Could you compare the importance of increasing the standard of living to protecting the environment?

你能对提高生活水平和保护环境做个比较吗？

There are many parts of the world where the standard of living needs to rise.

世界上很多地区的生活水平 仍有待提高。

And that made many people in Venezuela happy. It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class.

这使许多委内瑞拉民众感到开心。此举确实提高了中产阶级的生活水平。

Then, agricultural and technological advances improve the standards of living.

然后，农业和技术进步提高了生活水平。

True enough, but so does the standard of living for workers.

确实如此，但工人的生活水平也是如此。

It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class.

它完全提高了中产阶级的生活水平。

Trade between our two countries improves the standard of living in both.

我们两国之间的贸易提高了两国人民的生活水平。

It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class. The problem was there was no way to pay for these things.

这极大地提高了中产阶级的生活水平。但问题是没人支付这些物资。

In fact, the standard of living increased so much that some of the wealthy even had running water  in their villas.

事实上，生活水平提高了很多，一些富人甚至在他们的别墅里安装了自来水。

And I use the word ideal, Nessa, because essentially there are too many elements that can decide the standards of living of people.

我用理想这个词，Nessa，因为本质上有太多的因素可以决定人们的生活水平。

And the United States has seen our economy grow along with the standard of living enjoyed by our people, while bringing the Cold War to a successful conclusion.

美国在促使冷战顺利结束的同时，经济也取得了增长，人民的生活水平有了提高。

Number two, the standard of living, high rank people. That's why the condition of the coffins not like the ones we announced October 3rd with those 59 coffins.

第二，这一批棺材都属于生活水平和地位高的人。这就是为什么棺材的状况不像我们10月3日公布的那59口棺材。

They created a social class of their own, and the  emergence of a middle class shows how the standard of living increased dramatically in Roman Pompeii.

他们创造了自己的社会阶层，中产阶级的出现表明罗马庞贝古城的生活水平是如何急剧提高的。

With the continuous development of society and economy, people The standard of living of the elderly is also constantly improving, and the elderly should also change their ideas.

随着社会经济的不断发展，人们的生活水平也在不断提高，老年人也应该转变观念。

And that made many people in Venezuela happy. It totally brought up the standard of living in the middle class. The problem was there was no way to pay for these things.

这让委内瑞拉的许多人感到高兴。它完全提高了中产阶级的生活水平。问题是没有办法支付这些东西。

People in the Midwest are leaving due to a lack of economic opportunity, because they can't find jobs that pay enough for them to have the standard of living that they want.

由于缺乏经济机会， 中西部的人们正在离开，因为他们找不到薪水足以让他们过上自己想要的生活水平的工作。

They will talk about the, the dignity of old age and wanting to repay the people who've sacrificed a lot to give us the standard of living we live and all the rest of it to justify the pensions.

他们会谈论晚年的尊严， 并想要回报那些为给我们提供我们现在的生活水平而做出巨大牺牲的人们， 以及所有其他的一切来证明养老金是合理的。