Such booms have worked magic to keep "the lucky country" out of trouble before.

正是矿业的繁荣神奇地使这“幸运国度”在全球经济衰退的最初没有受到影响。

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We're really lucky to live in such a powerful country.

生活在这样一个强大的国家，我们真的很幸运。

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I am proud of the uniform, the country in which we are so very lucky to live and the ability to fight for the right to keep that freedom.

我为这身服装而自豪，我因为生活在这个国家而感到幸运，同时我为自己有能力为自由而战感到骄傲。

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Today,the happy-go-lucky sponge has fans in almost every country on the planet.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

But he says for this year Yemen's economic prospects are poor, and the country would be lucky to grow at half the rate the Central Bank has projected.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"Definitely being in a different country and learning about American culture, American education system and everything else geting a degree here will definitely be valid back in my country so I am very lucky to be here and my goal right after graduation I want to look for some sponsorship opportunities and also being able to stay in the United States to do some kind of work with some Tennis academy and travel a litle bit and play in some Tennis tournaments."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

The "lucky country" was meant as a dig rather than a term of endearment.

BBC: Essential reading for new arrivals in Australia

So, too, was Donald Horne's caustic polemic, The Lucky Country, which is arguably post-war Australia's most influential work of non-fiction.

BBC: Essential reading for new arrivals in Australia

But this is a Lucky Country, and today I feel lucky to be here as we mark the 60th anniversary of our unbreakable alliance.

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