It should be noted, however, that a donkey, which at 20,000 Tanzanian shillings costs less than a bicycle, is still an investment equal to an average household's income over half a year.

然而，应该指出的是，一头驴的费用为2万坦桑尼亚先令，比一辆自行车还便宜，但它仍然是一项投资，相当于一个普通家庭半年以上的收入。

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A car can be driven as far on a gallon of the new plant-based fuel as a car can be driven on a gallon of gasoline, but a gallon of the plant-based fuel both costs less and results in less pollution.

汽车使用一加仑这种新植物燃料或一加仑汽油可以开得一样远；但是一加仑植物燃料不但花费少，并且造成的污染更少。

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This simple chicken dish costs less than $3 a head.

吃这道简单的鸡肉菜肴，每人的花费还不到$3。

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Kerosene costs less than other forms of lighting, but it is still costly in poor countries.

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If I consume Bud Light, then I have to pay for the Bud Light, I think it typically costs less, the price, the raw price is less than Guinness but I also pay an additional cost from the fact that Bud Light, when I drink it, causes me "disutility": we'll put it politely like that.

如过我买百威淡啤酒,我必须要支付百威淡啤酒的价格,我想它会便宜点,原材料的价格比吉尼斯低,但我同样要支付附加成本因为百威淡啤酒,当我喝它的时候,味道一般,我表达得委婉一点

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Revenues minus costs makes profits, and again, for those of you who are less familiar with economics, I'm hoping this is not really too hard but you can read up on it.

收入减去成本就是利润,对经济学不太了解的同学,我觉得这个很简单,你们都能听懂吧

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Many heart patients already get an older version of the Medtronic device that costs less.

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As you'd expect, a Manhattan loft costs less to secure then Ellison's 23-acre Woodside, Calif.

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Note how he mentions the hybrid: the car that costs less and gets far better mileage.

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