A 2015 study in the journal Nature predicted that the average income in the poorest countries will be 25% lower by 2100 compared to a world without warming, while some of the richest countries—like the USA—could experience an increase in income.

2015年发表在《自然》杂志上的一项研究预测，与没有变暖的世界相比，最贫穷国家的平均收入到2100年将减少25%，而一些最富有的国家——比如美国——收入可能会增加。

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The influence is greater elsewhere, especially in sub-Saharan African countries including Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger, where climate change has driven the average income more than 20% lower.

这种影响对其他地区更大，尤其是撒哈拉以南的非洲国家，包括苏丹、布基纳法索和尼日尔，气候变化使这些国家的平均收入下降了20%以上。

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We have engaged in an enhanced relationship the Lower Mekong countries.

我们已与湄公河下游的国家增强了联系。

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In two thousand six, the United States had lower scores in mathematics than twenty-three of the other twenty-nine OECD countries.

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He says more education of women in developing countries has helped lower maternal death rates.

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We are quite optimistic on the prospects for iPhone 5, its key new features and a potential cheaper handset targeted toward lower income countries.

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During the 2000s, companies lost interest in IT as a source of competitive differentiation and focused on trying to make it more efficient by shifting basic functions to lower cost countries.

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