The IMF reckons that the American economy will expand by 3.1% this year, whereas the economies of the euro area will grow by an anaemic 1%.

国际货币基金组织估计今年美国经济将增长率为3.1%，而欧元区经济体缺乏活力，增长率仅为1%。

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The truly troubled economies of Europe were always the core euro-area ones: Germany, France and Italy.

正真困扰欧洲经济的也正是那些处于欧元区核心的国家：德国，法国和意大利。

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The manufacturing bent of the big euro-area economies has also left them looking cumbersome rather than strong.

欧元区经济体的生产能力让它们举步艰难，而不是让它们生机力壮。

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The relative size of the three biggest economies in the euro area (Germany, France and Italy) means that their reform efforts will go a long way towards determining the growth prospects of the whole zone.

ECONOMIST: Room for improvement

So the euro area's other vulnerable economies must also use the next few years to convince the markets that they are not like Greece.

ECONOMIST: Greece's debt crisis

The manufacturing bent of the big euro-area economies has also left them looking cumbersome rather than strong.

ECONOMIST: Europe's economy