Some analysts say the whole Soviet system was unreformable and any change was bound to lead to an unstoppable process of increasingly dramatic transformation.

一些分析家称，整个苏维埃体系是不可改造的，体系内的任何变化势必导致越发戏剧性的、无法停止的转变。

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NARRATOR: the Soviet system of central planning meant that the Kremlin controlled every aspect of the economy. The aim was to make the Soviet Union strong and self-sufficient.

旁白：苏联的中央计划体制意味着克里姆林宫(Kremlin)控制着经济的方方面面，其目的是使得苏联强大起来，并自给自足。

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DANIEL YERGIN: By the 1970s and '80s, it was becoming clear to the better informed that the Soviet system really wasn't working, but they couldn't really talk about it publicly.

丹尼尔·尤金(Daniel Yergin)：到70年代和80年代，对那些消息比较灵通的人来说已经很清楚了，苏联的体制真的无法运转，但是人们不能公开讨论。

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DANIEL YERGIN: By the 1970s and '80s, it was becoming clear to the better informed that the Soviet system really wasn't working, but they couldn't really talk about it publicly.

丹尼尔·尤金(Daniel Yergin)：到70年代和80年代，对那些消息比较灵通的人来说已经很清楚了，苏联的体制真的无法运转，但是人们不能公开讨论。

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