但胡润对于这两位美国富豪在中国的工作感到乐观，特别是2008年四川地震之后——这场地震让许多中国企业家优先考虑的东西发生了变化。

But Mr Hoogewerf was optimistic about the US pair's work in China, especially after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which changed the priorities of many Chinese entrepreneurs.

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乐观主义者或许会认为，两党最起码另对方感到羞愧，以至于对于自己此前一直回避的问题终是作出了艰难的决定。

An optimist might infer that each party is at last shaming the other into taking the hard decisions they had previously ducked.

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“我们对于在各地起诉感到乐观，”他说，“但是，很明显，我们宁可不要这种乐观。”

"We are happy to Sue them everywhere," he said, "but obviously we would rather not."

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