The deep global economic slowdown began in August 2007 when defaults in the U.S.home mortgage market caused financial markets to curtail lending.

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We're afraid of spiders, snakes, heights, storms, large animals, darkness, blood, strangers, humiliation, deep water, and leaving home alone.

我们害怕蜘蛛，蛇，高地，暴雨，大型动物，黑暗，血，陌生人，侮辱，深水，独自在家。

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