But Mr. Mindon was proud to be rich enough to have a perfectly useless room in his house.
VOA: special.2009.01.31
In other words, if I'm a rich, wealthy person in Corinth, I would say, "I'll be the local tax collector, and I'll guarantee you I'll send to Rome this amount of money for a year."
换句话说,如果我是科林斯的富人,我会说,“我想当本地税吏,我保证每年向罗马缴纳多少多少钱“
Everyone who's thinking, I don't know whether I'll be rich or poor, so I would like to have a world in which risks are shared.
每一个会思考的人都会想到,我无法预知自己会富有还是贫穷,那么还是生活在能够摊薄风险的世界更好。
But Mister Mindon was proud to be rich enough to have a perfectly useless room in his house.
VOA: special.2010.05.29
Why would it be wrong in principle to tax the rich to help the poor?
为何向富人征税救济穷人在原则上是错的?
This area turned out to be very rich in fossils.
VOA: special.2010.04.07
This was thought by many to be a positive change but in game rich environments where there was a lot of meat available, people could actually get many more calories per hour-- that is secure more food that would help fend off starvation compared to what they could get for people cultivating food.
很多人都认为这是一个积极的改变,然而 在那些富饶地区,获取肉类轻而易举,同样时间内,人类可以获取更多能量,相对那些靠种植获取食物的人类来说,这些地区有足够多的食物来抵御饥荒
She says this problem, which afflicts women in both rich and poor countries, could be overcome with the right practical support.
VOA: standard.2009.08.01
"The next thing is to work out how technology can be transferred from rich countries to poor countries and this will involve things like investment in renewable energy, investment in wind power and solar, investment in more efficient power stations,"
VOA: standard.2009.11.04
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