As a major contributor to such loan guarantees, Germany wants stricter measures in place to keep countries from running up such high debts and to regulate the banking and financial sectors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

In order to keep the currency convertible they had to keep interest rates high to prevent people from demanding the gold.

为了保持货币的转换性,他们不得不将利率提高,以防人们向他们索求金子的兑换。

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So it was very important that we keep the motivation high so that they were not in the compassion of time and the requirement set for very high-stress jobs climbs under the way.

使这一动机足够强烈,是十分重要的,这样不会过分在乎时间,高压力工作带来的要求,也就不那么重要了。

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