The soaring cost of rice and other basic food in Asia has raised security concerns across many Asian countries.

大米和其他基本食品价格的飙升在很多亚洲国家都引发了安全上的关注。

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Nothing can be more demoralizing to people at the low end of the income scale-where great masses in that region reside-than increases in the cost of basic necessities like food and fuel.

对于身处货币流通链尾端的穷人们来说——在那些地区占绝大多数——没有什么能够比像粮食和石油等生活必需品的价格上涨更加让人沮丧的了。

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In India, for example, many rural inhabitants have no access to power or running water, meaning that any low-cost water purifier must be able to operate in the most basic environment.

例如，在印度许多农村居民没有电或自来水，也就是说，任何低成本的净水器必须能够在最基本的自然环境下工作。

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The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay it on a voluntary basis.

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You can hire a motorcycle taxi for 50 baht per hour or, if you can bear cycling in the heat, a basic bicycle will cost 40 baht per day.

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That means the military will receive a 1.45% increase in basic pay in May, which is still below the rising cost of living.

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