英美的情况看起来更糟糕，甚至美国的信用评级最近还被降级了，但他们仍然没有丧失信心。

Neither America—despite the recent downgrade of its debt by a rating agency—nor Britain has been subject to a debilitating loss of confidence.

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在我的全部公职生活中，我总是为使法国强大而工作着。甚至在最黑暗的日子里，我也不曾对它的命运丧失信心。

In all my public life, I always make for a strong and work in France, even in the darkest Days, I do not have the fate of its loss of confidence.

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这个故事的寓意是：当事情越来越糟的时候，我们是很容易灰心丧气的，但我们不应该丧失信心，因为上帝一直在我们的生命中做工，甚至是在我们的痛苦和悲伤中。

The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of our pain and suffering.

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