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你们中的许多人——也许是大多数——已看到了周围的贫困现象,而且与无家可归、受冻挨饿,身患疾病的人有过交往,他们靠低工资或不敷所需的福利补助金维持生计,他们生活在骇人听闻、令人厌恶的恶劣环境中。你们中的少数人也许在某一时期也很贫困,简直不知道下一顿饭从哪里来,不知道如何摆脱困境。我确信,你们中其余的人都读过有关穷人的书籍、报告、报纸和杂志文章,图片和电视记录片,对这个地球上最富裕国家中大量的贫困现象感到极为痛心。
Many of you, and probably most of you, have seen the poverty in the neighborhood and have dealings with homeless, hungry, sick people who rely on low wages or inadequate Welfare benefits needed to earn a living, they live in horrendous, disgusting harsh environments. The minority of you may also be poor at some point, and you simply do not know where the next meal will come from, and you do not know how to get out of trouble. I am convinced that the rest of you have read books, reports, newspaper and magazine articles, pictures and television documentaries about the poor, and are deeply saddened by the massive poverty in this richest country on Earth.