VOA慢速英语2011.10.08(2)
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Last year, the median income was about forty-nine thousand dollars. The Census Bureau says more than forty-six million people were living in poverty. It was the largest number since estimates began in nineteen fifty-nine.
去年美国家庭平均收入为4.9万美元。人口普查局称，超过4600万人生活在贫困中，这是自1959年开始统计以来的最大值。
They included more than one-fourth of blacks and Hispanics, twelve percent of Asians and about ten percent of non-Hispanic whites.
其中包括超过1/4的黑人和拉美裔，12%的亚裔以及10%的非拉美裔白人。
Some economic measures were unchanged. Women in full-time, year-round jobs continued to earn an average of seventy-seven percent as much as men did.
一些经济指标保持不变。全职女性平均工资仍只有男性的77%。
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