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　　国家统计局的统计员们对此持怀疑态度，部分是因为这本书以接触到现代科技作为社会地位的估量措施。

　　So the institute set out to develop a new definition, not based on any preconceptions of what a middle-class household should look like.

　　所以这个机构着手发展一个新的定义，不是基于任何对中产阶级的房子应该是什么样子的先入之见。

　　First, INEGI looked at spending rather than income.

　　首先，国家统计局把视线投向花费而不是收入。

　　It reckoned spending is less likely to be underreported in its household surveys, and may also incorporate information about savings and expected future earnings.

　　它认为花费更不可能在家庭调查中被低估，并且它可能还包含着储蓄和预期未来收入的信息。

　　Household spending, however, can be a slippery gauge of social status.

　　不过家庭花费可能是社会地位一个不容易捉摸的标准。

　　It may rise in families with many children and fall among the elderly.