recession in December 2007, and follows moderating figures in three previous months.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

We may be in a recession now; a lot of people are saying that, so I would be tempted to draw a new line here, somewhere around here, maybe December of 2007.

也许现在正在经历衰退,人们普遍这样认为,所以我想在这画条新的直线,画在这附近,也许是2007年12月

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More than 15 million Americans are out of work, and 7.2 million jobs have been lost since the recession began in December,2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03