A person eating coarse rice, not fine-grained basmati, dressed in polyester not cotton, has a lower standard of living, even if he eats the same amount of grain and owns the same number of shirts.

• 一个人吃着粗米而不是精细的印度香米，穿着涤纶衣服而不是棉制的衣服，那么他的生活水平就是在标准生活水平之下，尽管他吃着同样多的谷物，有着同样多的衬衣。