I think that we are in a difficult situation but maybe let's not panic about it.

我认为我们正处于一个困难时期,但是也许我们不用为此而恐慌。

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Right now the Fed is in a difficult situation.

现如今，美联储处境困难。

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If it were all the things that it's not, or if it were identical to all the things that somehow or another it's not, then I would be in a very difficult situation because I wouldn't have any means of knowing it in particular.

如果一件事就是它自身的反面，或者和其他的事物没有区分之处,那么我们，就很难认识它,因为我们没有办法认识它。

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