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1·More than 43 million Americans are currently living below the poverty threshold.

超过四千三百万的美国人现今仍生活在贫困线以下。

2·The poverty threshold is around $20,444 in household income for a family of four with two children.

贫穷门槛约为20444元，家庭收入，一家四口有两名子女。

3·For instance, in 1999, the poverty threshold for a family of five, including four children, was $19,578.

例如，在1999年一个有四个孩子的五口之家的贫困线是每年收入19578美元。

4·Mississippi’s maximum benefit of $230 is not much more than the federal poverty threshold of $200 for an individual.

密西西比州发放的津贴最多只有230美元，比美联邦人均200美元的贫困线多不了多少。

5·Developed in the 1960s, the poverty threshold represents the basic cost of food for a household, multiplied by three.

贫困的阀值代表了一个家庭对食物基本花费的三倍。

6·Forty-two percent of the households in Maijishan live under the poverty threshold of 860 Yuan per capita per year (about US$ 120).

麦积山地区有42％的居民生活在年人均860元人民币的贫困线以下。

7·People with incomes up to three times the federal poverty threshold (almost $60, 000 for a family of four) will get subsidies to buy insurance.

收入在联邦贫困线三倍（对于四口之家大约为6万美元）以下的，都将得到补助以购买保险。

8·In general, any job is better than no job, but it is true that some jobs are dangerous, distressing, or fail to put workers above the poverty threshold.

有工作总比没有好，但有些工作的确非常危险，或是精神压力大，或者是无法把工人拉上贫困线。

9·The first group received rent vouchers that enabled them to move to middle-class neighborhoods—defined as having less than 10% of residents with incomes below the poverty threshold.

第一组的成员会有足够的房租补贴，以便将来有机会搬到中层社区去——这组的成员不到10%，他们的收入都在贫困线以下。

10·The poverty threshold for a family of four in 2010 was $24, 242 in the new measure vs. $22, 113 in the official measure, a change that added about 3 million people to those considered poor.

与官方公布的$22113年收入相比，新的计算方法将2010年美国四口之家的贫困标准线提高到$24242，意味着又有300万美国人口加入到贫困人口行列。