一个有效的方法是区分三种程度的贫困——极端贫困、中等贫困和相对贫困。
One useful way is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty—extreme poverty, moderate poverty, and relative poverty.
今年，它宣布将取消对贫困学生的贷款，并为中等收入家庭设置贷款上限。
This year, it announced it would eliminate loans for needy students and cap them for middle-income families.
如果这些是真的，那么也无法解释为什么贫困儿童人口近年来持续增长：中等家庭收入在经历过1997 - 2003年的增长后就悄无声息了。
This, though true, does not explain the recent increase in child poverty: median household income rose from 1997 to 2003, but has hardly changed since then.
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