当美国人——从国家总统到平民百姓——满心憧憬过去的大繁荣必将持续，帝国的世界形象和国家的财富必将攀登一个又一个高峰的时候，10月的华尔街给了他们当头一棒：区区两天，道琼斯指数就跌落30%之多。
电视业艰难挺过了大衰退时期，进入了绝无仅有的美好时代。
For television firms stumbling out of recession, it could not have come at a better time.
一方面中产阶级的收入停滞不前，一方面，自从大衰退之后，这个时期也是富有者极度繁荣的时代，商界都在迎合他们。
While middle-class incomes are stagnating, the period since the end of the Great Recession has been a boom time for the very rich and the businesses that cater to them.
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