Spam(一注册商标的名字)是1937年美国经济大萧条后期进入市场的肉制品，这种可即食的切好的香料火腿肉(Spam是各取“加了香料的”与“火腿”两个英文单词的一部分合并而成)被压成很实的肉块然后罐装，其价格在当时很便宜，在人们没钱的时代很受欢迎。

Ready-to-eat chopped SPiced hAM ('SPAM') was pressed into a firm loaf and canned. The product was cheap and, at a time when cash was tight, popular.

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大萧条以及美国长期失业率飙升，是对曾被视为美国经济独特优势的严峻考验。

The Great Recession and its surge of long-term unemployment are a severe test of what was once seen as a distinctive US economic strength.

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