经济学人双语精读｜卓越成就下的隐忧

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点击文章末端“ 阅读原文 ” 获取完整电子版 （ PDF + Word + MP3音频） 每天分享一篇经济学人双语精读 全文翻译+全文注释+长难句分析 背景知识+写作技巧+短语+段落大意+词汇精析 本期同步音频 01 经济学人原文 The downsides of outperformance   Is higher  inequality  the price America pays for faster growth? 【 1 】 Think about income  inequality  in America and some archetypes easily come to mind. Start with a rich  corporate  lawyer, earning above the roughly $ 1 m annual income (before  taxes  and  transfers ) that places a household in the top  1 % of earners. At the other end of the scale, in the bottom  20 %, a single mother with a fast-food job might have an income of $ 25 , 000 . Between them, a home with a mechanic and a part-time teaching  assistant  might have annual earnings of $ 80 , 000 , around the median. 【 2 】 The  skew  towards the top is sharp. America ranks as the most  unequal ………………………………