According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

根据世界银行的统计数字，41％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。

Brazilians view the thing quite differently.

巴西人的看法则完全不同。

Brazilians' indifference to books has deeper roots.

巴西人对书籍的冷漠有着更深的根源。

It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians.

它可以有效地向巴西人教授任何字母语言。

Brazilians prefer face-to-face communication over mails or phone calls.

比起发邮件和打电话，巴西人更喜欢面对面交流。

For Brazil to be successful, we need to offer education to all Brazilians.

为了巴西的成功，我们需要向所有巴西人提供教育。

Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.

巴西民众沮丧地期待着一个连总统都承认将会是阴郁而沉闷的新年。

During the festival, to celebrate their traditions, Brazilians sing and dance in dance halls and clubs, on the streets and beaches or anywhere else in Brazil.

在节日期间，为了庆祝他们的传统，巴西人在舞厅和俱乐部、街道和海滩或巴西的任何地方唱歌和跳舞。

Brazilians are warm and friendly.

巴西人热情友好。

Brazilians are obsessed with crime.

巴西人一直被犯罪问题所困扰。

And yet few Brazilians seemed to care.

可是，似乎很少巴西人关心此事。

They are better educated than Brazilians.

他们比巴西人的教育程度更高。

Brazilians thus face a choice in October.

今年十月巴西人民将面临抉择。

Brazilians are starting to worry about this.

巴西人也已经开始担忧这个问题。

Or perhaps Brazilians just prefer first names.

或者，巴西人也许只偏爱使用名字。

By contrast Brazilians prefer their cars small.

相反，巴西人喜欢自己的汽车小一点。

If so, many Brazilians appear not to have noticed.

如果真是这样的话，很多巴西人似乎没有注意到这些。

Brazilians may prefer to focus on a recent business deal.

巴西人则可能更喜欢把重点放在最近的一宗商业交易上。

To many Brazilians, spreading the wealth seems reasonable.

对很多巴西人来说，分发财富似乎非常合理。

Many Brazilians lament the contrast between these two worlds.

很多巴西人为这两个世界的巨大的差异而感到悲痛。

HOW much credence should Brazilians be giving to opinion polls?

巴西选民倒底应该对于民调抱持多少信心？

Unlike Americans, Brazilians rarely classify themselves by race.

与美国不同的是，巴西人们很少按照种族给自己分类。

Brazilians start their year with lentils and rice or lentil stew.

巴西人也在新的一年里开始扁豆和大米或扁豆炖肉好食材！

Brazilians say they've done it longest; they certainly do it best.

巴西人说，他们把它做到最长；他们也确实做到了最好。

Brazilians have a much higher standard of living than Indians.

巴西人的生活水平就要比印度人高很多。

And Americans are to management what Brazilians are to soccer.

并且美国之于经营公司就和巴西人之于踢足球一样在行。

Even so, Brazilians are remarkably concerned about the environment.

尽管如此，巴西人民却是非常关注环境问题的。

Brazilians worry most about their health system, Chileans about education.

巴西人最关心他们的医疗系统，智利人则最关心教育。

Brazilians yearn for a state that behaves like the servant of its citizens.

巴西人渴望一个像仆人一样对待他们的国家。

Brazil may be huge, but it is not as inexhaustible as Brazilians think.

巴西也许很广阔，但是它并不像巴西人所想的那样不可耗尽。