The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.

-- Ernst Engel 恩斯特·恩格尔

一个家庭越穷，必须用于食物的总支出所占的比例就越大。在其他条件相同的情况下，用于食品的支出比例是衡量一个人口物质生活水平的最佳指标。

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I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.

如果人口增长、工业化以及我们排放到大气中的所有物质没有改变气候平衡，我绝对会大吃一惊。当然有。否认是没有正当理由的。

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Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer.

里根的做法将实现保守派的一个基本目标:事情基本上保持不变。富人还是富人，穷人还是穷人，甚至更穷一点。

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The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

美丽的问题在于，它就像生来富有却变得贫穷。

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