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1. misunderstanding 誤解
2. national average 國家平均值
3. median income 中等收入
4. median household income 中等家庭收入: around 40,000 maybe 43,000 dollars per year 大概一年四萬到四萬三美金
5. rural 鄉(xiāng)村的
6. One important thing to remember is that New York City, and like California,especially San Francisco are very expensive. They are not average.
要記住很重要的一點就是,紐約,以及加利福尼亞特別是舊金山是非常貴的城市。他們不是中等水平。
7. exception 例外
8. LA(Los Angeles) 洛杉磯
9. full-time job 全職工作: also around 40, 000 dollars per year 也是一年4萬美金
10. If your major is computer science, engineering, you probably have a higher salary.如果你是計算機或工程專業(yè)的,你的薪水可能會高一些。
And if your major is philosophy or music.... 不過如果你是學哲學或是音樂的....
11. salary prospect 薪資前景
12. Liberal Arts 文科
13. Tax 稅
income tax 個人所得稅
state tax 州稅
federal tax 聯(lián)邦稅
14. Florida! There's no state tax. 像佛羅里達州就沒有州稅。
15. public education 公共教育
16. Well, if you make more than 100,000, say you make six figures.
如果你年薪超過十萬美金,也就是賺到六位數(shù)。
17. 100,000 is really upper-middle class. But if you make you know 200 thousand, 250thousand, 300 thousand, then you could say that you're rich.
年薪十萬只能算中高層階級。不過如果你賺個20萬,25萬,30萬美金,你可以說你是有錢人。
If you're in California, maybe not. Sorry. ;) 不過如果你在加州,這也不算有錢。不好意思啦。
18. best-paying job 最高薪的職業(yè)
19. Because in medicine, there are so many kinds of specialists. 因為在醫(yī)療界,有許多不同的專家。
radiologist 放射科醫(yī)生: $300,000-$500,000
anaesthesiologist 麻醉師
pediatrician 兒科醫(yī)生
20. Richest guys are:
investment banker 投資銀行家
entrepreneur 企業(yè)家
21. It's complicated. 太復雜了很難說清啊。