"We have just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faced a decade in which median income fell, and our economy lost about as many jobs as it gained,".

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Just as forewarning for people who have forgotten what a median is, that means half of you--not approximately half, it means exactly half of you-- will be getting something like B+ and below and half will get something like B+ and above.

稍微提示下忘记中位数含义的同学,这也就是说,不是一半左右,是绝对一半的同学,会得到B+的成绩或更低的成绩,另一半会到B+的成绩或更高的成绩

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The median price of a home today is just over $200,000 in the U.S.

目前美国一处住宅的中间价,就是20万美元多一点

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Now that's looking a little bit like the median voter model.

那看起来有点像中间选民模型

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Someone figured out at the median contribution that got you invited to stay a night in the Lincoln bedroom, Bill Gates could afford to stay in the Lincoln bedroom every night for the next sixty six thousand years.

有人算出来,按能受邀在林肯卧室留宿一夜,所需捐款额的中位数计算，比尔·盖茨完全付得起在林肯卧室,住上6万6千年。

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In 1988, when there was a boom in California, but of course not in Milwaukee, the average person in Los Angeles thought home prices would go up 10% a year for the next ten years --that's the median, I'm sorry.

988年加利福尼亚出现了繁荣,当然,在密尔沃基则没有出现,洛杉矶的人们普遍都认为房屋价格,会在未来十年内以每年10%的速度,上升,应该是中间价,不好意思

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One thing I can guarantee from past experience in this class, is that the median grade will be a B+.

不过从教学经验看,中间成绩应该是B+

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