Average living standards in China are still only a sixth and in India a fourteenth of those in America at PPP exchange rates, but the gap is already much smaller than it was and is closing fast.

尽管中国的人均生活标准仍然是美国的六分之一，而印度的则是十四分之一，在购买力差异汇率下，但是其中的差距已经变得小多了，并且正在快速地消失。

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The gap narrowed because of a prolonged slump in mainland stock markets until 2005 but has returned with gusto after a rapid improvement in investor sentiment towards the Shanghai exchange.

在2005年之前，由于内地股市的长期下跌，这种差距曾一度缩小，但随着上海市场投资者人气的迅速回升，两地价差又迅速扩大。

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Irony, put simply, is a gap between words and their meaning, a space across which speaker and listener exchange a knowing wink.

简单的说，反语是词面与语义之间的隔阂，这个空间在讲者与听众之间可形成一种只可意会不可言传的交流。

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Average living standards in China are still only a sixth and in India a fourteenth of those in America at PPP exchange rates, but the gap is already much smaller than it was and is closing fast.

ECONOMIST: A game of catch-up

The gap between the official exchange rate and the rate in the swap market has widened to nearly 20%.

ECONOMIST: Rootling around for cash

But consumer prices often remain tame, because rising exchange rates and imports fill the gap between expanding domestic demand and supply.

ECONOMIST: Emerging markets