John Silvia is the senior economist at Wells Fargo Bank: "Private payroll gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US.economy."

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we now have a return of the division between moderates, optimists and pessimists.

现在我们有了温和主义者，乐观主义者和悲观主义者之分。

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And in between the optimists on the one hand and the pessimists on the other, you've got moderates who say, " "It varies.

而在乐观主义者,与悲观主义者之间，还有折中主义者认为，“这要看情况。

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Optimistic people, and again, not Pollyannaish detached optimism, but grounded optimists, on average, live significantly longer.

乐观的人，不是指盲目的乐天派，而是脚踏实地的乐观主义者，平均而言，明显更加长寿。

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