Beliefs in personal efficacy affect life choices, level of motivation, quality of functioning, resilience to adversity and vulnerability to stress and depression.

自我效能感影响们活选择，动机水平，机能质量，对逆境适应力对压力和沮丧抵抗力。

We need to look at ways of cutting the working week without slashing living standards.

我们需要研究在不降低活水平前提下减少作时间方法。

B) Its rapid development is attributed to people's improved living standard.

B）它快速发展归功于民活水平提高。

The export-led manufacturing boom has brought millions of jobs and raised living standards.

出口导向型制造业繁荣发展并带来了数百万就业机会，还提高了民活水平。

The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radical higher productivity and, as a result, radically higher standards of living.

全世界都可以通过在职培训，大幅度提高产率，从而提高活水平。

All are keen on the “living wage”, the hourly rate needed to pay for the items people reckon they need for an acceptable standard of living.

他们都对“最低资”极感兴趣，每小时资应该足以支付们认为在一个合适活水平下应该拥有东西。

Today many people associate economic change with deteriorating living standards: job losses, being ripped-off, or living under virtual monopolies in search and social networks.

如今，许多将经济变化与活水平下降联系在一起：失业、被敲竹杠，或活在搜索和社交网络虚拟垄断之下。

Yet in the long run countries that wish to maintain their standard of living as their workforce ages and shrinks will need more robots, not fewer.

然而从长远来看，随着劳动口老龄化和萎缩，国家要想维持现有活水平，将需要更多机器，而不是更少。

In the past two decades China has lifted the living standards of more people than during any other period of human history.

过去二十年间，中国提升民活水平数量比类历史上任何时候都多。

What do I have to do to maintain this level of lifestyle?

我该怎样做才能保证这种活水平呢？

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.

这让委内瑞拉许多感到高兴。它完全提高了中产阶级活水平。问题是没有办法支付这些东西。

A lower standard of living will occur from businesses closing, which means more unemployment.

企业倒闭将导致活水平下降，这意味着更高失业率出现。

And as an example, I'm going to say, for example, by promoting advances in medical programs, elderly people may be able to live with better health standards and contribute to society for a longer period of time.

至于例子，我要说，比如，通过促进医疗计划进步，老年也许能够以更好健康水平活并更长久地为社会做贡献。

Technology has been the driving factor in changing society for the better for hundreds of years, boosting living standards and fortunate communications and convenience for people throughout the world.

几百年来，科技一直是推动社会向好方向发展驱动因素，它提高了全世界民活水平和促进了通讯便利。

Again reaching levels of life that I never thought I was going to reach.

再次达到我从未想过要达到活水平。

Because of our work, people in a number of countries now have a better standard of living - so far we've provided 46, 000 people with bikes.

由于我们努力，现在许多国家们活水平提高了。到目前为止，我们为46,000提供了自行车。

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

你能对提高活水平和保护环境做个比较吗？

Innovation is good; it makes our lives better.

创新是好，能提升我们活水平。

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活水平。但问题是没支付这些物资。

More education increases productivity, GDP, and standards of living.

更多教育能提高产力、GDP和活水平。