According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.
根据世界银行的统计数字，41％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。
Brazilians' indifference to books has deeper roots.
巴西人对书籍的冷漠有着更深的根源。
Brazilians prefer face-to-face communication over mails or phone calls.
比起发邮件和打电话，巴西人更喜欢面对面交流。
Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.
巴西民众沮丧地期待着一个连总统都承认将会是阴郁而沉闷的新年。
During the festival, to celebrate their traditions, Brazilians sing and dance in dance halls and clubs, on the streets and beaches or anywhere else in Brazil.
在节日期间，为了庆祝他们的传统，巴西人在舞厅和俱乐部、街道和海滩或巴西的任何地方唱歌和跳舞。
By contrast Brazilians prefer their cars small.
相反，巴西人喜欢自己的汽车小一点。
To many Brazilians, spreading the wealth seems reasonable.
对很多巴西人来说，分发财富似乎非常合理。
Many Brazilians lament the contrast between these two worlds.
很多巴西人为这两个世界的巨大的差异而感到悲痛。
HOW much credence should Brazilians be giving to opinion polls?
巴西选民倒底应该对于民调抱持多少信心？
Unlike Americans, Brazilians rarely classify themselves by race.
与美国不同的是，巴西人们很少按照种族给自己分类。
Brazilians have a much higher standard of living than Indians.
巴西人的生活水平就要比印度人高很多。
Even so, Brazilians are remarkably concerned about the environment.
尽管如此，巴西人民却是非常关注环境问题的。
Brazilians yearn for a state that behaves like the servant of its citizens.
巴西人渴望一个像仆人一样对待他们的国家。
Brazil may be huge, but it is not as inexhaustible as Brazilians think.
巴西也许很广阔，但是它并不像巴西人所想的那样不可耗尽。
Asked to choose between continuity and experience, Brazilians chose continuity.
要在连贯性与经验之间选择其一，巴西选民选择了连贯性。
Local agents say Venezuelans are the most active buyers, followed by Brazilians.
本地经纪人表示委内瑞拉买家最为积极，巴西买家紧随其后。
Was it his personal knowledge of how hard many Brazilians must work just to get by?
是因为他深知巴西人民为了生活要多么努力工作吗？
Farmers everywhere gripe all the time and Brazilians, needless to say, are no exception.
各地农民总是抱怨，不用说，巴西的农民也不例外。
Brazilians fret, reasonably, that faster rate rises will attract even more foreign capital.
巴西人很自然地认为，利率快速上升将引来更多的境外资本。
Brazilians pride themselves on their knack for dodging silly rules (they call it jeitinho).
巴西人以他们那些愚蠢规则的规避（他们将这叫“诀窍”）而自豪。
Only 22% of the population has access to the internet, compared with 35% of Brazilians.
仅有 22%的墨西哥人能访问互联网，而巴西达到了 35%。
Lula understands from personal experience what matters in helping poorer Brazilians get ahead.
凭借个人经验，卢拉明白，帮助贫苦巴西人民进步的重点坐在。
For the Indians that may be low-cost technology; for the Brazilians, investment-banking savvy.
印度可能拥有低成本的技术；而巴西的投资银行很精明。
The same gesture means "money" to the Japanese, "zero" to the French and a vulgarity to Brazilians.
同样的手势对日本人是“钱”的意思，对法国人是“零”的意思，对巴西人是极低俗的手势。
"Brazilians are well-received in these countries," says a Brazilian diplomat serving in West Africa.
“巴西人在这些国家很受欢迎”，一位在非洲西部工作的巴西外交官说。
There is no cause for complacency. Many Brazilians are still unable to support themselves with dignity.
我们没有理由自鸣得意，因为许多巴西人仍不能体面生活。
It also counts as a form of affirmative action, since a disproportionate amount goes to blacker Brazilians.
这也被看做反歧视的活动的一部分，因为这个计划在黑巴西人方面做的不足够。
But, the Brazilians have so much talent and depth that Elano's absence is not expected to have much impact.
但是，预计埃拉诺的缺阵对藏龙卧虎的巴西队来说不会造成太大影响。
Some 94% of Indians, 87% of Brazilians and 85% of Chinese say that they are satisfied with their lives.
大约94%的印度人，87%的巴西人和85%的中国人都表示对自己当前的生活感到满意。
That's still far behind television, which is still the preferred source of information by 72% of Brazilians.
但是，这仍然远远落后于电视，电视目前依旧是72%的巴西人首选的信息来源。
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