The start of a new year is a good time to reflect on the many achievements of the past.

新年伊始正是回顾过去许多成绩的好时候。

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The achievements of the past five years have not come easily.

过去五年的成就和进步，来之不易。

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Yet today's difficulties should not be allowed to obscure Europe's achievements of the past 50 years.

然而，如今的困难不应遮掩了欧洲50年来所取得的成就。

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In a nationally televised address to hundreds of government officials and cultural elites in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said the prestige and well-being of Russia cannot forever rely on past achievements.

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In one of the greatest humanitarian achievements of the past 50 years, child mortality has dropped by 70 percent world-wide.

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True to his style, Mr Mbeki delivered a dreary, technocratic speech that lasted for over two hours, listing the socio-economic achievements of the past decade.

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That crowns other achievements of the past eight years.

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