) At present, the average price of gasoline in the United States is well below Leonhardt's barely-competitive threshold of about 75-cents per liter.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

We've seen almost a doubling in the price of the average home in the United States.

我们看到美国平均房价,几乎翻了一翻

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But typically, in the United States, they do splits to keep the price of a share somewhere in the $20 to $40 range; there's interesting literature on why they do that.

一般来说,在美国,分割旨在将每股价格,维持在20到40美元间,为什么这样做呢,有一个很有趣的理论

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The price of a smoke varies widely across the United States, because each state sets the tax imposed on the retail sale of a pack of cigarettes.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Some of that is being forced by the United States and the corn to ethanol conversion program that has pushed up the price of corn a great deal, pushed down the world supply of corn for eating, and pushed up world prices.

美国在一定程度上推动了这件事,玉米向乙醇转化项目,大大抬高了玉米价格,削减了可供食用玉米的供应量,世界玉米的价格就提高了

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