在去年接受《经济学人》采访时，太空旅游公司维珍银河的首席执行官乔治·怀特赛兹将他的公司归为后一类。

In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.

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他们的工资涨幅如此之大的一个原因是，与国内许多其他工作人员相比，首席执行官们确实提高了美国的国家经济水平。

One reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S. economy.

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经济衰退最先对美国形成打击，拉低了首席执行官的奖金数额和所持股票的价值。

The economic downturn hit the US first, denting the size of chief executives' bonuses and the value of their shares.

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