我至今仍弄不明白，为何在这样的一个国度中，谈论一个人时不谈论他的收入，他的车值多少，他房屋的价值是几乎不可能的。

I still do not understand why it is impossible, in this country, to talk about someone without mentioning their salary, the cost of their car, the value of their house.

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IBM也尝到了降低成本的甜头；其总收入涨幅不明显，但利润比去年增长了8.7%。

IBM also benefited from cutting costs; its revenue hardly grew, though profit was up by 8.7% from a year earlier.

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在美国，众所周知收入总额是年为单位进行计算，但净利却不明确。

In the US, we all know the gross amount that we make a year, but it's not as clear what our net income is.

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