By standard measures, the world has certainly been going through some tough times.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

So we finally got tough and we got Paul Volker in there and central banks around the world all managed to get tough around that time and we killed inflation but it created a recession.

所以，我们最终强硬地实施,并且将保罗？沃尔克作为主席,世界各地的中央银行,全都在那段时期内严格的实施,最终我们消除了通货膨胀，却制造了经济衰退。

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Australia,one of the world's worst per capita emitters of greenhouse gases, warns that without tough environmental measures the country would lose jobs and key industries, including agriculture and tourism.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03