自美元从去年下半年开始走强以后，金价下跌，并在10月11月间达到约每盎司713的低点。
As the US dollar strengthened in the second half of 2008, gold prices softened, hitting lows of around US$713/oz in October and November.
从去年下半年开始出现的“民工荒”打破了我国劳动力“无限供给”的神话，对我国未来经济增长产生了不容忽视的影响。
The shortage of peasant labors, which appeared in the second half year of 2004, breaks the mythology of the limited supply of labor and greatly affluences the economy development of China.
尽管夏季通常是中国汽车行业的销售淡季，但由于去年下半年中国汽车销量开始大幅下滑，导致今年8月份的同比比较基数较低。
While the summer months have been traditionally slow for China's auto industry, the comparison base for August was low as sales had begun falling in the second half of 2008.
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