That means early signs of economic recovery, like the way plants begin to shoot up from the ground as a sign of spring.

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Remember, you've got to keep track of the sign of acceleration, so if you're picking up speed towards the ground, a is negative, so it will be g plus a, but a is a negative number.

记住,一定要注意加速度的符号,所以当你加速下降的时候,a 是负的,还是 g 加上 a,但是 a 是负数

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