First, there was a widely spread housing bubble, not just in the United States, but in Ireland, Spain, and other countries as well.
首先，房地产泡沫波及范围很大，不只是在美国，还包括爱尔兰，西班牙，以及其他许多国家。银行不负责任的发放贷款使得泡沫越来越膨胀。
You could search forever in Ireland, but you'd never find a leprechaun.
你在爱尔兰无休止地找也不会找到一个小老头精灵。
But it's not at all what happened in Ireland and Spain, both of which had low debt and budget surpluses on the eve of the crisis.
但这种情况并没有发生在爱尔兰和西班牙，这两个国家外债和预算剩额在危机时期都很少。
But the issue for Germany, which has exerted significant influence in the crisis, and for France, is whether Ireland can actually finance its debt until next July, as it has said.
但对法国，以及在这场危机中发挥了重要影响力的德国来说，问题在于爱尔兰是否像他们自己说的那样，在明年七月份之前可以为本国债务募集到资金。
But GDP in Greece has crashed under the weight of austerity; Ireland has yet to emerge convincingly from a deep recession; and Spain's economy is barely growing.
但是希腊的GDP却在紧缩的重压下崩溃了；爱尔兰尚未令人信服地从大萧条中走出；西班牙的经济几乎停止了增长。
But the second wave, in which Ireland was rescued and fresh doubts were raised about the size of the fund, has forced Mrs Merkel to shift.
但是第二次风波中，爱尔兰得救，有关救市资金计划的新疑问不断被提出来，这些问题迫使默克尔夫人做出转变。
I told him, you were successful in Ireland, but this is different...
我告诉他，在爱尔兰问题上你是成功的，但现在有所不同。
But Greece, Spain and Ireland don't have that option - they don't even have their own monies, and in any case they need deflation to get their costs in line.
但是希腊、西班牙和爱尔兰却没有这种选择——他们没有自己的货币，在任何情况下都需要通过通货紧缩使成本控制在范围之内。
But Ireland is now in its third year of austerity, and confidence just keeps draining away.
然而，爱尔兰紧缩已经进入第三个年头，信心还在继续流失。
But this remedy will be hard to apply too strictly, especially in the worst-hit countries such as Ireland and Spain.
但是该解决办法尤其在一些比如爱尔兰，西班牙等遭受重创的国家不宜执行过严。
But in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain, they rose by 10-20 percentage points more (see chart 1).
而在希腊、爱尔兰、意大利、葡萄牙以及西班牙，该数据还要多出10到20个百分点(见图1)。
They were simple, mournful and sweet, but they somehow did not fit in with the silent melody of the harp which filled the halls of the Old Ireland of my dreams.
这些歌曲很纯朴、哀怨而又悦耳，但总有点与我梦想中古老的爱尔兰音乐殿堂里充满的竖琴的寂静旋律格格不入。
Greece won a modest reduction in the interest rate it is paying on its loans, but Ireland received no such concession because it insisted on keeping its low corporate-tax rate.
希腊获准适度调低其贷款的支付利率，但爱尔兰由于坚持要保持较低的企业税率，没有得到贷款支付利率方面的让步。
Last month, he sent a message to the faithful in Ireland about the scandals there, which go back several years, but he rejected Suggestions that he make it a letter to the entire church.
上月，教皇致函爱尔兰天主教会，提起数年前的那里的丑闻事件，但他拒绝了将此信传达给整个教廷的建议。
France overtook Ireland as the fertility champion of Europe in 2007 but a majority of babies are now being born out of wedlock, according to new census figures released on Tuesday.
据本周二公布的最新人口普查数据，法国取代爱尔兰，成为2007年欧洲“生育冠军”，但其中大多数为非婚生儿。
The peace process has improved things greatly in Northern Ireland but it has not proved a panacea.
和平进程使北爱尔兰状况大为改善，但却不是万灵药。
The first was a handsome Irish law student called Tom Lefroy, who she met in 1795, but who had to return to Ireland a year later.
第一次，是与一个英俊的爱尔兰法律系的学生，名叫Tom Lefroy，她是在1795年遇到他的，但他不得不在一年之后返回爱尔兰。
Garland was arrested in Belfast, Northern Ireland but fled south to the Republic of Ireland after being released for medical leave; Ireland does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S..
Garland在北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特被逮捕，但在假释就医期间南逃至爱尔兰共和国。爱尔兰和美国之间没有签订引渡条约。
Intricately knit sweaters from the Aran Islands are sold throughout Ireland, but my favorites were made by a company called Lee Valley, in County Cork.
编织着复杂的来自阿兰群岛的毛衣在全爱尔兰境内都有售，但是我最喜欢的是由LeeValley公司制造的那种，在科克。
She was born in Ireland but Professor Gorn found that the year was eighteen thirty-seven. In other words, she was seven years younger than she claimed.
例如，琼斯妈妈说她在1830年出生在爱尔兰，但古恩教授却发现她是出生爱尔兰，不过不是1830年，而是1837年，也就是说，她要比她自己所说的年龄小七岁。
For example, the word "road" would usually be pronounced rohd, but in Wales and with some people in Northern Ireland it might be pronounced row-ahd.
比如，road这一词常被发为rohd，但在威尔士和一些北爱尔兰人会发成row - ahd。
Spain and Ireland have made large cuts in their capital budgets but have lowered current spending by more.
西班牙与爱尔兰大量减少资本预算，但是对消费性开支的缩减更大。
The vote is likely to be very close, but media reports in Ireland Tuesday suggested the plan will be approved.
投票结果可能非常接近，但是据爱尔兰媒体周二报道，削减支出的预算案即将在议会通过。
Sainsbury's has been trying out a price-matching scheme in Northern Ireland but has not announced plans to extend it.
桑斯·伯利公司在爱尔兰北部试验了一项跟价方案，但还未公布计划推广该方案。
In the European Union Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland and Portugal are strongly anti-nuclear, but the EU as a whole is unlikely to go their way.
而在欧盟，奥地利、丹麦、希腊、爱尔兰以及葡萄牙抱有强烈的反核态度，不过欧盟整体上不太可能遵循它们的这一立场。
The loss of competitiveness can be reversed (Ireland is doing it), but only at the cost of a long-term decline in wages and demand, which will require in turn even more fiscal retrenchment.
竞争缺失可以修复（爱尔兰正在这样做），但要付出工资和需求长期下跌的成本，这样一来势必需要做出更多财政紧缩。
But there are two worrying exceptions. In Ireland and Spain home prices are the most overvalued in the zone; worse, the bulk of mortgages are at variable rates.
但这里有两个例外令人不无担忧：爱尔兰和西班牙是本区内房价被高估程度最高的地区；更糟的是，其抵押贷款按浮动利率计算。
But there are two worrying exceptions. In Ireland and Spain home prices are the most overvalued in the zone; worse, the bulk of mortgages are at variable rates.
但这里有两个例外令人不无担忧：爱尔兰和西班牙是本区内房价被高估程度最高的地区；更糟的是，其抵押贷款按浮动利率计算。
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