但奥巴马在上任第一年，在美国经济几十年来最萧条的时刻，就将如此宏大、如此复杂的工程作为核心工作，是不是足够明智？

But was it wise of Mr Obama to put such a big thing, such a complicated thing, at the very heart of his presidency in his very first year, in the middle of America's worst recession for decades?

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在整个夏季期间，人们日益担心如果这种下降趋势持续下去，那么美国经济将退回到萧条中。

Fears grew over the summer that if this deceleration continued, America's economy would slip back into recession.

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分析家们认为周一的抛售行为是对美国上周公布的萧条经济数据的反应。这些数据表明美国经济在进一步衰退。

Analysts say the selling Monday was also a reaction to bleak U.S. economic Numbers announced late last week, which pointed to a deepening recession.

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It was affected by the major American depressions of 1837, 1857, but not as much as the North.

棉花产量只在两次美国经济大萧条时期,1837年57年受到影响,但损失远不及北方

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