Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by inequality: A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.

一些人猜想，未来没有工作的世界可以用“不平等”这个词来定义：少数富人将拥有全部资本，而普通大众将在贫穷的荒原上挣扎。

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The other group lived in an "impoverished" environment in individual cages in a dimly lit room with little stimulation.

另一组生活在“贫困”的环境中，在光线昏暗、几乎没有刺激的房间里的单独的笼子里。

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A decade ago, impoverished migrants gathered outside factories in cities like Dongguan, desperate for work.

十年前，穷困的农民工聚集到像东莞这样的城市的工厂外，拼命地工作。

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"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?

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But the former president, who is the U.N.special representative to Haiti, also painted a picture of hope for the impoverished nation during his remarks at the World Economic Forum as he called on the politicians and business leaders assembled in Davos to help rebuild Haiti.

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To now be deemed impoverished, a person must make less than 1, 196 yuan a year.

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On Lobskaya Hill, like a constellation of impoverished stars, stood a hamlet of four little huts.

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Other gifts include buying a bit of South American rainforest or a cow for impoverished Indian families or a bicycle to help midwives carry out their work in Ethiopia.

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