与三年前深陷衰退期谷底时相比，我国失业率仅下降了1个百分点。

That is only one percentage point better than the country's joblessness three years ago at the depths of the recession.

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在衰退期损失惨重的建筑业，现在开始大放异彩，第三季度增长达到了4%。

Construction, which was battered in the recession, was the star performer, expanding by 4% in the third quarter.

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爱沙尼亚央行周三警告说，国家即将进入两年的衰退期，到2010年之前不会出现增长。这番前景与其2006年之前大相径庭，那期间，爱沙尼亚经济增幅高达10%以上。

Estonia is headed for a two-year recession and won't grow again until 2010, its central bank warned Wednesday, a far cry from the Baltic nation's roaring growth of over 10% until 2006.

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