Firepower of up to $1 trillion may sound a lot, but much more than that amount is in danger of souring in America as consumer credit deteriorates and more companies default.

1万亿美元听起来很多，但是，在美国信用卡消费持续下跌以及越来越多公司面临倒闭的形势下，需要的款额比1万亿要多得多。

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But there's a more immediate risk to companies in the U.S., something that is much closer to home and independent of whatever the public sentiment happens to be on climate change.

但对美国的公司来说还有一个更直接的危险，更多的麻烦而且与公众对气候变化恰好是怎样的情绪无关。

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But you can see that drug companies tend to spend more than those in the tech sector. Google spends half as much as a big pharmaceutical firm.

但你可以看到，制药公司的研发投入往往比科技公司更多，谷歌公司在这方面的支出只及大型制药公司的一半。

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The reserves are an accounting entry-- it's how much they are required to hold, but the companies will hold more than that, typically, in order to protect themselves-- more than is required--and their policy holders-- more than is required by the regulators.

提取准备金就要做会计分录,由相关部门的规定,来提存一定量的准备金,但是保险公司可以持有更多的准备金,通常,多提存是为了,保护他们自己以及投保人,于是持有更多准备金

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But such companies require much more capital to get off the ground than the software and Internet companies VCs funded during the last high-tech boom.

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But domestic companies can make things much more cheaply, and their quality is improving.

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These are important in a professional context for people and for companies, but I am after something much more integral than that.

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