This means that almost their only source of revenue has dropped by about half over the past year.

这意味着几乎是他们唯一的收入来源在过去的一年里缩水了一半。

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To put this into perspective, the almost $22 billion is four times the GDP of Mongolia and more than twice the GDP of Lao PDR, and the year is not even over.

全面地看，近220亿美元是蒙古GDP的四倍，是老挝GDP的两倍多，而且现在还没到年底。” 卡普尔和另一位世界银行专家菲利普.安布罗西共同撰写了这份报告。

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At a similar event devoted to solar power at San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, registrations almost quintupled this year, to over 6, 500 attendees.

今年在硅谷中心圣何塞举行的一场关于太阳能的类似活动上，参加者比去年几逾五倍，达6500人。

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