尽管医疗保健业一直以来在人们的观念中就是不会遭受什么困难的，但医院担心，如果金融危机导致了严重的经济衰退，他们也会受到重创。

Despite the stereotypical notion of health care as recession-proof, hospitals worry that if the financial crisis leads to a severe economic downturn they will feel deep pain.

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虽然还不是最好的状况，但相比上一次90年代初的经济衰退，这次的复苏的确是强劲多了，尽管那次的衰退没有这次严重(见图表)。

It hasn't turned out that way; indeed the recovery is more sprightly than after the previous recession, in the early 1990s, although the downturn then was less severe (see chart).

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两年来，他否认西班牙在严重的财务麻烦，尽管出现经济衰退和大范围失业，他的支持只是略有下降。

For two years he denied that Spain was in serious financial trouble. His support fell only slightly, despite recession and galloping unemployment.

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