Then,seventy-million years ago, the Earth's surface, or crust,pushed upward.

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Then the--so the term structure was downward-sloping until about two and a half years and then it was upward sloping.

期限结构线先向下倾斜,在到期期限过了两年半的时点后,才缓慢回升

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Look how--this is as of earlier this year; the Federal Funds Rate was at around 4% and it has this huge drop in the term structure and then it starts the upward-sloping.

这是今年早些时候的图形,当时联邦利率徘徊在4%,但期限结构,在此处急转直下之后又开始掉头向上

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Then push forcefully inward and upward.

VOA: special.2009.08.11